<p>Yay OHMom! I’m sure with some guidance and renewed effort, he’ll flourish second semester.</p>
<p>S has been getting up well before noon here. All by himself. :)</p>
<p>S has been getting in the habit of sleeping thru his intentions (alarm) of getting up at a decent hour. Hope he breaks that quickly when back in school.</p>
<p>Was so much more exciting moving him in back in August when he was headed into the unknown. This semester the known is that the RMs kind of suck and it is not a pleasant situation. Here is to hoping and praying they can all coexist like mature young men and not let the issues interfere with why they are there in the first place-to get a wonderful education!</p>
<p>It is really hard stepping back even though I want to sit them all down, have my say and then leave them all to live peacefully and treat each other with respect. (In my little fantasy world the words I would speak would be so profound, no one would think twice about not hanging on every word)!</p>
<p>Good luck to all out kids as they head back and get re-adjusted!</p>
<p>Congrats OH Mom!!! Three classes of four credits each sounds a lot more manageable than eight with lesser credit, I bet he does great! BINGO, too!
S argued while he was here that he was trying to stay on California time (two hour difference) so he needed to sleep until at least noon. Right. One day I kicked his @#$ out of bed at the crack of 2pm and he was annoyed. Polite, but annoyed.<br>
Much admiration to anyone who either has their kid getting up on his/her own or the discipline to kick them out of bed before noon.</p>
<p>I guess I’m glad to hear our kids aren’t the only ones that will stay in bed until 2 or 3 every day if we let them, but I can’t remember ever wanting to do that. The few times I slept that late were after nights of drinking way too much. That is not the case with our kids, so I guess it’s just the new normal. If S’s winter break job hadn’t fallen through, he’d be getting up at 8 with no problem.</p>
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<p>Ok, I’ll admit to being the meanie on this board. If my guys weren’t up by 9 - 9:30 I was waking them up - all except for one day where I did let them sleep in until 10.</p>
<p>I guess since our normal waking hours are 4:30am (me), 5:15am (youngest who goes with me to school), and 7am (hubby, who works from home) it just seemed like anything after 9am WAS sleeping in. Oops…</p>
<p>My D is getting up early every day, always by 9am. Her brother (HS’14) even though he sometimes stays up too late, has never slept past 10am in his life. Weirdos.</p>
<p>I’m a meanie like Creekland. Wake my kids up 9am-ish.<br>
In my defense, I do wake them up with a freshly-cooked hot breakfast.<br>
This morning: oatmeal with blueberries and maple syrup.</p>
<p>My son has been sleeping to about 3 PM most days of this break and I am sick about it. I can’t get him out of bed and he has created a dysfunctional sleep pattern (staying up until all hours). I have lost sleep getting him to comply with my rule of no xbox after 2 AM but then he stays up on his laptop or watches tv until 4 AM. Drives me crazy but DH dosen’t care so I am alone in my desire to get him on a NORMAL human schedule.</p>
<p>OHMom - very happy for your son. You must be very relieved. I am sure it is a lesson learned for your kid.</p>
<p>We have been up since 5am today traveling to our vacation destination. Didn’t think it was so hard to go on vacation. When we arrived they told us that they had a great room for us (upgrade), but the elevator didn’t work in that building. We said fine since we didn’t have any small children. We loved the room because it had a fabulous ocean view, then they called us to say, “Oh, oops, but we’ll need to charge $XXX/night for your room.” I told them that they gotta be freaking kidding me. Long story short, after an hour of talking about it, we got the room, a bottle of wine, and a dinner. Now, we are exhausted.</p>
<p>Enjoy, oldfort, you suffered for it!</p>
<p>Cheer up, seiclan - it sounds very aggravating to be at odds with your DH over the college student’s sleep hours - but on the other hand, it seems from the testimonies here that this pattern is far from uncommon. (Although I’m with you in thinking that’s not a NORMAL human schedule). I expect he’ll get back onto a more human schedule when he goes back to school and has to get up for classes.</p>
