On a scale of 1-5, how difficult is your morning routine (on average)? 1 being easy peasy; 5 you're about to pull your hair out.
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I said 2. We aren't usually in a major hurry.
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I said 2. I wouldn't say it's a joy because there's always so much to do, but I just go through the routine and get the kids ready for school during the week and activities on the weekend. Just gotta do it, but it's pretty easy.
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2. I take D to school while DH deals with M. I love routines.
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2. Routines pretty much set for each morning
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2: wake up my son, drop him at my moms! She would probably rate their routine a 5 though!
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Normally a 1-2, but today was like a 5. Dd was up at 5, we stayed in bed until 545, I went to the kitchen and made some puppy chow for work, DD got up at 615 right as I was doing the dishes, I go get ready for work, got DD ready for school, got DS dressed for school, packed bottles for her, his lunch, and somehow loaded the car all by 645.
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Routine is easy but my kids drive me bonkers - they fight over everything these days and that alone makes me want to pull my hair out
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it's busy but we kind of have a routine down--however that routine includes running late by 15 minutes. i voted average.
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Normally I run about a 3, but today was a 4-5. LO is battling a sinus and ear infection, she fought sleep last night and didn't go down until almost 9:30, and wanted to sleep in well that was not an option. She was clingy, whiney, and it was a hard morning getting her to get dressed/potty/brush hair and teeth/ect. Sigh, I'm ready to have my good morning girl back.
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I think a 3. It's not difficult per say, but very tedious to get both girls ready and out the door.
It'd probably drop down to a 1 or a 2 if I could get my butt outta bed earlier!
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Piece of cake. I get up and do my thing....grab my lunch, load the car, get dressed, have some tea, unload the dishwasher, watch tv, that kind of stuff....this morning i made some candies real quick, since I was up at 5:30. Then I wake E up 10 min before we leave. I get her a fresh diaper, put some clothes on her, and hand her a waffle as we head out the door. She's almost always in a good mood and if she's not, she's just hungry.
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I would say average in general. Depends on DS! Sometimes he is up before we need to, sometime he wants to sleep a little more. Sometimes he is cooperative and climbs into the stroller (he is 25 m but we have a 10 minute walk to daycare), other times he runs around the house and fights sitting in it.
Today he peed all over the change table twice and we were late. . .the life of a toddler
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1. Totally easy. DH gets up super early. Makes lunches, brings me breakfast (yes, I am spoiled!), I get up and shower and do my hair. We both get L up for the day and I get him dressed and drink my tea. We all leave to do daycare drop off. The only thing that would make our mornings stressful would be snow.
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I have to leave around 6:30 so DH takes care of D in the mornings. Currently we have a nanny, but next year he will be the one to take him to day care. So it's pretty easy for me!
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Easy. I shower at night and C is super happy in the morning so... Yeah, it's fine.
Voted 2 for the simple fact that I actually have to get out of bed. That's the hardest part. lol.
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@loveisstrange: hahaha ok. Can I change my answer to a 2 as well? Because I feel the same way about getting out of bed.
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I'd say 5. My actual morning routine is easy enough, because mornings are Dh's "job"--he is responsible for getting LO up and ready for daycare and strapped into the car. I just have to get myself ready.
But still a 5 because my LO is constantly sick, which means constant nightly wakeups, which means we are all very sleep deprived. She also seems to wake at 5 am, no matter what, so we don't get any time without her in the morning.
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I leave before LO gets up, so easy peasy for me. I think DH, who gets her up and takes her to day care, would give it a 3. It just depends on the day and whether she was ready to wake up. We have a toddler who will sleep until 9:30am, given the chance (she's my favorite).
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Pretty chill. LO and I get up at 7. I pump. Then get him changed and dressed for the day. We take my stepdaughter to school. Come home and have breakfast, read a little, play a little, then LO has a morning nap usually around 9. The stressful parts are his dislike for the carseat, bundling him up, and dealing with his refusal to eat anything more than a few bites.
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1. We don't have anywhere to be, except some mornings we go on play dates but not until 10.. My son wakes up around 630ish, I give him Cheerios and milk and make his breakfast and we play until breakfast time.
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They are a little rushed, but I don't feel super stressed about it. I also am very low maintenance in the mornings. I shower at night and don't do much with my hair. I do my makeup in the car when I get to work. We always eat grab and go breakfasts so we don't have to cook and clean up.
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1! My child is a morning person. Except for the fact that he wakes up at 5am every morning, mornings are a breeze. He takes a bottle while I wake myself up. We eat breakfast together, play and then he goes down easy for a nap at 8am.
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Pretty easy! It helps that I don't have to get J ready at the same time, he goes to daycare after I leave because DH starts later than I do. But DH gets about two hours even after I leave so his morning is pretty smooth, and they get playtime together. Morning is when J is the happiest.
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Fairly easy I spose. DH stays home with the kids so all I have to do is get myself ready while everyone else is still asleep. I hate mornings so I'm very thankful I'm only responsible for myself.
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I'd say that it's average. He's a master staller, so there's always something that he'll try and get a win out of like putting away a bowl or getting another Saltine. The morning routine chart really cut down on our headaches and tantrums. I was practically in tears before I started doing that. It's helped a lot. There are some bad days, but they're fewer than before.
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2. LO is a heavy, sound sleeper, so we have time to get ready each morning in peace before waking her up at the very end.
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I said stressful. Right now my husband leaves very early (4:30am) for work so I end up having to get ready while watching my very busy 15 month old in my bathroom at the same time. Some days he's ok but lately he's into everything and is constantly up on the counter, in the sink, etc. I really wish I could drop him off at daycare prior to getting ready for work but it would be too early.
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I said average. The getting ready part is easy - in fact its usually enjoyable. Once E has a cup of milk she is happy to play (under my feet, thrusting books at me every two minutes) while i get ready and DH is around to help out too. Getting E dressed isn't a battle (yet) and she's always excited to get her boots and coat on. It starts getting tough once we've left the house because I have to drive across the city to drop her off and then commute a further 25 miles to the office, on a terrible stretch of motorway, all before 9am. I leave the house at 7.30am and yet I get stuck in traffic and arrive late most days. So it all evens out to an average stress rating!
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I'm almost always stressed in the morning. I wrote it off as normal until now! I walk LO to daycare every day and then walk back home to gather my stuff to walk to the (far-ish) bus stop. I'm always sweating when I get there (even in winter). But i get to decompress and relax on the long ride to school, so it's no biggie until the next morning.
The main stressors for me are 1) she's impossible to wake up 2) because she's been staying up past her bedtime 3) breakfast is a hit or miss 4) she's so particular about everything - she's 2.5.
I realize now (since she's waking up so late) that my stress level goes down when I don't have feed her breakfast. It's snack time shortly after she arrives daycare, but I really prefer that she eats at home (that way I know she eats). Next year, if my schedule allows, I'm thinking about letting her have breakfast at daycare a few times a week. It would mean a shift in our schedule, but it might be worth it (and be less stressful for me).
Thanks for all the responses! It's helped opened my eyes
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