Ever since I got the job, my concern shifted from ‘getting things ready by 7.30 am’, to ‘waking up Sam at 6.30′ …. Never did I wish to wake him up ‘forcefully’ from his sound sleep, giving him bath, feeding him at 7 , getting him ready, and in this process…. spoil the rest of his day! He used to sleep at 12.30 and wake up at 8.30…. 8 hrs of sleep is what he must get in order to wake up fresh.

So, I asked an experienced friend and got the right mantra for getting your child into the morning routine. She told me to start putting him in bed earlier by 30 min everyday and wake him up also 30 min prior to his normal time …. and she promised me that he’ll get accustomed to my desired schedule within 1 week! …

I followed it for a week … initially it was quite tough to put him to bed early, but then I switched the lights off and gave him bottle-milk …. he would slowly start feeling drowsy and go to sleep in 45min-1hr.

Even waking him up was quite challenging, but as soon as he woke up I would give him some water, wash his face and take him to park …. he would sit there, talk to people, see the flowers, birds and the rising sun!

And yes! he now ‘wants’ to sleep at 10 and wake up at 6 (with a smile)!!!! My biggest worry is over and now I can focus on getting other things in place before getting back to my work!