Need advice:5 yo won't get out of bed in AM!

[basilisk]

I’m with shannyk on this one! When I read your post, I thought, “Why is she giving these kids only half an hour to get ready in the morning?” That is a recipe for being rushed.

I get mine up at least an hour before we have to leave, and I strive for closer to an hour and a half. That way we have time for the slow-getter-upper, and also for the one who gets up more quickly, but is a dawdler once she’s up. They have time to eat breakfast, get dressed, even shower, without having to do everything at warp speed. We still have our trials, but MOST mornings are pretty peaceful and smooth.

If every morning is horrible, her refusal to get up might be understandable avoidant behavior.

 

[mystified]

Some of us ar born as “morning people” and some are not.
If you find out how to reset an internal clock, let me know. There are times when I’d like to go to sleep at night and actually be awake–not just moving and vertical–before 11 a.m.

 

[samovila]

I was tough in the morning when I was little. One of my mom’s friends told her to take me to school in my pajamas if I wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning. I was so afraid my mom would actually do it, I started listening in the morning and even if I didn’t make it downstairs for breakfast, I still got dressed as soon as she first called me.

 

[OutinChgoburbs]

I was tough in the morning when I was little. One of my mom’s friends told her to take me to school in my pajamas if I wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning. I was so afraid my mom would actually do it, I started listening in the morning and even if I didn’t make it downstairs for breakfast, I still got dressed as soon as she first called me.

I’ve done that to my kids. It worked with all the girls. Only had to do it once, maybe twice. It didn’t work with the Boy. He would be standing by the front door in his jammies, once with his clothes in hand.