And reaching out to my father did it for me. Earlier this year I had a deadline and asked him to call at 5AM every day for a few weeks. But we since kept it up as an excuse to talk to each other daily. We barely spoke once a year prior to that.

The phone call starts off with him ordering me to enable my speaker phone, then drop and do push-ups and sit-ups while simultaneously reciting a poem/pledge/prayer/mantra.. basically any low IQ task for about 2 minutes. Then we spend another 2 minutes chatting. The call is over in 5 minutes but by then I am wide awake.

Works best if your Dad is a former drill sergeant, in a different time-zone, is retired, and doesn't like to talk much. :)

That's what I came here to say too. The damn kids now happily sleep until noon, but I just can't anymore. Grumble.

Same here, though the point remains. I've been trying to make the most of the time when my child is still asleep. Bonus is than when she wakes up, I'm less groggy and can better be present for her. But it's still very much a work-in-progress for me. :(