S/O Schedules shifting to later and later..

Yes! I have gone back to my natural biorhythm/bioclock, which is very definitely nocturnal. My kids (the ones at home) are seniors in HS, so they're on their own as far as getting up for Zoom meetings & work, but one of them is staying up later and sleeping in, as well. Time management, baby!

Until this started, I woke up M-F at 0615. (For my kids' freshman-junior years, it was 0445 because they were in drill. Those were tough years!)

I love being back on "my" schedule, but I can't wait to get back into the pool/YMCA (the reason I was getting up at 0615).

I am worried about that too. Normally I get up at 515 and go to bed at 10 or 1030. I have been staying up until at least midnight though and getting up at 7. It isn’t too far off, but it is definitely how I prefer to be. Going back to my real schedule will be hard. I plan on letting this go until I have a return date, then I will put myself back on schedule two weeks before I go back to work, just to adjust,

Normally during the school year I get up at 530. Now it varies greatly from 8-10 am most days. If doing grocery pickup I get up at 7 and then leisurely get a shower and breakfast and get some stuff done before my 9am pickup. I’m finding it hard to get started lately which isn’t good.

I’ve been having insomnia so even sleeping in I’m not getting as much sleep as I should. I’m hoping it ends soon so I can get on a better schedule. My husband is an early riser and my son usually gets up pretty early to.

I'm a night owl! I have two part time jobs. One I have to be at the office at 7 or 7:30 am, a few times a week, and the other is mid afternoon until 2am. Guess which one I like best?!

5.30 is ridiculously early for me, but we have been getting up at 7-ish and going for a walk before we start our day. Very much dictated by our room facing east and getting the sun full blast in the mornings. I'm quite enjoying it, but it will change with the seasons.

New puppy=awake at 6:30. Which is an hour later than I usually sleep – when I have to get up for school. Right now we are up for her 3:30 AM bathroom break. I’m hoping this bathroom break goes away soon…

Actually for many years I took medicine that made me groggy. Like 18 years. So I didn't even know what my natural body clock was. Now I'm off that medicine and my kids are older and I don't have to worry about school and stuff so I can do it however I like. And I have found that my body is ready to sleep between 8-9 pm. And my body is ready to wake 4:30-5:30. I finally feel like for the first time in years that my schedule is my own. And this is my rhythm. I haven't even used an alarm clock since January.

ETA: I was given a really hard time by my family for many years about my sleep schedule. My mother and sister made terrible fun of me. They thought it appalling that I could take my medicine and then sleep until 11 am on a Saturday. The number of comments I got about sleeping my life away and wasting my weekends was terrible. So I don't give anyone a hard time. I just want you all to get 7 hours because that's optimal for function. I don't care when you get it.

The cats wouldn't stand for anyone sleeping too late around here!

My husband’s still up and out by 6 am at the latest as he’s still working every day. So our sleep-wake schedule hasn’t changed much.

Besides, I seem to be unable to sleep in. Once I’m awake, I have to get up. And once I’ve had coffee and checked on the world, I have to get dressed. I just can’t function unless I do.

Our puppy is around four months now and he wakes up full of energy and ready to go. No being lazy with him around. He keeps me on my toes.

Now the 18 y/o? He’s up much of the night on video games and sleeps until past lunch if he has nothing to do. Then takes a nap. Man, they can sleep for hours and hours at that age.

Yes, my schedule has definitely shifted to waking up/going to bed later - I used to wake up at 6:30am and go to bed around 11:30pm and it's now more like 8am - 1am. I am working on splitting the difference - get up around 7 and go to bed around midnight.

we've definitely shifted to our summer schedule as a family - DH is still working so normal hours for him though. I'm up by 830, girls are up between 830-930. Dinner isn't until about 8pm though and girls are in bed around 10/11 and I'm headed in at midnight

I missed the original post but i make my family get up at 7:30 on weekdays. I get up at 7 and start prepping breakfast. Today I’m getting up to make muffins. 11 yr old is in bed by 9:15 lights out at 9:30. I make my 14 year old go to her room to read around 9:30/9:45. Lights out by 10/10:15. I’m falling asleep around 10:30/11. Dh is not my responsibility. He is up later. On weekends we all asleep in. Makes weekends fun.

My girls have school zoom calls starting 8:20 and 9. We are all up later than normal. Especially on weekends. If we had to leave the house at 7:55 again it would be a shock. Spring break was schedule free. After that I needed a schedule. Dh and I need some
Time with the girls asleep.

I am still waking up between 6:30 and 7:00am. I try to do some work and get my workout in before the kids get up. Older two kids start their first class at 8:30 and 11yo starts at 9:00. I usually try to get youngest started at the same time, or shortly after. They are sleeping in compared to their normal school schedule, but not as long as they would like.

The first two weeks of the SIP they slept in as long as they wanted and were staying up really late. That couldn't continue due to school starting, but even if they didn't have set start times for school we wouldn't have continued that. I read that drastically changing sleep patterns like that can increase the chance of depression. Along with everything else going on, we don't need another possible contributor to depression.

In the summer the kids generally sleep in but they don't stay up as late as they were in the first weeks of SIP, and they usually have baseball and other activities to tire them out and socialize. So, I think this situation is slightly different than a normal summer schedule.

I've been having insomnia and have been up til 2 or even 3 the past few nights, but I also sleep until 8 or so. This is very unlike me - I've always been an early riser.

And, yes, I also recognize the privilege. Yesterday I was woken at 8:30 by the trash truck. Those guys aren't getting any sleep ins these days.