Have You Overslept On Your First Arrivals?

[CKSher]

Ah yes. Today. Woke up at 4 something, went back to bed...oops. I open at 7 but first one called last night and asked if I could start at 6:30. Sure. I jumped in shower at 6 and started to dress in my room and heard people coming in at 6:25. I hollered out for them to just come in and put their stuff away and that I'd be right out. I hate opening early but I REALLY hate when people are 5 minutes earlier than early!!! I can do wonders with hair and make-up in that 5 minutes! I think I might start locking the door until the clock shows the time I am opening that particular day!

I always lock my doors in the morning!!! I had a parent that was always showing up 10-15mins early, even when we kept reminding her that we were not open yet. Finally, we just told her that the door will be locked until 7am so please do not bother coming before then as you will be unable to get in the house. She still arrives early on a regular basis (it drives me nuts, becuase I can't relax knowing she is here), but at least she stays in her car and talks on her phone until my door opens!

[DCMomOf3]

I have once or twice. At least they didn't mind. LOL

[SilverSabre25]

Yeah it happens periodically.

[katie]

Someone just put they fix their hair and makeup! I'm not that good. My first arrival is at 7:15. I'm so not a morning person. I lay on the couch about 7:00 cause sometimes she is early by about 10 minutes. Sometimes I fall back asleep. I know she is here b/c of the click of her high heels. Lol. Yesterday I fell asleep and heard her. When I jumped up I tripped on a rubber ball and stumbled to the door right in front of them. It is my worst fear though. I have cut it close before by like 1 minute.

[Unregistered]

Guilty

I'm pretty bad about it, to be honest. I just make sure to do as much as I can the night before so that if I'm woken up by my first arrival, I can be ready in a minute or 2.

[misol]

Luckily I've always made it to the door in just the the nick of time and have never kept a parent waiting. Sometimes though, I straighten up the playroom in the mornings rather than the night before and I've often woken up too late to straighten up before the first kid arrives.

I am sure it's just a matter of time for me though. I just took on a client that now arrives 2.5 hours before my earliest dcb used to arrive and I am SO NOT a morning person

[kidkair]

Only once and my husband and I weren't really sleeping. Recently I came down and unlocked the door, switched my sign to open, and then continued opening curtains and such when my first client starts knocking on the door. I had accidentally relocked the door after changing the sign!

[Abigail]

For those who open EARLY EARLY, do you stay up the entire morning (someone gets up at 3 am?!)

Only once and my husband and I weren't really sleeping. Recently I came down and unlocked the door, switched my sign to open, and then continued opening curtains and such when my first client starts knocking on the door. I had accidentally relocked the door after changing the sign!

Where is your open/close sign? Is it on your front door? This is cute, but I will only use part of the house and don't even want people coming to my front door. LOL

[tenderhearts]

It has never happened to me but it's one of my fears too. It's funny because I do exactly what CKSher does, I check my alarm a million times a day to be sure it's set right. I'm always afraid my alarm clock will malfunction.

[kidkair]

Where is your open/close sign? Is it on your front door? This is cute, but I will only use part of the house and don't even want people coming to my front door. LOL

I have it just outside the front door attached to the side of the house. I have a clock right above it so if anyone is early they know when I'll actually open the door. I have it attached with velcro so it doesn't blow away too often. My front door is actually a lot like at lot of people's back doors. My front yard is the larger fenced yard and my backyard barely exists. My driveway is up front too so we use the front door way more often then the back.

[nannyde]

No I haven't overslept once in 17 years.

I get up two hours before the kids get here. I don't ever want the parents to see me tired. I like to be up and completely on the go when the first one comes.

[Unregistered]

Oversleeping

Even though I oversleep quite a bit, I am a very light sleeper and I wake up pretty alert, so it works out. It's hard to tell if I just woke up which works to my advantage.

[marniewon]

No I haven't overslept once in 17 years.

I get up two hours before the kids get here. I don't ever want the parents to see me tired. I like to be up and completely on the go when the first one comes.

If I got up 2 hours before everyone got here, I'd definitely LOOK tired by the time they got here!! Of course, if I could ever get a good night's sleep, it might be different!

[marniewon]

It has never happened to me but it's one of my fears too. It's funny because I do exactly what CKSher does, I check my alarm a million times a day to be sure it's set right. I'm always afraid my alarm clock will malfunction.

I have a dual alarm clock that is set for dh and myself (set half an hour early for me) AND I set TWO alarms on my phone - one for the same time as the alarm clock and one 15 minutes later. Yeah, I'm a little obsessive about it....one of my big fears too!

[daysofelijah]

Just one time a couple years ago when I had by dd was a baby and must of had a really bad night. The mom had to knock and knock and finally had to call on her cell phone before I heard anything and got up. I felt bad, but luckily it has only happened the once.

I did have a dad that would forget to tell me he was coming early (like 5:30) a couple times and I was still in bed, but that was his fault, not mine.