How do i get my 7 y/o boy to sleep past 0630 am? It's wearing us down?

Question

He goes to sleep 8 30 ish.

Answer 1

when u think about it, he sleeps for 10 hours. thats is amazing. please don't complain. he is already 7. lay out his breakfast the morning before. let him watch tv while he get an extra hour of sleep or so. maybe you need to go to bed earlier as well. would not recommend him falling asleep lately cuz 8:30 is already great and if he goes to bed later, he will probably just wake up at 6:30 anyways.

Answer 2

Well I Don't Say This Is The Right Thing To Do But My Friend, Her Sister Who Was 5 At The Time Got Up To Early And Her Mum Did Night Work And Her Dad Did Day Work From Home So They Locked Her Bedroom Door And Did Not Let Her Out Until They Were Ready,

Answer 3

At that age, it didn't matter when my son when to sleep - he was still up at 6 am. I just told him that he couldn't wake me unless there was a major emergency (injury, fire...) He knew how to get his own cereal in the morning and he could watch TV or play video games. Of course, I'd still get the occasional "MOM!" for no reason other than he didn't want to be the only person in the house awake.

I've heard other people tell the kids that they couldn't get out of bed until after a certain time - that they could read, whatever, but that never really worked for me either since I really couldn't tell if he was in bed or not if I was asleep.

Answer 4

It's always been my experience that you have to train young children to you're schedule.....Especially nowadays with both parents working and such...
Letting him stay up later is the only way you're going to get him to sleep later. Say like about 9:00-9:30 or so...
As long as he's getting 8 or 10 hours a sleep a night he'll be fine.
I've even had to adjust one of my children to a swing shift schedule at one point in my life. So he would sleep til 10:00 am..
It works......
Good luck! !

Answer 5

Maybe he is getting too little sleep? Sounds bizarre but sometimes kids get up early when they've not had enough sleep. Perhaps making an 8pm bedtime will help. Also is he waking up because he needs to pee? Limiting bedtime drinks and making sure he empties his bladder before bed could help with this. Do you let him into your bed when he wakes up? It could be he's looking forward to this and gets up for this to happen. Is the light waking him up? If so get blackout blinds for his window and leave a nightlight on low if he is scared of the dark.

Answer 6

I've found wearing my daughter out during the day,not allowing her to have fizzy drinks,a calming bath,a hot chocolate made from warm milk,and a story read in very calm tones helps her to sleep well. Make sure the room is the right temperature-to hot or too cold can interrupt their sleep. My daughter has been up before me-but she can get her own cereal-though she tends to wreck the place if I'm not up! You could stressa new rule to him that morning is not until mummy and daddy are up,if he wakes before he can play quietly in his room.

Answer 7

is he responsible enough to get his own cereal for breakfast? when my daughter was 4 I would leave a glass of milk in the refrigerator (so she didn't spill the whole carton), and a bowl, spoon and cereal box on the table; she could get up, eat and watch TV or look at picture books until I got up; usually she would bring her breakfast in to eat by my bed and defeat the whole project, but some days I got an extra 30 minutes or so; good luck

Answer 8

tie him to the bed..... that was a joke..... my boy is nearly 8 and goes to bed at the same time and also wakes up at the same time, for a long time i use to get up and fuss over him but now he knows that 7o clock is the time i rise from my pit, so he either stays in bed now or gets up and just puts on children's channels... and he is fine with it... in fact he really likes being able to sit and watch telly in peace and feels like a big boy being able to do his own thing... but for the first few times u will stay awake but dont get up just listen to wot he is doing... as a mother i am sure u can tell if he is behaving by the noise he is making and then see if you can trust him from there.....

Answer 9

Just tell him that he is not allowed to wake you until, say, 8am unless it's an emergency. Tell him he is allowed to play (quietly) with his toys or read or watch TV with the sound turned down low so it doesn't wake you. Allow him to get himself a bowl of cereal if you want.

He's old enough to learn to be a little bit independent in the mornings and also old enough to learn that you need your own time.

Answer 10

6:30 is a good time to wake up! my nephews who are 8 and 3 wake at 5am every day so think yourself lucky!! my eldest nephew has adhd so he doesnt sleep much (on average 4 hours per night!!) when he wakes he knows to put on the tv in his room and wait until its 5am before waking his mum, just ask your son to do the same, mark out the time you want to be woken up on his bedroom clock and tell him to play or watch tv if he is up any earlier!