https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:16:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-552051 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:14:37 +0000 T-Mom 552051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Crazy morning here too! I echo what so many other ladies have said about the stars needing to align and DH leaving the house before being able to do anything helpful for anyone. Usually I am barking orders and pratically yelling at the 2 kids by the time we leave the house. And I don't know about anyone else, but somehow my DS seems to ALWAYS dirty his diaper right before I need to leave the house (and especially if I was already running late). It's murphy's law, I swear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-552034 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:06:25 +0000 bunnylove08 552034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes if you you leave the PnP in front of the door it would work too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551941 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:26:43 +0000 winniebee 551941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluebonnet: I don't think the stars have ever aligned one morning for me, that must be my problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551935 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:25:28 +0000 littlek 551935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I'm so sorry... I have melt downs when I can't find my keys, phone, sanity, whatever... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551933 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:24:36 +0000 littlek 551933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: That's nice!<br /> @mrskc: that's a great thing about a nanny, you don't have to get all the daycare stuff ready. I'm jealous. I would like a nanny but DH is strongly against it.<br /> @Bluebonnet: hahahaha that's what i must be missing.. the stars aren't aligning for me.. I knew it couldn't be me ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551926 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:21:34 +0000 mrskc 551926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is my first week back, but it's been going good. We do have a nanny that comes to the house though, so that makes it so much easier. The only annoying thing is pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551914 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:16:30 +0000 Bluebonnet 551914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mornings are manageable if the stars align and:<br /> - LO's clothes are laid out the night before<br /> - My work bags (purse, pump, laptop) are all packed up and ready to go<br /> - My clothes are laid out the night before<br /> - LO's bottles and meals/snacks are made<br /> - LO doesn't wake up until I'm showered and mostly ready</p> <p>If anything doesn't go according to plan, its chaotic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551913 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:16:16 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 551913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took forever, but we finally have a routine down. The problem is getting out the door before 8... that almost never happens anymore, but thankfully our work is pretty lenient on schedules. </p> <p>I get all of her food and bottles packed the night before. I'm usually up at 6 and ready by 6:45, which is the same time DH gets up. I'll go get DD, get her dressed and bring her to the kitchen to feed her. We try to get out the door by 7:30, but it's usually closer to 7:45. Time seems to get away from us while we're getting her dressed or feeding her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551901 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:09:34 +0000 littlek 551901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Thank you!! I start February 18. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551898 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:07:59 +0000 winniebee 551898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Congrats! When do you start the new job? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551889 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:04:03 +0000 mrs. wagon 551889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're like drill sergeants in the morning. We have a routine and both of us are extremely good at it!!! Right now we're lucky because our nanny comes to our house at 7am and she can take LMW pretty much immediately, and LMW can usually hang out in her crib if she wakes up before then. So that just leaves getting Wagon Jr. up, dressed, fed, and out the door for daycare. I'm just basically in charge of getting Wagon Sr. and I both awake and started... then I pump and get ready and that takes almost an hour. Wagon Sr. gets ready and gets Wagon Jr. fed and ready, then we all leave together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551878 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:58:11 +0000 littlek 551878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Yes!! I'm hoping Friday will be my last day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551820 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:33:32 +0000 rachiecakes 551820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bunnylove08: I miss the days I could put him in his RnP while I showered. DS is 13 months and walking/getting into everything. Our bathroom is tiny but I'm tempted to pull the PnP in there for showers/getting ready sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551818 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:32:17 +0000 rachiecakes 551818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mornings got better after DS weaned and I wasn't pumping/nursing. I hated trying to fit in nursing/pumping/cleaning pump into my morning on top of everything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551803 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:25:15 +0000 winniebee 551803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Same, except the latest he will wake is 6:30 (and that's IF he had a night waking). So, he wakes up when we wake up and I have to get ready for work with him crawling around everywhere and demanding my attention. