When you pause your tamagotchi, You have to wait the normal growth time + The number of minutes you paused it. For example, for my kid to become a teen, and I paused it for... 3 hours, I'd had to wait 3 hours more than normal for a teen. Thats what the problem is. Dont pause it, set the time to 8:00 PM if it is a Kid, 9:00 PM if a Teen, And 10:00 PM if an adult... It will wake up in 12 hours.