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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 408942" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>How Wonderful!!!!! It is awesome that he is striking out to realize a dream - that is just amazing!!! </p><p> </p><p>Even more amazing is that you now get peace and quiet!!!! Treasure it!</p><p> </p><p>Don't apologize for waking him up each day. If it was a way to make your day more peaceful then it is fine. Any of us can say that it isn't the way to handle things, but we don't live with the full picture that you live with - and if the hassle of waking him up is worth the peace it gains in your life - go for it and don't ever apologize.</p><p> </p><p>When I was in high school my brother would not wake up for anything. Even a super loud alarm was not enough. Not being drunk or stoned when he went to sleep would have helped, but what did I know? I was just the dumb little sister/exaggerating daughter.</p><p> </p><p>My parents did all sorts of things to help him get up on time. they didn't wake him daily, but for important things they would. My dad even wired several different alarm clocks to be super loud. All that did was irritate ME and make me a witch for the day - esp as he would hit the snooze buttom over and over. After several months of this we came to an agreement. I would wake him up in the morning and he would pay me $1 per day to do this. I would go in ONE time and wake him up - no snooze reminders and no blaming me if he didn't get up or didn't remember me coming in. I never skipped it.</p><p> </p><p>I had the BEST job, in my opinion. Cause the ONLY way to be safe and wake him up did NOT involve touching him - he woke up swinging his fist and had since he was in early elem school. No one ever knew why.</p><p> </p><p>He slept on a couch because he hated mattresses and moved an old couch into his room. I stood behind it and would pour water onto him. Each night I would fill a jar with ice and then water and put it into the fridge. I would stand behind the couch and pour a thin stream onto his chest (he slept with no shirt on). It worked wonders and was such FUN!!! AND he could NOT get mad or take revenge because he was PAYING me to do it!!!!</p><p> </p><p>Thrilled my mother no end because she didn't have to deal with his fussing because he was late or whatever. It is HARD to sleep through ice water being poured onto you, lol!!</p><p> </p><p>So don't apologize for waking him up!!! Just chuckle at my bro who paid me to do this for about six months, lol!!</p><p> </p><p>Shalom!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 408942, member: 1233"] How Wonderful!!!!! It is awesome that he is striking out to realize a dream - that is just amazing!!! Even more amazing is that you now get peace and quiet!!!! Treasure it! Don't apologize for waking him up each day. If it was a way to make your day more peaceful then it is fine. Any of us can say that it isn't the way to handle things, but we don't live with the full picture that you live with - and if the hassle of waking him up is worth the peace it gains in your life - go for it and don't ever apologize. When I was in high school my brother would not wake up for anything. Even a super loud alarm was not enough. Not being drunk or stoned when he went to sleep would have helped, but what did I know? I was just the dumb little sister/exaggerating daughter. My parents did all sorts of things to help him get up on time. they didn't wake him daily, but for important things they would. My dad even wired several different alarm clocks to be super loud. All that did was irritate ME and make me a witch for the day - esp as he would hit the snooze buttom over and over. After several months of this we came to an agreement. I would wake him up in the morning and he would pay me $1 per day to do this. I would go in ONE time and wake him up - no snooze reminders and no blaming me if he didn't get up or didn't remember me coming in. I never skipped it. I had the BEST job, in my opinion. Cause the ONLY way to be safe and wake him up did NOT involve touching him - he woke up swinging his fist and had since he was in early elem school. No one ever knew why. He slept on a couch because he hated mattresses and moved an old couch into his room. I stood behind it and would pour water onto him. Each night I would fill a jar with ice and then water and put it into the fridge. I would stand behind the couch and pour a thin stream onto his chest (he slept with no shirt on). It worked wonders and was such FUN!!! AND he could NOT get mad or take revenge because he was PAYING me to do it!!!! Thrilled my mother no end because she didn't have to deal with his fussing because he was late or whatever. It is HARD to sleep through ice water being poured onto you, lol!! So don't apologize for waking him up!!! Just chuckle at my bro who paid me to do this for about six months, lol!! Shalom! [/QUOTE]
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