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spacecase-megan

Waking up at 6am not getting any easier.

I've spent the last 4-5 years of my life waking up at 5:30-6am for work (I start the day at home luckily). Now I'm a FTM to a 11 month old who also wakes up around 6am every morning. You would think I would have been prepared for that but I am just NOT a morning person. Before having a baby, I frequently dragged myself through my mornings, occasionally even logging into work from my bed. I hate waking up so much.

Now with a baby it's even worse. I know he's hungry when he wakes up and the thought of waking up and making eggs, oatmeal, etc for him is just exhausting. I want to cry because of how comfortable my bed is. He does sleep through the night so I get 7 hrs at least. I try having a solid bedtime routine but it seems like nothing I do before bed makes me feel better in the morning.

To my fellow non-morning moms, what do you do to make it just a little easier every morning?

Posted Dec 7, 2025, 10:44 PM UTC

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