<p>D will be driving back to campus tomorrow right after church and lunch, we’re informed. At the moment she’s in her bedroom, with piles of clothing and other possessions all over the place, sorting and packing.</p>
<p>After having her around for the best part of a month, we’ll miss her. On the other hand, we are lucky that she’s in state, a little less than two hours’ drive away. If last semester is anything to go by, we’ll probably see her approximately every other weekend.</p>
<p>Thanks all, though the license may need to be placed on hold. I was driving D’15 to her orchestra rehearsal this morning, and was sitting in the drop-off lane (D’15 had <em>just</em> gotten out of the car) when the guy in front of me backed in to my front end. I feel kind of lucky that no glass was broken. For a minute there I thought he was going to come in through my windshield.</p>
<p>D can’t take the test in THAT car, certainly, and I think I need to wait for insurance adjusters to show up on Monday before DH can take that car off to work, leaving me with the non-bashed-in car for the drivers test. It could still work out in time for it all to happen on Monday (DH is flexible on Monday) but it may not.</p>
<p>Sigh. I’m none too happy about the front end of my car, either.</p>
<p>IJD - so sorry to hear about the car. What a hassle!</p>
<p>Sorry to hear about the car IJustDrive! It’s a pain dealing with repairs scheduling-wise. At least it shouldn’t be on your dime.</p>
<p>OldFort - that’s a definite scam with the “upgrade” to then expect you to pay for it! I’m glad you got them set straight. It’d be horrible if places started getting away with that sort of thing.</p>
<p>Otherwise, glad to hear I’m not the only meanie with regards to waking hours. Quite truthfully, mine were up by 9 most of the days anyway. I usually didn’t have to wake them.</p>
<p>Personally, I can’t sleep in past 7am. My body won’t let me, even when I go to bed at 1 or 2am (usually I’m in bed much earlier). If I’m in bed at 7am, I must be sick - and even when I’m sick I usually can’t sleep in. Staying in bed until noon is totally foreign to me unless one is working an overnight shift (which I did once in my younger years and lived on cat naps).</p>
<p>Oldfort - they had no idea who they were trying to scam into paying extra for the room! LOL Enjoy your vacation!</p>
<p>IJD - so sorry about the car! I had someone back into me in a parking lot a few months ago. What a hassle!</p>
<p>An oldie but goodie about those long college winter breaks
[Kids</a> home on college break: Homo studentus universitatus season is winding to a close - Chicago Tribune](<a href=“A peek at the winter habits of homo studentus universitatus”>A peek at the winter habits of homo studentus universitatus)</p>
<p>Fourkids, that article brought back memories of my S’s freshman year. Classic.</p>
<p>OTOH, to D, 8:00 a.m. is sleeping in. As an athlete, she has to take morning classes so she can practice in the afternoon. One difference I’ve seen in her is she goes to sleep later. Ini high school, her friends called her “grandma” because she’d often be asleep before 10.</p>
<p>Sleeping habits evolve to fit circumstances. I’m not “rabid” about getting DD or DS up to look out the window… if they have something to do? they are responsible enough to get themselves up - In this “go-go” era, I feel good that they have the ability to idle down and sleep 'till noon. Both are up early during school; DD '12 scheduled most of her classes to be over by lunch, and DS '15 gets himself going by 6:45 AM to get to school by 8:00 AM. And both rarely have gotten out of bed before noon during this winter break.</p>
<p>The most important thing to me is; they get a good 8 hours or more (as teens). If that starts at 10:00 PM or 4:00 AM? no matter.</p>
<p>I often slept 'till noon and one of the first things I looked at in college was the time the class started :eek:. Once I hit the “real world” and had to be to work by 7:00 AM to support the East Coast office? I was there by 7:00 AM (actually 6:30!). After marriage and we moved across town? I had to get up at 4:30 to get to the office by 6:30 - I’m now “trained” like others. I haven’t set an alarm in 10 years, but my eyes spring open between 6:00 - 6:30 AM, no matter when I’ve gone to bed (usually by 9:30 PM :))</p>
<p>These kids will be fine.</p>
<p>4kidsmom - Nice article - Thanks!</p>