It’s morning and the alarm is going off and nobody is moving. This is something we have battled as parents for the last two years. We have tried a number of things to wake them up in the morning. Sometimes we have had to literally pull them out of bed in the morning to get them ready for school.
Like most problems, it was simmering in the back of my head while I was doing other things. One morning while I was reading my scriptures the thought pops in my head to make a play list of music they like and blare it through the speakers my husband has set up in kitchen and dining room.
I hopped up and got to work finding songs on you tube. I didn’t have a long list that first morning but watching their reaction when the music started playing was wonderful. Sleepy heads lifted off pillows and were looking around. The overall expressions were “What is going on?!?!?” It was so wonderful that I started laughing out loud.
That first morning I didn’t tell them it was time to get up. I just blasted their music loudly. Since then the list has changed length and content. I change out songs based on their interest level. I know it’s time for a change when they start sleeping through the first few songs.
Last week I found the Verizon good morning alarm song that I had as my alarm a couple of phones ago. This alarm used to drive them crazy so I changed my alarm because I get up hours before them and I don’t want them getting up that early. It also used to put them in a foul mood so it was not a good option for waking them up.
So when I added this song to their play list I waited to see if I was going to get a grouchy “MOMMM” from them. To my surprise they started laughing. I don’t know how long this will stay on the list but it has been comical for this last week.
We have been doing this for about five months and it has been successful for us. I am not repeating “Time to get up” or “time to get ready for school”. I don’t get frustrated and I get to continue making breakfast or studying my scriptures or whatever I was doing while they get going. It has been a fun blessing that has not cost us anything.
Total Cost- o.oo
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