What is your before school routine?

Spendless

Get up, try and rouse the nearly teen from his bed, chunter about Mr S hogging the bathroom, tell the nearly teen you have no idea what he did with the homework he was doing last night and query why he didn't put it in his school bag, ignore the strop that follows, refuse request for additional money, remind him that he needs to be out of the door in a few mins to catch the bus, refuse the request for you to drive him there, pointing out that he has a younger sibling that has to be taken to school and the school times to fit, ignore the next strop. See him out the door, see the younger child to school.

Enjoy age 7/8 :D:p

mummyroysof3

the only reason i find mornings stressful is that the 5 and 7 year old dont do what i ask the first time and the 5 year old takes ages to do anything...she forgot her home work this morning and as i asked her last night and this morning to put it in her bag i was not happy. i also have a 3 year old who i have to do everything for.

its left me thinking...should i do everything for them rather than get stressed that they ignore me?

sassyblue

fly_dragon_fly wrote: »

My son gets up at 7am puts the t.v on, gives daddy a 15 minutes cuddly / story before he goes to work and then makes himself some cereal and gets 2 scotch pancakes and a banana and then after that he gets dress by then it's 8:10 and then brush our teeth then wait for nanny / grandad to pick us up at 8:30am.

Sounds like a routine to me.

I'm up 7.30 and wake DS who's 6. Run him a bath, feed cats, wash myself, make lunchboxes, get DS out of the bath and we both get dressed. Then he eats a bit of breakfast while l make beds, do my hair and face.

Some mornings it's chilled, some mornings if he doesn't want to go to school (and dreams up all manner of ailments :rotfl:), the cats might fight and get under my feet it's not so chilled but l love it.

Spendless

fluffnutter-I took it as new baby hasn't been born yet- as maternity only started a fortnight ago. Sorry, quote not working for me.

fluffnutter

Wait until your son is approaching his teens. Little ones often get up early giving you a fair bit of time to get things done. Once they're teenagers they'll do anything to stay in bed for an extra ten minutes and your calm, chilled morning will turn to nagging and shrieking

Hate to say this, fly dragon fly... you sound a little smug

fluffnutter

Spendless wrote: »

fluffnutter-I took it as new baby hasn't been born yet- as maternity only started a fortnight ago. Sorry, quote not working for me.

That's because I re-read the post and realised that she's due with the second, like you say. Hence I deleted my comment.

pigpen

I have 6 to get to school/college in a morning. They are all quite capable of getting up and dressed and getting their breakfast themselves (8-17)

Their alarms go off at 7:30am.. they are supposed to get dressed and get their breakfast while I deal with the little 2 (1 and 2) I brush the hair of the 8 and 10 year olds as soon as they have finished breakfast, though usually while they are actually eating it!!

In reality from 8am I am chasing them round nagging them to get ready, get dressed, have you eaten, where are your shoes looking for medical bits/socks/hair brush/reading books etc. We have to leave at 8:45 or we are late to primary school and the older ones have to be out by 8:30 or there is no going out on an evening/pc etc.

I loathe mornings in here!

Appreciate what you have and the family support doing the school run.

fluffnutter

pigpen wrote: »

I have 6 to get to school/college in a morning. They are all quite capable of getting up and dressed and getting their breakfast themselves (8-17)

Their alarms go off at 7:30am.. they are supposed to get dressed and get their breakfast while I deal with the little 2 (1 and 2) I brush the hair of the 8 and 10 year olds as soon as they have finished breakfast, though usually while they are actually eating it!!

In reality from 8am I am chasing them round nagging them to get ready, get dressed, have you eaten, where are your shoes looking for medical bits/socks/hair brush/reading books etc. We have to leave at 8:45 or we are late to primary school and the older ones have to be out by 8:30 or there is no going out on an evening/pc etc.

I loathe mornings in here!

Appreciate what you have and the family support doing the school run.

To be fair though, pigpen, haven't you got about 10 kids or something Fair play to you even getting them out the door before lunchtime!

victory

I find the mornings are much easier if I keep out of their way, DS likes his tv show, knows what he wants for breakfast, gets dressed, teeth etc, I come in at the end as a human reminder... Have you done your teeth, have you got your tie on, bus money, blazer, lunch box, homework, shoes on, coat on, gloves, hat, right now you are ready to go:rotfl::D

Spendless

Mornings are def easier I find if you don't have to get ready yourself to go to work or even to do the school run. If time can be devoted to the child/ren's needs and you see to yourself after they've gone, I find it a lot calmer.