I am looking for any help/pro tips on how you make your mornings work out and get out the door with your toddler.

I realize how crazy it is to ask about this since I only have 1 two-year-old and I have no idea how you all do it with more kids, but hopefully there is some key thing I am missing that someone will point out to help me figure it out.

My husband leaves for work before we get up. My daughter wakes anytime between 5:45 - 6:45 (trying to figure out how to get that to happen later!) We have to leave the house by 8.

We usually leave on time and make it work - but it feels like the olympics to get out of the house.

I try to take a shower - my daughter cries if she's in the crib, freaks out if she's in the bathroom or shower with me, destroys the downstairs if I put Sesame Street on for her. Once I'm showered I can usually set her up with a show and get ready, listening for her if she needs me while I get dressed/put on makeup.

Breakfast is tough to get her to eat within a period of time, but I can send it to daycare with her so that works out. It's hard to get her dressed, shoes on, hair brushed at any point - she just wants to stay in jammies and be comfy. (Don't we all!)

I pack bags the night before, pick out my outfit, etc. I know I can get up earlier to shower/get ready but I'm hoping for a way to either get her to sleep later or keep her content while I get ready. I do talk to her the night before about "school" the next day, and we talk about it in the morning when we wake up too. Daddy's at work, Mommy's going to work, she's going to school - so that she's aware of what's going on.

DD just turned 2, so she's still young for some of the things that seem to work for older kids. But it may just be that I'm in a new element - was easier to figure this stuff out when she was littler. Now that she is becoming more of her own person it's a little harder.

How do you make it work? What am I missing? Thanks for any advice