those with school age children,what tim do you have to get up in the mornings?

[robinredbreast]

and what do youhave to do ?

[wildwoman]

I get up at 7 or 7:30, make breakfast, iron everyones clothes, get the kids up, get dressed, get the kids dressed, make sure everyone has homework/reading/books/lunch money etc, bundle them into the car to get to school for 8:50.....why do you ask?

[scorpio1]

about 7am.

get uniform out, feed them, supervising dressing. tidy up their table, grab coffee for myself. get their shoes and coats ready, and ds1 book bag.

we leave house at 845am with plenty of time for tv watching/games/hugs etc.

are you having problems? i find if i get stuff ready the night before its easier.

[Cappuccino]

get them dressed

physio for dd1

breakfast

bit of dd1's reading book

run round house looking for dd2's shoes while she laughs at us

out

7am start usually

[MummyDoIt]

Up at 6.45am, get DSs dressed and in car to take DH to the station. Give DSs breakfast when we get back and then they watch television or play while I have a shower and get ready. Leave the house at 8.25 to walk to school. Clothes and school bags are always ready the night before so our mornings are very relaxed. If DH isn't working, we might lie-in till 7.30.

[Nemoandthefishes]

ds is in morning nursery so we get up around 7am..although kids will have been awake earlier and playing around the bed. Have to get myself dressed, keep on at ds to get dressed then get dds dressed. Breakfast for kids while I tiyd around kitchen, do dishwasher etc. March trio upstairs to all do teeth brush hair etc.
then if walking need to be out house by 8.30am if in car 8.40am.
On a monday slightly different as dds are in nursery so also have to make packed lunch for them and leave house by 8.20am but its worht it for the peace!!!

[robinredbreast]

just wondering whay ill have in store for m when dd is older, i was getting up and waking baby at 8am everyday, shes only 7 months but anna888 convinced me to enjoy the lie in, which i have been doing, and now i let dd wake up naturally.
just have a little guilty conscience every now and then, but just thinking, if me and dd do not get up til 930 somedays there will be plenty of times we will be getting up early in the future

[2sugars]

Don't have to, but I get up at 5.00am which gives me an hour to come round, have tea, catch up on MN. What I couldn't do is get out of bed and immediately launch myself into packed lunches/the mayhem/warzone that is dds in the morning.

[wilbur]

We get up at 7 and are out the door by 8. Dcs have always started the day around 7 so it's not too bad for us.

[Oliveoil]

when I work, I get up at 6.30am, wake them at 7am, they are dresssed and out for 7.30am (to MIL)

when I am off, up at 7ish, I wake them up if they are not up by 7.30am, breakfast, get dressed etc

leave at 8.30am, I can leave at 8.45am and still be on time but I aim for 8.30am so we do not get in the HURRY UPPPPPP phase

I do EVERYTHING the night before, all bags etc in hall waiting

all we have to do is eat and get dressed, saves lots of shouting and angst

[moljam]

about 7am maybe 7.30 in rush!

oldest dc(7 and 6) get own breakfast,i change toddler and get his breakfast.get him dressed,older 2 get dressed(i them redress ds1 as his buttons are usually wonky!).they go up to do teeth and wash,come down i brush hair,spray nit stuff,get everyones shoes on while i make sure we have everything-bookbags,lunches etc.get coats on-shout for 10-20 minutes or so then go

[Surfermum]

I get up around 7.45 am.

I have to make packed lunch for dd and myself if it's a work day. Get us both washed/showered, dry my hair, make up on, do dd's hair.

Sometimes there's time for a bit of tidying/cleaning in the kitchen and I put on a load of washing.

We leave at 8.40.

If I haven't done so before going to school I have a quick 10 minute tidy/clean/put washing on when I get back from school and before I leave for work at 9.00.

On Monday dd woke at 8.25 and we still got to school on time.

[SlartyBartFast]

6.50,
2 cups of tea, crosword for half an hour til wake up eldest, he leaves 7.50. when others arise.
need some space on my own definately before the day begins.
leave 8.50, should be earlier though.

