<p>I’m open to suggestions. My HS senior son can’t get out of bed in the morning. Last weekend I found out he has 8 unexcused tardies in his first hour class. (Should have detention, ISS by now, but teacher hasn’t reported him).
He has a really loud alarm clock, but he (sleep)walks across the room, turns it off, and goes back to bed. Over and over. Drives the whole family nuts. I talked to him about solving this problem. He said he thinks he can wake up to music, but he didn’t do anything about making that happen.
So on Monday I woke him up with a very off key version of Holly Jolly Christmas, plus Rock a Bye Baby–which used to make him scream when he was a baby. (I’m a terrible singer.) Today, H blasted the Bing Bang Song from Lazy Town. I also set all the clocks in the house ahead several minutes without telling him. Seems to be working so far–two whole days. I’m thinking it will be something from Saturday Night Fever tomorrow, a little bit of country (S hates disco and REALLY hates country music) the next day. . .
Anyway, I’ll need about 100 more songs to get him to graduation–help me out!</p>
<p>My first thought was Wake Me Up by Wham. ;)</p>
<p>How about Beer Barrel Polka, It’s a Small World Afterall, or the Barney Song.</p>
<p>“What does the fox say?”</p>
<p>Oh, and I love disco and country. I should just send you my Pandora playlist. Trying to think of something loud …</p>
<p>She Dropped the Bomb on Me by The Gap Band</p>
<p>Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins</p>
<p>This is the song that never ends…</p>
<p>Anything by Alvin and the Chipmunks worked well with my son…and it’s almost time of the year for their iconic classic, “Christmas Song!” We have one of those intercom/music systems that broadcasts throughout the house, which made it especially annoying (and impossible to turn off without going downstairs).</p>
<p>“Drop kick me Jesus through the goalposts of life”</p>
<p>“Up against the wall redneck mother” Jerry Jeff Walker</p>
<p>“Good Morning Starshine” from the Hair sound track</p>
<p>“H-A-T-R-E-D” by Tonio K</p>
<p>Is there a medical reason why he cant get up himself?
What time does he go to bed?
What has he done till this point?
I think annoying music is in the mind of the beholder.
In that category I would put almost all surf music along with shoop be doop.</p>
<p>The Barney theme song.</p>
<p>My D has an app for her smart phone that makes her do simple math problems to make the alarm shut off. It has cured her of her inability to wake up from an alarm.</p>
<p>I think you’re going about this backwards. HE should be the one responsible for getting up, not you. It’s actually too bad he HASN’T had detention or ISS yet. I have a D who simply could not seem to get out of bed on time. When we stopped taking responsibility for her, she started getting up. If you can’t stand to step back that much, then get your son the app 2016BarnardMom cites. </p>
<p>I’m working with my younger D (a HS freshman) on the fine line between her responsibility and mine regarding her performance in school. The way she puts it is that she’d like my advice and interest, but it’s up to HER to get things done when and where. That makes perfect sense to me. The waking up thing is your SON’S responsibility unless he has a medical condition.</p>
<p>What about a vibrating alarm clock?
Under his pillow or worn on the wrist? </p>
<p>For annoying music </p>
<p>Gangnam Style</p>
<p>S is a heavy sleeper (we have a few in the family), and he stays up too late–either playing video games or doing homework that he procrastinated on because he was too busy playing video games. . . so no real medical problem other than suspected gaming addiction 
(He is also an honor student and involved with a few ECs, hangs out with friends, etc. so I’m not too worried–he is a good kid except for this problem.) He has pretty much relied on me or his sibs to wake him up multiple times every day.</p>
<p>I do like disco, country, polkas, and most kinds of music. But even some of my favorite songs would be hard to wake up to. I’m definitely going to put a few of your suggestions on the list!</p>
<p>I do realize that getting up/being responsible for himself is S’s job, not mine. The rest of the family gets up earlier than he does, so we’re not going (much) out of the way for him. I’m thinking of this more as a fun family activity to harass S in an entertaining/playful way. And a silly cafe topic.
For college he’ll probably need one of those bed-shaker alarms/portable earthquake. I talked to him about being considerate of roommates–I had a college roommate that hit the snooze 10 times a day and had a radio alarm set to the classical station. Even now, the sound of VIOLINS is the last thing I’d want to wake up to.</p>
<p>Who Let the Dogs Out</p>
<p>Rebecca Black’s “Friday”, perhaps the most irritating song ever recorded.</p>
<p>[Friday</a> - Rebecca Black - Official Music Video - YouTube](<a href=“Rebecca Black - Friday - YouTube”>Rebecca Black - Friday - YouTube)</p>
<p>So bad even Hitler couldn’t stand it.</p>
<p><a href=“Hitler's reaction after hearing Rebecca Black's "Friday" - YouTube”>Hitler's reaction after hearing Rebecca Black's "Friday" - YouTube;
<p>LOL–I’ll play it on Thursday.</p>
<p>What did we use to drive away Somali pirates? Britney Spears?</p>
<p>NOTHING worked for my son when he was a HS senior last year (super alarm, loud music, water thrown in face, etc.). He missed class after class after class… I requested that he get a detention, so they gave him exactly ONE. Then he dropped several classes and almost didn’t get to walk at graduation. This past summer, his job ran from 2 pm until 10 pm. Let’s just say he even missed a few days of work because he slept too late!</p>
<p>Fortunately, he realized he wasn’t ready for college and is in Florida at a Christian gap year program. Apparently, he is doing well and getting up all on his own. Now THAT is a miracle. I am so much less stressed, now that I don’t have to worry about him. He knows that IF we allow him to live at home again, he’s on his own. It will never again be my responsibility to wake him up!</p>
<p>Okay, seriously dating myself here…does anyone remember a Pink Floyd song on either Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall album that started out with all different bells? Sounded like a whole lot of church bells. I had a hallmate freshman year who would blast that on a Sunday morning because he wanted friends to wake up and go to breakfast with. Worked every time even though it was obnoxious.</p>