What time does everyone wake up? &How do you get past that mid afternoon energy slump

euronorris

Coke and diet coke will be having a large effect.

I'm still trying to kick that habit myself!

Nicky2905

I have a dd at school (6 yrs old)and a ds who is 2 and a half. I work a couple of nights a week. Ds goes to bed at 7pm, and is snoring by ten past, dd goes to bed at 7:30 - asleep by 8:30 (she reads her books or listens to story cds in her room quietly) Ds wakes about 7am which is when I get up. On the nights I'm not working I go up to bed at 9pm, hot choc and some tv in bed then usually am asleep by 10:30. I don't tend to have any energy slumps as such, it's a case of dash all day and crash all night!!

Missus_Aka

Combatted my energy slump by going and making cakes and eating the cake mix (i dont like cakes just the mix that makes them) feeling much better

tracey12_2

I have 2 children, a 5 year old and a 3 year old.

On a school day we get up at 6.45am. I have to get out as soon as the alarm goes off otherwise I would be hitting the snooze button all morning and be late. On the weekend the children are usually awake at 7am and sometimes I lay in until 8am.

My 3 year old goes to bed at 7pm and then my 5 year old goes to bed at 8pm. I usually don't go to bed until 11pm.

I try and drink plenty of water as I find that I feel tired and sluggish if I am dehydrated.

Tracey

oldtractor

Best thing to do is ditch the caffine. I stopped drinking tea and coffee and any energy type drinks containing caffine a couple of months ago. I feel much better now,more energized. Try going walking too , raises the metabolism. I do one to 2 hours 5 or 6 days a week now. feel much fitter.

Missus_Aka

I drink tea once every couple days at the most/ normally every 3/4 days coke is my biggest vice i need to cut down its not good for my health or my budget as im trying to keep under £100 a month for the three of us + my sister 9 days a month plus my mil at the moment for a few days, so if i cut coke out of my budget i will probably have an extra £10 a month for food. I can go through more than half a bottle easily, but for the last few days i have been laying off it and drinking water mostly. I stand, walk and go up stairs all the time at my work then my son goes to nursery mon,wed,fri which we walk to its about 40mins there with ds and then i speed walk back to the house which takes about 25mins and then the same to pick him up but i also need to get fitter, i may start running early mornings soon

sophistica

Agree with most of the posters who mention a) lack of iron. Are you taking a multivitamin with iron each day. You can buy a 3 month supply in Morrisons for approx £2-3. b) the caffeine in coke has a rebound effect. You get a short high and then a massive energy slump. I have never been a morning person and as a freelancer and middle-aged it kills me if I have a contract for 9-5 in the city with the commute. I prefer to work at home and get up at approx 9 am, work in Pjs all morning and the bath and go out. I get to bed between 11pm and 2 am but always aim for 8 hours sleep. At your age I had a lot of energy, I was working 7 days a week in 2 jobs. How about getting yourself checked over at the doctors?

CH27

Are you getting enough fresh air & exercise?

lizzyb1812

Agree re cutting out the coke.

Do you eat sandwiches for lunch? When I was working I would take a packed lunch - usually sandwiches - and would feel dreadfully sleepy between 2 and 4. Started taking a big salad instead and the problem disappeared. I don't have wheat allergies or anything like that - it just seemed that a bready lunch took a lot of digesting and so I felt sleepy.

rising_from_the_ashes

Up by 5:30am at the latest without fail and without alarm (usually awake by 5).

Agree with Badger Lady in getting up straight away. If I linger in bed, I will eventually nod off again and feel terrible when I wake up again.

Also, I'm sure exercise plays a role - straight out of bed and off for a brisk walk with the dog certainly gets any cobwebs out of the system:D.

I'm usually in bed about 10 and drop off straight away.