From the time you wake your child up (or when they wake up) to when you walk out the door - how much time passes?
It takes us about an hour from wake-up to out the door. That is counting all of the tantrums...
From the time you wake your child up (or when they wake up) to when you walk out the door - how much time passes?
It takes us about an hour from wake-up to out the door. That is counting all of the tantrums...
86 votes
pear / 1616 posts
Over an hour. I don't rush them but I try to get out the door by 8ish which is about an hr after they wake up. I've learned that if I try to rush them too much everyone ends up in tears.
And it seems like even if we do miraculously get ready earlier than that, someone has to poop, lost a shoe, forgot something at home etc so it ends up being over an hr
nectarine / 2180 posts
We are so slow! Two hours to make it out the door is not unusual for us. Elementary school will be a challenge! It's so lucky for me that DD's kindergarten doesn't have drop off until 9:05.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
With 2 and if I'm solo, which I mostly am, it takes 1.5 hours from the time I wake up to the time we leave. That includes breakfast, me getting dressed, getting both kids dressed, and invariably changing a post breakfast poo.
persimmon / 1420 posts
20 minutes, but that is with DH there too, and breakfast in the car. It's 30 minutes on my own, an hour if we eat at home.
squash / 13208 posts
I wake DD at 6:45 and we leave btwn 7:10- 7:15
But she is 5 so its gotten easier - I put out her clothes, she pees, gets dressed, eats breakfast, I do her hair and we leave!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
When I am solo I can get her up and out the door in 10 mins.
pineapple / 12566 posts
45 min to 1 hour. That includes me showering and getting ready, the kids eating, getting dressed and brushing their teeth. We aren't usually rushed, so we could do it faster if we had to.
eggplant / 11716 posts
LO1 and I leave at 6:45 am and DH doesn't leave till 8 am...the nanny comes to our house at 8 and dresses the baby, so we don't do anything for the baby.
I just get myself ready and packed in the morning and DH is responsible for getting LO1 up and ready with her school bag packed.
Today I got up at 6 and LO got up at 6:25 and we were out the door by 6:45.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
If we need to be somewhere asap we can get out the door in 15 minutes; I just need to change her diaper and her clothes. Everything else we can do in the go (like eating breakfast).
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
I wake LO at 7:00 and we are putting shoes on around 7:55 to head out. It's just the right amount of time where we both don't feel rushed.
ETA: this is me getting her up, eating and a little playtime. Sometimes I get stuff done like unloading the dishes and/or loading laundry while she's eating.
pear / 1718 posts
30 minutes. I wake up, work out, and get myself ready. Then I get LO up, dressed, fed, and out the door in 30 minutes, give or take 5 minutes.
grapefruit / 4819 posts
About an hour for me to get the two girls out the door in the morning - that includes me having a shower, breakfast for all three of us, getting the girls dressed, backpack packed for preschool, and loading two kids in the car. And that is usually with us rushing about....
Once #3 arrives, I'm fully anticipating that time to just about double
grapefruit / 4418 posts
A laid back day is 45-60 minutes for me to shower and get ready, get her bags packed, get her dressed, fed and in the car. I can do it in 30 minutes if I have to when we're rushing, but it's more chaotic than I like! Once I wake DD up though it's only 10-15 minutes to get her dressed and ready to go!
I'm scared for how much longer it will take when #2 arrives! I don't want to wake up much earlier!
nectarine / 2951 posts
Before my modified bedrest, I got myself and DS ready for work/daycare in 35-40 min!!! My DH works early, so I had to drop off by 7 to get to work on time.
Now he changed his schedule a bit so he can do drop off. It will be interesting in the fall when we have 2 to get ready in the mornings.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Well, I wake up at 5:30 but spend about a little over an hour dozing and nursing G in bed. Once I'm up it's about half an hour, depending on whether or not we have to wake E up. If he's still asleep he's very sluggish. With D helping I can get out the door in 15 minutes, though (I did this morning). I shower at night and don't usually wear makeup, and E eats a waffle and applesauce in the car, then has second breakfast at school.
pear / 1837 posts
I get up at 5:30 but wake LOs around 6:15, leave by 7:05. If the 3 year old wakes earlier on her own, the morning is usually smoother.
pear / 1622 posts
We are usually out the door around 1-1.15 hours but the delays are usually DH & I getting our lunches ready or taking showers. If I don't work out in the morning then I can get out the door earlier with LO.
pomegranate / 3113 posts
Two hours, most of which is DH (we commute together). If I'm solo, we can get out of the house in around an hour.
pear / 1521 posts
Oops, I voted for how long from when I get up til we're out of the house (45 min-1 hr). I wake up LO about 20 minutes before we leave to nurse and get her dressed (though a lot of times lately she gets up earlier so she plays for a little while too). I'm sure we'll need more time once she's older ! (12 months now)
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
On my work days I can get us out of the house in half an hour if I rush. If I take my time I need 45 minutes. I usually give myself an hour and a half though so I can make coffee and eat breakfast before getting ready.
watermelon / 14467 posts
Way too long these days. She's been throwing tantrums because she wants to play or doesn't want her hair brushed/out of her face or she doesn't want to put on shoes. Plus she insists on slowly eating a Belvita bar before we leave and I can't let her have it in the car due to allergies at school.
pomelo / 5326 posts
I voted 31-45 but I try to aim for 30 mins from waking her up to out the door. Usually there is something or other that holds us up an extra few minutes.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I wake them up about 45 minutes before we leave. I'm already ready by this time. It used to be closer to 30 but my oldest is NOT a morning fan, so I needed to give a little more time to deal with the not getting out of bed, not liking her clothes, not wanting to brush hair, ect.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
20 minutes. We literally wake him up at 6 and are out the door by 6:20. The only reason it is like this is because we go to my parents home, he gets ready for school there and then gets dropped off.
I estimate if we had to eat and get dressed it would take 45 minutes. My kid isn't a morning person.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
It takes us 30–35 minutes typically but we can be quicker if we are going somewhere where DD can eat once we arrive.
pomelo / 5258 posts
One hour from when we "wake up" to when we get out the door. Often everyone is awake before the alarm goes off at 6am. I don't think I've woken baby up yet. We could go a lot faster if DH and I got up before the LOs.
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
Around an hour, but we don't rush and we also have breakfast before we go.
persimmon / 1111 posts
2 1/2 hours-- that's time to nurse twice, walk the dog, eat, get dressed, play, and drop LO off. I purposely stagger our schedule so we have playtime in the morning. DH gets playtime in the evening while I'm working.
pomegranate / 3845 posts
He eats at school and I put him in his clothes for the next day as pajamas at night. He wears sweat pants and t shirts to school, which is what he'd wear as pajamas anyway, so I just dress him for school and in the mornings all we have to do is teeth and potty and we're out! I usually put his shoes on while he's still asleep, then wake him up, give him a chance to come to, and then do teeth and potty. Usually takes us around 20m.
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
20-25 minutes upstairs (change, potty, brush teeth)
5 min at the door (bundle up in coats, shoes take forever)
5 min to make pb&j if we're running late,
or 20 min to eat breakfast at home (most days).
Weekends, it takes 1-2 hours because we do nicer breakfasts.
**This does not include any time that I take to get ready, if we get ready at the same time, add at least 10 minutes as the absolute best case scenario.
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