We are working on our morning routine again...
I'm realizing the kids are staying up too late reading. They are too crabby to me in the morning. I was letting them be a judge for how tired they are to self regulate. This worked for my son of a while but not any more. And now that my daughter is reading on her own she is up too late reading. (I'm sure there are Mom's that would wish for this problem.) My DD is having a hard time getting out of bed. My DS is not completing his morning list before he goes to curl up with a blanket on the heat vent. I am going to enforce a lights out time at 9:00 and hope the morning will improve. This morning issue is important to me. I don't need aggravation in the morning. The kids also need to be rested for a good school day and to encourage good behavior.
I know my gifted son will be putting up a fight with this. It is hard for him to turn off his brain and go to sleep. I think he stays up to 10:00 or 11:00. I have warned him things must change, so he needs to fix this or I will. I go to bed at 9:00 so I don't see any other way to do this. I have taught them some relaxation exercises and visualization to prepare for sleeping if they want to use it.
Any other ideas? I really don't want to fight about this.
Last edited by onthegomom; 10/05/09 08:17 AM.
