Tips, tricks, and tools for waking up this heavy sleeper without waking up my wife and kiddo sleeping in the same room? I’m slow (and very grumpy) to rise but am trying to get up early for some solo time before Dad duty. Heard the vibrating bracelets don’t really work. Save me Rec League.

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Treemiele · Answer

Sleep Cycle: I got this app for free from Starbucks a million years ago when you got those little cards with a free app. There are a lot of features I don’t use and I don’t subscribe to premium. I keep mine set on accelerometer and not IN the bed, so the sleep data isn’t accurate or meaningful. But I haven’t found a better phone alarm. My favorite things about it are the natural sound alarms that start very softly combined with vibration that lets me (a heavy sleeper) hit snooze with a tap tap tap on the back of the phone and doesn’t jolt my light sleeping partner awake. (Fair worning: It will get loud if you don’t wake and hit snooze and those twittering birds and wind chimes will sound like an Alfred Hitchcock nightmare - for me, this has helped my waking speed) Someday, I’ll spend the cash on that Phillips light clock and charge my phone in the kitchen, but until then, this works. Enjoy your morning peace!