get outta bed, sleepyhead

Saying that mornings have been rough lately would be an understatement. Somehow, someway I got a 4 year old turned teenager over night. Tyler has always been such a morning kid and never had a problem with him getting up early, especially since he's been doing it since he was 2 months. He's been getting himself dressed for probably about a year or more now, and for a while it worked SO well to get up get everything ready, get HIM up and let him get ready while I showered and he watched cartoons. Then we realized he really needed an extra 1/2 hour sleep and that just wasn't going to work any more. But with out the extra time for him to "wake up", all I hear is whining every morning while I rush around to get ready to go. Last week I went in to get him up and he actually said to me "I just want you to leave me alone so I can SLEEP!!!" (no lie) And every morning was something along those lines. Really?!?!?! YOU'RE FOUR! He also has been slowly (very slowly thank goodness) weening himself from naps :( So my hope is that as he loses sleep the easier bed time will get. I sure do hope the morning thing is a phase, but knowing his dad - this could be a long 14 years to come.....