I really hate mornings. I’m getting rather big now and so I don’t have to walk more than once a day there and back, DH is taking DD to Kindy on his way to work. It’s wonderful but…. how, oh how do you get your family up, fed, dressed and out the door without tears and under an hour?
I prepare everything the night before so all I have to do is feed and dress. (I ONLY HAVE 1 CHILD BTW) Little miss gets up at 6.30 (never wake the sleeping Lion any earlier or it hits the fan) and we do the breakfast thing. She will then take 1/2 hour (or more) to eat breakfast (in between singing, talking and many fake tears when I encourage her to eat more or faster). Then at 7.15 I dress her whilst she is still picking at food, the occasional tear fills in the final few moments. Do her hair, more tears over the fact her banana isn’t yellow enough or Im still hungry can I have fairy bread? and she is dressed. Late, Hubby and bub leave for kindy at 7.45. Cuddles and kisses and they are gone. I breathe again. It doesn’t seem that any amount of routine or pre-preparation helps. The more organised I am or the earlier I get up the later hubby is for work. What’s your trick to get them out the door??