[largeginandtonic]

Up at 7 jump in shower.

Feed baby and get all the others up.

Make breakfast, vaguely supervise it.

Shout at them all to get dressed alot and stop messing about!

Dress the baby and 2 year old.

Look at MN while drinking (usually lukewarm) tea if i am on schedule.

Bundle in to the car while hollering 'find your blardy shoes'

Go through checklist in car before i leave the drive...

Do you all have your book bags, coat and lunchbox x 4

Is the baby strapped in?

Is the horror toddler starpped in?

Easy peasy

[pirategirl]

At 7 here. Just to wake up properly, dd gets up and plays downstairs. I shower, then get her breakfast. Ihate rushing in the mornings, but always do seem to end up in a flap at 25 to 9!

[Surfermum]

I remember that thread robin! I think I was one of those who encouraged you to make the most of it. When dd was little I never went to any morning M&B groups as I just couldn't/wouldn't get my act together. DD has always been a sleeper and we were rarely out of bed before 9.30.

Now I'm back in the rat race of getting up every morning for school/work I look back and think what a lovely, relaxing time it was. I had about 4 years of it.

[wilbur]

Sorry, didnt see 2nd part. I get, quick shower if I haven't had a bath the night before, dh or I will get dcs up - ds1 and dd can get themselves dressed (clothes laid out night before usually) but ds2 needs dressing and nappy change. Whichever of us isn't getting kids up will go and get breakfast ready. Then it's get kids fed, teeth brushed, dd's hair brushed (when I can catch her), coats on and out the door, hopefully with bookbags and sundry items all present and correct. I have a big list on the back of the front door saying who needs what each morning, as I cannot keep all that stuff in my head.

[Lucycat]

Pretty much the same routine and timimg as OliveOil - I have to do everything the night before, even down to shoes next to book bags.

[pirategirl]

just read abot your lie ins!!!

my dd used to wake at 5.30 6.00 at that age, do stay asleep till you have to get up!!! and enjoy it !

[tiredemma]

6.30 am

[robinredbreast]

hi surfermum yes thanks you did encourage me too, well ive taken your advice and its great

[Loshad]

Get up at 7am, leave house with4 dc's for school by 7.30am - no problem. I get dressed, children dress themselves, I cook toast while they eat cereal, they eat toast while I feed dog/cat/horses/chickens and rabbit. We all climb into car and leave.
Schools bags packed night before, unifroms laid out so no panic over I can't find x,y or z. I shove one load of washing in the washer before I leave, and sometimes empty/partially empty the dishwasher.

[princessosyth]

I get up at 6.50, have shower, wash hair, blow dry hair, get dressed. Take ds down for breakfast at 7.50, sort out dish washer and make his packed lunch whilst he is eating breakfast. Get him dressed at about 8.30, put lip gloss and mascara on and rush out of door at about 8.45 to arrive at nursery just before 9.00! I must be a real slow coach because it should be plenty of time but we are always in such a rush and have to sprint down the road!

[Blu]

we-e-ell, we have a very lazy morning routine:
7-7.20 ish - wake and make coffee.
Lie in bed drinking coffee, family chatting and discussing arrangements - and doing DS's reading.
about 8: one of us in shower, one making breakfast, then swap in shower and other makes packed lunch, getting DS clothes out etc.
8.30 - finishing breakfast, feeding rabbits, checking book bag tc
Out of house 8.50

[bozza]

Well when I am working I get up at 6.40, get myself ready (shower, dress, make up, hair, drink) for 7 ish. DC get up at 7, both have a cuddle and then DS gets himself dressed, I supervise DD and DH gets my car out of the garage. I leave for work at 7.20 and DH does breakfast, teeth and nursery/childminder run.

On days when I don't work I get up about 7 ish and shower and dress. Then we have breakfast about 7.30-7.40 ish, then children get dressed and teeth and play for a bit. I might do jobs - load/unload washing machine, tidy up, whatever. It always seems quite relaxed because of the what the other days are like....

[SlartyBartFast]

oh and dish washer on,
washing on, finished and on the line!