Is it common for small kids to wake up before their parents?

Around 9 am my son woke up before i did. I was still half asleep. Then his grandpa came out and gave him a snack. Im a single mom who takes care of my child alone and im always exhausted. My son is almost 3 years old. Then during one of my sons doctor appointments his grandpa tried calling me out and said "(my name) didn't waks up this morning." I did wake up though. Just not right away.

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Most parents sleep until their kid wakes up. (unless alarm set for work)

My daughter wakes up before me every day. The first thing she does is put her tonies box on full volume so then I get up🤣

I lay there for as long as I can and he plays with toys for a bit

Im worried about the grandpa accusing me of not feeding my kid or of refusing to wake up for my kid. I think he wants to call cps on me.

I'm sorry, why is this man who snacks your son coming to his drs appointments? Is it your dad? I'm guessing you live with him, maybe not by choice? I'd be looking into ways to get out of that house to be honest.

Stop bringing him to doctors appointments.

I always wake up when he does but sometimes when I’m really tired I’ll lay about a few minutes longer or maybe check my phone especially if I can still see him / hear him enough to know what he’s doing. If grandpa wants to be involved enough to go to appointments and can see you’re tired enough that sometimes you dont get up right away when child does why doesn’t he … offer to watch child in the morning for you sometimes? I’m confused by his actions.

my step kids, 3 and 5, get up at like 5am and play until we get up or theyre hungry and wake us up. im up at 7 bur my partner could sleep all day lol

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what would you do if you left your 6mo baby with your MIL for a few hours, and come home to her breastfeeding your baby? (she doesn't produce milk tho)

Her excuse: the baby was crying non stop and she panicked

Do you wake your baby up from naps?

I’ve been reading so many mixed information online and I’m confused .

I read that if you shouldnt let baby sleep too long in the afternoon you should wake baby up, to make the sleep pressure stronger for the night sleep.

I also heard the classic saying “never wake a slee baby up” .

FYI My baby is 10 months old. I know a newborn just need lots of sleep so you kind of just let them do their things . But around 10 months what would you say?

Washing Toddler’s Hair

😆 This is exactly why I just have him lay on the counter and wash his hair in the sink using a diaper changing pad.

Just needing support.

April 24th, I made the mistake of not watching where I was going, thankfully it was after I already put my baby girl in her car seat so she wasn’t with me when it happened, and I was ran over by a truck in front of my house. It initially hit me and knocked me down but the back tire grabbed my right leg and pulled me under it. I thought that was it. That was the final moments I had with my family on the way to the hospital. My husband breaking every traffic rule to get me there because I didn’t think I had time to wait for an ambulance. In reality if it was my time, I didn’t want to go in front of our home, I didn’t want that for them. I just remember holding my little girls hand while she babbled away telling my husband and her how much I loved them, telling my husband to promise me that he’ll have her know who I was and that I never wanted to leave her. I ended up in the icu followed by multiple hospital stays and more appointments to come. I have multiple broken ribs, a broken back, I had internal bleeding from my liver, a collapsed lung and severe damage to my right leg. That they are still unsure the extent of the damage it has caused to it. Now I’m navigating being a mom, barely able to hold my baby, technically not even supposed to carry her. And be a wife when just getting up and getting myself dressed takes every bit of strength I have. So household chores and dinners everything I devoted myself to be being a wife and a mother was stripped from me. Everyday is a struggle. My husband has stepped up to do both roles as best as he could but you know how that can be. I feel lonely, lost, useless and a burden. But at that same time I’m so blessed to be here to feel these things just because of this little girl I thought I had to say goodbye to forever.

8mo not crawling

Any other 8 month olds not crawling yet?

Needing reassurance.

My baby is over 6 months.
He can’t sit, at all.
He screams during tummy time, doesn’t put the weight on his arms, puts it on his chest instead and superman’s and can’t roll belly to back at all, no signs.
Have started weaning, would rather stare at the wall, no interest in food at all.
Is miserable all day long, has been like this since birth.
Barely looks at us, if put in front of us, just tries to look away as much as possible.
I keep being told it’s baby things and all normal, but I feel like no milestone is being hit.
I feel it in my gut and everyone is telling me I’m being crazy that there’s something wrong.. maybe I am.
But maybe there’s someone out there who feels the same as I do?