How can I make myself a morning person? I just am not. I have started babysitting and am hvin to get up at 5 am for baby and cannot unstick myself from the bed…i want to look put together for when baby arrives…how do you moms do it?-
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Copious amounts of coffee
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You just do i wasnt really a morning person but became one when i had a baby that needed sorting get into a routine of drinking more water helps give you energy
I’m also not a morning person. I don’t know how I do it… but I’m tired even if I go to bed at 6pm.
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Maybe have a set bedtime, set alarms. I babysat all kinds of hours and it was not easy adjusting and most days, I was exhausted. A morning shower could help wake you up.
I’m the same. And if I see someone smile before 9am it ruins my day 
caffeine helps!
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I am never ready to leave my house before 10am & I don’t have make up. Every family is different
Lots of moms look like they don’t get any sleep. When I was working, just lots of makeup & vitamins.
I’m here like “me too” …as I read this at 2am😅
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Get up early and go outside… watch the sunrise… do a meditation… be greatful to be enjoying the morning …
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I have coffee first!! And just literally MAKE myself get up with the alarm 
if I let myself snooze even once it is harder to get up so I just do it first time then coffee and keep going lol … after a while My body got use to it and now I wake up everyday same time weather I want to or not lol 
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Coffee and learning to function on little to no sleep
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When u have ur own kid(s) you’ll jus do it… practice while ur babysitting 
that’s what I did lol I used to babysit a lot before I had my own baby… I was 19 when I had my boy… he is gonna be 11 this year…
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How we do it…we do it cause it’s generally the only bit of quiet we get 
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If you find the answer do tell…
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Get sone sleep !!! You won’t wake up in any sort of good mood if your still tired make sure your getting enough sleep
Coffee!!! Lol I have 3 kids, hate mornings but my kids have all been early rises so I’d set an alarm for just before they normally wake and go fix a coffee so that I could get moving when they woke
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U have to sleep early and schedule 8 hours of sleep.
Start your night routine early with cleaning up and supper. Make sure the house immaculate b4 u sleep,dishes done,laundry on the line etc etc. In this way u not hussling around with day chores and things will be easier to handle in the morning. As a bonus u had a solid sleep and ready for the day quite recharged.
Stay up all night and never sleep
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I do this for a 2 and 3 yr old 445am lol I set my alarms for an hour before hand and their mom grabs me monsters then try to give them their nap right away in the morning, cuz they r my friends kids n she let’s me take a nap when they do, and morning naps vs evening naps helps them sleep at night. 
but as I said I baby sit for my best friend so rules while babysitting this kid is guna differ for you
Try to get to bed in time to get enough rest and just do it. Once you get into the routine of getting up and getting ready early, you will probably like it.
I Literally roll out of bed. I don’t give myself time to think about it. I stretch long and hard and use that momentum to Literally fling my body off the bed so I can’t go back to sleep.
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I’m not a mom but I wake up at 4:15am in the morning without being sleepy or tired. What I do is count 8 hours back from when I’m supposed to be awake and go to sleep at that time. For example. If I have to wake up at 4:15am. I go to bed at 8:15pm. I’m on the cel for a lil while but for sure at 10:15pm I let go of everything. I turn everything off and just go to sleep. No music, no cel phone, no nothing. I also don’t sleep during the day even if I’m sleepy because that’ll make it hard for me to go to sleep early at night. I’m commenting this at 5am in the morning already on my way to work;)
Yeah I’ve never been one since elementary school, and I’m almost 31 now with 2 toddlers. I sleep some times 4 or 5am and wake up at 7 to get the kids ready for school lol and then I work full time. It’s great.
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We don’t look put together in the morning.
It’s hard. We have no choice. the difference is your not actually waking up out of sleep to a crying baby
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I just do it. I get up between 430 and 5 to clean the house. Just force your self to do it and after a few weeks to a month you will get the hang of it. But force is key, you can’t submit to staying in bed. Get up no matter what. Each time it will get a little easier. Good luck.
Go to bed early, and wash your face when you wake up. Turn lights on. I do “quiet time” where they don’t have to nap, but they need to watch the movie so mommy don’t freak out after lunch. For me that 20 min of closing my eyes is a nice reboot.
depending if ur babysitting at hme for sibling then thats easi just giv them a bottle chuck them in bed with u and go bk to sleep for cupl hrs , but if that cant be dne , 5am is earli and i hate mornins too but ur body gets use to it and b4 u no it u wake up that earli even on ur days off haha
Prepare the night before Coffee and just know with a baby comes a morning nap!!! The very few moms that r put together in the am at school drop off the only ones are the ones with fancy jobs that they go to. Even those my moms that seam to have it all together are in ponytails and joggers at drop off.
