DS is 8. I'm up a bit earlier, usually by 7:30, kids are up around 9:30 and husband sleeps till around 10. That is the first step. And as my hair continued to grow out my appointments at my wife’s beauty salon took on a regular schedule and every six weeks I had my waxed and gradually we started manicures and pedicures with clear polish and by bushy brows were thinned out and the gradually process of brow shaping began. Everyone else is right, your kids are old enough that you should be able to sleep in. When my kids were younger, my 3 yr old daughter loved to make pancakes (they were frozen) for her siblings. When we first got together he didn't need much sleep at all and I would go to bed around 11pm and he would stay up until 1-2am. and let him sleep in however long he needs to. It would mean he is very overtired or under the weather. Thanks. I'm not sure why you feel the need to be out of bed by 7:30 on weekends. JFF: Who Wakes up with the Wee One(s) on the Weekend. My husband and I start out every night together, but then, when it's time to actually sleep, one of us usually gets up and sleeps in the guest room (usually him). Have a family meeting...tell the kids you all are changing how things go down on Sat and Sun. Stop babying your kids and leave your husband alone. That happens about once a month for the both of us, and we keep it even. They are fully capable of turning on the tv, reading, playing a ds and getting a bowl of cereal and letting the dog out. So from my experience it's best to accept he needs a lot of sleep and that he will sleep on and off day and night, it's what his body needs. He is diapered every night but I believe he likes the attention as he gets ahard on while I'm diapering him Guest28446902. I think your kids are certainly old enough to take care of themselves until you get up. my 13 year old is very independent these days so it's really up to us but when he was younger and needed more supervision, we would tag team it, i'd take sat to sleep in and my DH would take sunday or visa versa. If I'm not teaching and nothing is going on, then on Saturdays I'll still usually be up by 9 and will go to yoga at 9:30. He now eats his dinner and by 8pm he is asleep, and its not a cat nap, its a deep sleep… He then comes home and works on the house for a few hours then we have a movie or BGT evening with the kids. my daughter is 12 and for as long as i can remember has slept in LATE on the weekends. These Are The Fruits That Are Safe (And Not Safe) For Your Dog To Eat, These Clever Food Hacks Get Kids To Eat Healthy, The 5 Ways You Know You’re Too Old For Roommates, The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) annual Time Use Survey. my husband never comforts me when i feel sad nor does he ever apologize when he’s done something wrong on his end. In addition to having a little one wreak havoc on your sleep, you have an absentee bed partner. It doesn't bother me at all. Part of having your children get older is putting away certain levels of required supervision. I don't really care since I like being up. My daughter lives on her own right now but she has always been one to sleep in. You said you couldn't sleep later than 7:30 and wouldn't want to anyway so I don't get it. Dale Partridge, author, blogger and founder of StartupCamp.Com, says that too many men expect the weekend mornings to be their time to enjoy sleep while their wives take care of the kids. It does not bother me at all when my husband sleeps in on the weekend. But it feels great once In a while. The book is called “Sleeping apart – not falling apart: How to get a good night’s sleep and keep your relationship alive”, released in April 2013. if they were babies i could understand this, but your kids are easily old enough to get up, fix themselves some cereal, and chill with some cartoons on weekend mornings. When our daughter was under the age of 5, we got up when she got up. I get up every morning with the kids while he sleeps in, I get home first to cook dinner and often do the evening routine on my own since he has a conference call or wants to go to the gym. One or the other of us is always feeling awake and keeping the other up. I gave them instructions and showed them the clock...don't come knocking until the clock says 8:30. There's no set schedule as to who gets to sleep and who doesn't, but if one of us feels we really need it we simply let the other know and they take the kids downstairs early, so actual peace and quiet can be had. I am up at 5 everyday. Yesterday morning, he wanted to get up before 8:00 and watch TV in the living room, right next to our bedroom. It will be … You go to sleep at different times. Go ahead and throw some more salt on the wound, compadre. Sometimes my husband or I or both of us sleep in until 8:30 or 9:00. Just stay in bed with your hubby!! Let them know they can have cereal and watch TV, quietly. I am wondering if you and/or your husbands with young children sleep in on the weekends, and if your husband sleeps in a lot (like my husband does), does that bother you? My husband seems to hang in bed longer onthe weekends, sometimes past 8.