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551800 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:24:45 +0000 bunnylove08 551800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regrberdaisy LO did the same thing this morning. She was wide wake at 6:30 I was trying to get her to go back to sleep but she wouldnt have it so I put her in her RnP and had her watch some of the news while I showered really quickly and then pulled the RnP to the bathroom while I got ready. I have no idea how I got out the door on time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551792 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:21:58 +0000 Mrsbells 551792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: my mornings are crazy too, its always hectic and a mad rush to get out the door. I try waking up earlier but then there is always something that slows me down </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551789 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:19:35 +0000 regberadaisy 551789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the part that kills us is she never wakes up at the same time. Sometimes it's 5am, sometimes 5:30 sometimes 6 sometimes 7. If she'll wake up at 5:30am to nurse then go back to sleep till 7 like she did on Monday &amp; Tuesday it will be PERFECT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551727 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:57:52 +0000 yellowbird 551727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mornings suck for us too, and we divide everything. We don't have a set routine in the morning so it's usually chaos. I can't wait until I have a shorter commute and don't have to leave so early!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551725 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:57:06 +0000 winniebee 551725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Insane. I do it all alone b/c my husband leaves for work super early and I'm sweating my ass off by the time I leave the house. I prepare his food and bottles the night before. Now that he's mobile, it's even more crazy.</p> <p>Today, I could not locate my keys and it was bad. I may or may not have cried. </p> <p>@littlek: Did you get the other job!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551723 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:55:34 +0000 bunnylove08 551723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is in charge of walking our dog in the morning. I refresh her diaper bag at night and have it right by the door. I pump when I wake up, shower, dressed, cook our dog's food, feed the cat, get LO's clothing ready for the morning, pack her milk and place it in the fridge, then I wake her change her diaper, feed her put on her clothes on, grab the milk and diaper bag and off we go. </p> <p>DH leaves the house at 7 in the morning do he can't do much to help in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551720 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:54:24 +0000 mrsjazz 551720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mornings are usually frantic. I try to prepare her bottles, get her clothes out, and prepare my breakfast &amp; lunch for work the night before...but many times I end up falling asleep when I put her down. And DH doesn't think, "Oh, maybe I should prep the bottles or get her clothes out," so when that happens I'm screwed in the morning.</p> <p>I then have to get her into the stroller (on really cold days she's in the snowsuit which she hates) and then take a friggin' 15 minute uphill walk to the nanny share house. Whew.</p> <p>Although this morning we are both still in our PJs and I am working from home because the little lady has a fever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551719 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:54:18 +0000 cascademom 551719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: It took some time to implement and a stern warning from my boss about being late to get it together. This morning LO woke up at 6am with a wet sleeper and sleepsack. It didn't matter schedule wise because it's my work from home day, so we got him to daycare early. I also changed him into his day clothes if he fell back asleep. Not the first time I've done that. Some days it works better than others, but overall, it makes mornings manageable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551701 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:48:19 +0000 littlek 551701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: That's nice! DH is gone before LO wakes up so it's me and 2 crazy dogs every morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551696 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:47:12 +0000 cascademom 551696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mornings were tougher before we divided up the routine. I get the baby's clothes and milk out. I usually end up feeding the baby before he leaves for daycare. My husband dresses the baby and gets him to daycare. I have to be in the office by 8-8:30am, so this works for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551689 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:45:53 +0000 littlek 551689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, they do! My morning was rough as well. I spilled my drink on me on my way to work and had to turn around, go back home and put on a different shirt. Oh well, I only have a week and a half at this job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-how-are-your-mornings#post-551686 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:44:22 +0000 regberadaisy 551686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's just SO insanely crazy. Can't catch a breath. Can't ever get ahead and we're running out the door like mad people. We're lucky if we don't forget something.</p> <p>Usually I do all the prep work and dishes the night before. But I've been sick as a dog and my period came back after PP and I just have not been able to deal with it the last few nights.</p> <p>Blegh. Mornings suck. </p>