LolaLayla Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 YS has great difficulty getting up as he sleeps through alarm clocks going off. We have tried all sorts. Unfortunately you cannot hear how loud they are before you buy them Does anyone have any advice as to a really loud one...please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Get a cockeral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 at Plum. What about the type that goes under his pillow and vibrates? I think they are normally used by deaf people, maybe it might be more effective than a loud one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 What about using a mobile, and putting it on full volume and vibrate? My phone can make quite a racket with a song on full blast, and vibrating on a wooden hollow box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I found flashing the room light on and off got my boys awake pretty quick (and angry ) So what about one that turns the light and radio on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 You can have my alarm clock! It could wake the dead. No joke. Used it for the display for a while (using my Nokia for my alarm instead) but I use my iPhone now. Its a small white thing with red digital display. PM me if you want it and I'll send it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I've always been wary of really loud alarm clocks; my brother in law is an angler & he says that the alarms to wake people up when a fish is hooked (I don't understand the terms!) can sometimes cause heart attacks I used to have a lovely proper one with the bells on top that went DING! DING! DING!, but the fright they gave me was huge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 A lot of good replies (the cockerel is a bit extreme Plum ). I will run them past him. The problem seems to be that he is in such a deep sleep that sometimes he even misinterprets noises. One time the alarm went off and in a semi conscious state he thought it was the smoke detector and 'woke up' to find himself standing on a chair trying to dismantle the smoke alarm with a screwdriver Our smoke alarm does not work by battery but wired up to the others in the house so very dangerous I can go in to wake him (well he appears awake) and have the most bizarre conversation which he has no recollection of when properly awake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Put it in a Quality Street tin. It would waken the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Doesn't help if you're not there to wake him up, but I use a plant sprayer to wake my YS . It's surprising how quickly he'll get up . (He does tell me to do it, I'm not that cruel .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 My DS has the same trouble even when he wants to wake up, he missed a few rugby games in the recent world cup. I have to turn his light on and talk to him, and like you have said you have to make sure that what is being said back to you is coherant, because he can have a conversation with me one minute and be asleep the next. He is 15 and has a Lumie alarm clock but the light doesn't seem to help much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 ANH - I have to confess the water method has been tried and it was at YS's request. He did get up reluctantly but everything was a bit damp! Probably due to the fact I didn't have a plant sprayer and had to use a cup .....perhaps I should invest in a sprayer! He likes the idea of the vibrating clock under the pillow and the sweet tin idea is one to try. He has tried using his mobile turned up loud but that didn't work. He tries to set 3 alarms now He also isn't woken by the house phone which he has in his room. My poor MIL found this out when trying to ensure he got up to go to school one morning when we had had to leave very early. She rang for 30 mins before he heard it. He was upset when he found out that she had been trying to get him for so long. It is a relief to hear that others have similar problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 It does worry me a bit that YS won't be able to get himself up when he leaves home for Uni next year . Having said that, ES was a bit like that too but seems to be managing fine away from home. I think psychologically, if they know there is someone in the house who will always make sure they're get up when they have to, they switch off their own "getting up" mechanism. That's one theory anyway . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I will post our ginger tom cat to you - he has a loud yeowly meow and will stick his tongue in your ear if that doesnt stir you address please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 I will post our ginger tom cat to you - he has a loud yeowly meow and will stick his tongue in your ear if that doesnt stir you address please? YS is desperate to get a cat (OH is allergic ) so I best not let him see your post It does worry me a bit that YS won't be able to get himself up when he leaves home for Uni next year . Same here. We have decided that initially he will need to travel. If I can't wake him by shouting etc I don't think he will hear others. He was not woken by his siblings when they were at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Rosie is a very heavy sleeper but I have bought her an ipod dock that would wake the dead - let me know if you're interested and I'll PM you the make and details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMARCH Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I use an old fashioned digital clock radio and have always set it for 20 mins before I want to get up so by the time it gets through to me I wake up gently. It can be set to radio or has a loud beep and has a snooze button too. I always used to use a second back up battery alarm before children but now I don't need the second alarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Someone should invent an alarm that has the sound and smell of frying bacon. Irresistable to a teenage boy(vegetarians excluded!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 My son is just the same and nothing we've tried over the years has worked - he's in his 30s now. He doesn't live with me anymore and if I have to phone him he turns the phone off thinking it's the snooze button on his alarm! We've tried the loud alarms, loud and in a tin, loud, in a tin and the other side of the room......Lumie, Shaky thing under the pillow......opening all the curtains, removing bedclothes..... You can go in and wake him and have a full conversation which he will not recall later, you can make him sit up and put his feet on the floor........he'll go back to sleep! Apparently, there's some sort of alarm you can fix to your big toe......he's going to try that next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Fireworks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Early-rising girlfriend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I normally get woken up by them but have to set 4 alarms to get me up 'cos I just snooze them ... managed to miss a test last year 'cos I slept through it Its normally when I've stayed up late (4/5am) and so not had enough sleep ... don't sleep much anyway though! Power naps in the afternoon get me through Uni YS is desperate to get a cat (OH is allergic ) so I best not let him see your post Get a Devon Rex, they're meant to be hypoallergenic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I normally get woken up by them Lewis..What early rising girlfriends? Sorry couldn't resist!!! I've got a cockerel alarm clock..come to think of it why do I have that when I have 6 of the real thing!? Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I will admit to over the years having used all sorts of devices and clocks to get everyone up The best has to be the Teas maid .The sound of the water getting hot and boiling ( Before the actual alarm wakes you up) long before you have to be up worked every time. I lost it a few times when OH came home on leave and i struggled to get up for an early shift, the last time i found it after he had hidden it , it was on top of the wardrobe right at the back , since giving up work it sits on the bedside table waiting for me to wake and press the make button ....no alarm. but a cup of tea in bed ....nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The only way a teasmaid would get me up is that the sound of trickling water would make me want a wee! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