I’m not a morning person either. I have to be up at 7 but I set an alarm for 6:30 so I can lay in the bed and wake up (which sounds weird but works for me). I also go to bed at 8:30 lol
Fake it til you make it 
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Honestly for me I set 1 alarm and with that 1 alarm get out of bed, up, on your feet, and take a shower, brush my teeth, and on with the day! I remember I read somewhere that if you set multiple alarms and snooze and go back to sleep you get more tired. I’ve had a job where I had to be there at 5am so I would get up at 330 every morning… it really helps to just get up and not snooze 5 times
Gurl wear pajamas. The mom is not gonna care.
It doesn’t matter what time I get up, I never look put together. Force is what gets me out of bed. I KNOW I have to get up to get the kids off to school and get to work. That doesn’t mean that I wanna do it!
Change your whole schedule. Lol I was never a morning person until I had kids, now I’m up before everybody. Earlier meals, earlier clean up time, earlier shower… In your case I would set an alarm for an hour to an hour and a half before baby comes, shower, coffee if you drink it, energy drink whatever. Lights on to help you actually wake up. It won’t be overnight that you’re in this routine but if you keep up with it your biological clock will adjust. Or, if you don’t want to change your routine, ask mom if she minds if you’re still in pajamas when they arrive.
When I was a nanny for 2yrs I had to be up and out the door by 4:30am, to be there by 5am. It was hard at first but after a bit it was easy. Definitely go to bed early. I was in bed by 9, sometimes 8:30 M-F.
Redbull…
**probably not the best advice, and I highly recommend not drinking it, but you are a big girl and can make your own choices 
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Tim Hortons and drink my coffee outside. Listen to the birds chirp. Only way for me.
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My kids get me going at 5am because I got to get them up nd ready I have 7 kids so I push myself
Gotta shower to wake myself up. Go to bed early. Get into a good night time routine. Your body will adjust in a few weeks.
I set my alarm clock to where I have to get outta bed to turn it off we have 4 kids they have to be up for 630am for school bus
You don’t.
Lol.
My oldest is a super morning person and I just have to struggle through
Like anything else, it takes practice. Set your alarm for 4:00am. Set the alarm across the room so you have to get up to shut it off. Then go ahead and wash your face. (I would shower the night before) and get your preferred caffeine drink. Put on comfortable clothes. Eat something if you’re a breakfast person. Then you should be ready to welcome the baby.
I wear sweats but I also make myself take a shower before anyone wakes up in the morning (6am)
Sleep early eat well change your mindset anything is possible!!
I go to bed every night by 8pm and sleeping by 9pm. I have a set routine of yoga/stretching then brush my teeth and moisturize my face. I do get up at 4:20am to go to the gym before work. I can say all of my kids are grown so I don’t have to focus on them anymore.
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Go to bed at a reasonable time and get up an hour early
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Following, been trying to be a morning person for 39yr, still not work:pleading_face:
. No matter if I actually sleep early I still can’t be able to wake up early or fiction:dizzy_face:
. Good luck n please share:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
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After routine it gets easier.
I also babysit and get one of the kids at 5:30. I usually meet her at the door in my jammies. We usually lay back down for a bit. Then when I wake up I get my self together and get dressed. I’m sure if you aren’t 'put together" the mom understands. There has be a time or two I’m still in my jammies when the baby i get at 8 gets here. No shame. I’m tired I do not want to be awake. It is what it is. They seem to understand and I’ve never got any hateful comments or even second looks.
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I definitely am not waking up at 5 AM so I really can’t give you much advice. My kids always been 8 AM or later lol 
My daughter was born at 2:00 am. She has always been a night person. She can not get up early. She’s tried but she has to work 2nd or 3rd shift. You might not be able to adjust to early morning hours.
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Routine. Going to sleep earlier. Being very active during the day to make sure you are tired when it’s time to go to sleep. It will be hard at first but with time your body adjusts and it will be a new habit.
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After a few months your body will start adjusting
I get up at 5:45am for work everyday. I am also not a morning person. It never gets easier to pull myself from my bed no matter what time I go to bed. It helps I have long commute so I’m generally awake enough by the time I get to work.
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Go to bed early…9pm.