Lazy mornings

Tell her to do one. She's not a friend

I think this stuff depends so much on our kids. My son was always a night-owl and late riser so our mornings look a lot like yours... We do our outdoorsy stuff in the afternoon and keep mornings for slow wakings and a hot brunch as our main meal.

But as a toddler he did go through a phase of needing to be run twice a day like a puppy so that was the time in my life that I would hurl myself out the door super-early.

I have friends whose kids are larks and they feel like the day is half over by 11am. Not my style at all but I understand it.

Still seems very weird to be grumpy with someone else for their daily rhythm though, unless you've made plans and are holding them up

sounds bloody lovely to me, enjoy it!

I have nearly 5 year old twins, they aren't back at school until today, so yesterday we were all off. I'd got all my chores done (well not all as there is always something to do) but we went out for some lunch, and then we came back. Twins were playing lovely together so I sat on the sofa and watched episode 3 of Mr Bates v The Post Office. But the whole time watching it I felt like I was doing something illegal, like at any moment someone was going to "catch me"

We're all early birds in our family so this wouldn't suit me but I don't see any issue at all with it if it works for you. I find it really odd that some people seem to attach a sort of moral superiority with being someone who gets "up and out" early - what difference does it make?

Good lord, make the most of it.
When I had maternity leave with DD3, I did that but 5 days a week! Older ones old enough to get themselves to school.
Dd3 is now 16 and I wfh 2 days a week. I get up at 8.50 on those days and love it.
Ps re friend " wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same"

I had a colleague who used to call me 'lazy bones' because I used to show up to work between 10 and 11am. Of course, they left by 4 every single day, whereas I would still be there at 7.

People, glass houses, stones.

Ignore them.

Nothing worse than being up and out at the sparrow's fart. It takes me ages to come to in the mornings. In fact, it is normal to feel groggy up to 90 minutes after waking up so why not make the most of it by doing absolutely nothing? I have my first surge of energy at midday and the second wind around 7-8 pm. I am hugely productive and creative late in the evening which allows me to run a creative business after finishing my normal working day.

Oops haha this is my everyday morning routine until DS starts nursery. We all shower and get dressed and out the door at 8am to take older DS to school, then we take dog out and we’re back home until after lunch. He also naps 2 hours every morning which I use to catch up on chores/do a bit of work. It’s slow paced but it’s our routine and I know it won’t last much longer.

I like a mix. Some lazy mornings are fine, especially if you have no set plans. My kids definitely like a bit of tv and downtime in the holidays, but some days I will arrange to meet a friend at 9.30/10 or whatever

Tell your friend to text you in advance if she wants to meet up!

Heaven 😄

On maternity leave my mornings were like this. Baby napped about 10-11am so I’d shower and get ready while he napped and then get out for the afternoon once he woke up. But the mornings were spent in pj’s with a coffee and pottering about.

Nothing wrong with what you do. You do what works for you. It's a great feeling being up and out in the morning and a productive day, but some people think every day needs to be like that and it really really doesn't!

It doesn't matter what your friend thinks. It's more a reflection on her unease with her own routine / life.

Pity to miss out on the xyz perhaps, but then if your Dd sleeps in the am, maybe not.

I swear people like this have problems.. I feel like they're always on the go because they have issues they don't want to face so they need to be busy ALL THE TIME. It's not our problem!

I like your routine. Don't worry about what she or anyone else thinks, it works for you. 😁

You’re not lazy, you have a different routine that’s all. Do things at your own pace and as long as the basics get done I wouldn’t worry. Can’t your friend meet you after lunch? Why does everything have to be done in the morning? I’m saying this asa morning person (my idea of a lie in is to sleep until 7am) I wouldn’t dream of judging other people and how they spend their time

It wouldn't suit me, but horses for courses. How do your older ones get to school ?

I'm currently on ML and our mornings are like yours.

DD naps between 11-12. However if the weather is dry we will pop her in the buggy and go out for the day as she naps happily there too. Albeit not as long.

Your friend sounds very judgmental. Not everyone's way of life suits others.

Tell her to piss off.

That doesn't sound particularly lazy to me. Lazy would be not getting washed and dressed and eating breakfast in bed while watching Netflix.

That sounds great. I don't have the option during the week, but it's pretty much how I spend every weekend morning. Life is too short for rushing around just for the sake of rushing around. My dc are not tiny anymore and it's nice to bloody sit down while you can.

@Ewoklady she has a toddler & older one/s. where have I missed 'the little baby'??

I'm the same as you. Generally on non working days we have nice lazy mornings. We watch a bit of TV in bed, then get up for breakfast. Kids play for a bit whilst I tidy up and then we get dressed and head out for the afternoon.

Everyone does things differently, I would just ignore.