I feel so lucky. I've had my guy 4 weeks now, he's 11 weeks old. Our routine is play and go out from 6 to 8 pm. settle down from 8 to 9. bed at 9 or 9:30 (in his crate). wakes us up between 6 or 6:30 if he absolutely has to go #2 (will pee on pee-pad in his crate if it's just #1). If he doesn't get us up we get him up at 6:30 when we get up and take him out to potty and then put him in his playpen while we take our shower. We're so lucky.