Reach the exercise part of his routine
The exercise is the fifth part of Aldous’s Day 1 morning note: curtains, wake, shave, breakfast, exercise, dress. Finish serving his porridge and give him both slippers first. One slipper is on the floor; the other is in the room’s drawers.
Tap the Toy Soldier that supplied the alarm-clock hand and watch its movements. Use Aldous’s left/right body movement as the reference; Down is the forward/down bend. This is not William’s later toe-counting puzzle.
Follow the Toy Soldier’s six movements
Complete the six-movement set
Move Aldous Left → Right → Down → Right → Right → Down.
Repeat for the premium routine
Perform the same six movements again, as described by the premium guide.
Checkpoint: He is ready to get dressed.
Finish Waking up Aldous
Put on the shirt, then vest, then bow. Speak to him and inspect the approaching carriage through the window.
Checkpoint: The premium story moves to Day 1 Afternoon.
The documented older demo shows the same six directions once before dressing. If your game is the preview with the 235 sugar cabinet, follow its exercise endpoint rather than adding premium steps that your scene does not request.
Exercising with Mr. Aldous: the optional action
Exercising with Mr. Aldous is an optional reward, distinct from the story achievement Waking up Aldous. Release-era guides describe moving him incorrectly until he is stuck in a bent pose, then clicking him to recover, before doing the correct exercise.
Those authors do not establish one repeatable wrong-input code: TheGamer explicitly reported trouble reproducing the action after unlocking it. Rusty Lake’s September 1 Steam notes also say a repeatability issue involving exercise was fixed. Do not treat a guessed random sequence as a guaranteed current-build solution.
Check the achievement list after the stuck-and-recovery interaction. If it is already recorded, continue the correct routine. If a reward does not synchronize or the character will not recover, record your platform/version and use the progress and sync guidance; do not reset the whole game to chase this optional action.