getting up in the morning
Your son sounds like me. It doesn't matter if I go to bed at 9pm or 1am, it takes me forever to wake up in the morning. I actually went out and bought an alarm clock with duel alarms. I set on for 6am, my husbands alarm goes off at 6:15, my second alarm goes off at 6:45, and I manage to drag myself out of bed between 6:45 and 7:00. The only surefire way to get me moving is if I forget the alarms and oversleep (hubby long ago gave up trying to wake me up if I forgot). When I realize I've overslept I panic cause my daycare kids show up at 7:30, ready or not.
My son has problems getting going in the morning. I went and bought him an alarm clock, set his clothes out the night before, make lunches night before, coat and shoes on almost as soon as he is dressed, no tv when eating breakfast. Moreless one thing at a time.I start waking both of mine about fifteen minutes before they have to get up. Both adhd. One hyper and the other unattentive type. The youngest (hyper) will usually get up after the second try. Not full of energy for about 15 minutes then off to the races. He goes to bed at 8:30 and am lucky if he is asleep an hour later. My oldest will sleep through every alarm clock, tv, noise etc..... It was nice when he was a baby didn't have to worry about waking him up. He takes three times and the third time is a squirt with water bottle. Sounds harsh, but he knows it is coming I give him a count down. But he definitely moves. I tell him I am misting him to help him grow. Sometimes he gets himself up before the misting. He is 12 and I have him take a shower every morning basically because it wakes him up the rest of the way. OUR KIDS BOTH HAVE TO BE TOLD TO GET UP THEY SLEEP RIGHT THRU ALARM CLOCKS.Ii GIVE JUICE OR TEA/CHOC.MILK W/VITAMINS FIRST THING. THEY BOTH NEED A PICK ME UP EACH MORNING. nEXT THEY GET READY AFTER THIS ON OWN. HAVE ALL THINGS READY BEFORE BED DOES HELP OUT WE DO THAT ALSO. DANIEL LEAVES AT 645 BY BUS. HE EATS BOTH MEALS AT SCHOOL. I PUT THE MEALS IN A LUNCH BOX DAILY WHILE HE GETS READY. RNMy 11 year old son is on a tiny dose of Clonidine at night--before that--he would lie awake for hours with many thoughts rushing through his brain. He couldn't "turn off" his brain without medical help--and the ADHD meds he is on make him even more wired and unable to sleep.
The Clonidine is the only thing that has worked for us. I thank God for it.
Now--we set his alarm clock and he wakes up on his own and we make sure he has enough time to play on the computer for a while before he has to start getting ready for school. I give him his Adderall and some breakfast--he plays and then in 30 minutes, he is ready and willing to come down and get ready for school. If I oversleep and he gets his meds too late--I have a bear of a time getting him to transition. NOT FUN!!!
You have to find what works for you.
How is everyone else's kids on getting up in the morning. Everyday, I start waking up Z at least an hour ahead of time. I go in gently shake and rub him tell him it is time to wake up. 15 or so min later do it again, mind you, everytime I go by his room I will say "time to wake up" finally I am shaking him, tickling him, threatening him everything only to have him ignore me or drag himself and blanket on to the couch. At this point there is no time to lounge he must get ready, eat etc., of course once he is finally up it is only one gear, very slow!!! And everything has to be told to him step by step, brush teeth, wet down brush hair, get clothes on.."no not same clothes from yesterday, clean clothes" until I am so frustrated. His bro and sis, I tell once or twice time to get up..no problem.
This a.m. he missed the bus while his bro and cousin made it, and the bus followed me to the school grrrr!.
Used to give him the meds early and let him go back to sleep and wake him when they were kicking in but now they are wearing off to early and rebound effct. (we have appts for DR.) I am also giving him, magnesium and melatonin to help him get to sleep at night. which seems to work, but he was like this before them also. sorry to long winded
We also have a hard time getting up, but we have a hard time going to sleep. DS may lay down at 8pm but not be asleep till 10pm. It is difficult to wake him up and my DD (who doesn't have ADHD). But once he is up he is WIRED not slow. I have to try and calm him down.How about trying a chart with all the things he needs to do in the morning, and then use the marble system to reward him for doing those things timely?
We are lucky that M gets up usually on his own, with enough time to lounge around for 15 minutes or so - I actually let him get dressed in front of the TV. As long as he does it timely, I don't care!!
I would also have his clothes laid out, as well as the brush for his hair, and everything packed for school the night before.
We also use the marble reward system for staying in his bed when we put him down at night, and we play music in his room - hoping that he will lay still listening to it and just fall asleep.
For us, nighttime has gone much better now that he doesn't nap during the day!! We put him in bed at 7:45 and by 8 he is usually asleep!
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