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What's your morning routine like?
Categories: Preschoolers, Development
Since my husband is often away on business trips, our family has never been able to have a morning routine. And I know sometimes it is hard for our sons. There are a lot of last-minute changes and consequently, we are either running behind schedule and/or very stressed. I would like to give my children more consistency, more quality time and attention in the morning before they go to school, but I don't know how.
I read about the "Breakfast Club" this morning: "each morning after everyone is dressed, fed and chores are completed, they may enter the Club. Most mornings the Club consists of a rousing game of Crazy 8's, other mornings a simple art project or special book to be read. But whatever it is, the Breakfast Club has worked magic on our morning routine. " I think it's a wonderful idea.
What's your morning routine like? What works best for your family?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ginny 8-31-2006 @ 3:53PM
My morning routine before I wake the kids up is pretty hectic. Take a shower, get ready for work, let the dog out, feed the dog, water the dog, feed the cats, water the cats, feed the fish, (They have water already ar ar ar), make my and my DHs lunch, make coffee, wake DH...he rolls out of bed, grabs his lunch and coffee and goes off to work. Oh he has it so rough. Then I wake the kids who never want to wake up on weekdays but wake up before dawn on the weekends. Feed them, get their clothes ready, drop them at two schools and then I get to come to work to relax. Sorry ya asked? Not exactly "breakfast club" over here.
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Bonnie 9-01-2006 @ 11:24AM
Games and crafts? Are they kidding? We only have one toddler and it's divide and conquer. He is only awake long enough to go from crib to table, then brush teeth get dressed, and into the car. *IF* he is ready to go before we are, he can do a jigsaw puzzle. But that only happens once or twice a week.
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suburban misfit 8-31-2006 @ 5:51PM
From Wednesday to Friday, it's just me and the kids. I wake up a few minutes before them so I can eat breakfast and start the coffee maker. I get them up, grab the clothes that were laid out the night before, and go back downstairs. They go to the bathroom, come down, and are allowed to spend 10 minutes watching cartoons so they can wake up. Then they eat, I pack lunches, they brush teeth and hair, and they grab the backpacks that were packed the night before. All of this takes from 35-40 minutes.
When my husband is home, we share morning duties on school days (nothing set in stone; we just do what needs to be done), and on the weekends we sleep in. He usually feeds them on the weekends, unless we happen to be up at the same time for breakfast.
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Victoria 8-31-2006 @ 8:32PM
My husband does not participate in our morning routine because he is already at work. You can definitely have a morning routine with your kids even though your husband isn't there. In fact when my husband is home in the a.m. it throws me off schedule. :)
I get up first, shower, make coffee and make lunches. Then I get the kids up and they dress while I make their breakfast. We eat, brush teeth and we're out the door. The night before I make sure their backpacks are ready with homework and other stuff, otherwise something always gets forgotten. I sometimes put music on, and that helps them get going. When they were younger I made a picture schedule for them (bathroom, get dressed, make bed, feed fish) for the things I wanted them to do before they came down for breakfast and that helped a lot.
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