If you have young kids at home

Don't understand why schools have to start so bloody early. Sure have optional early opening for people that need it for childcare but otherwise - open at a reasonable time. As in not before at least 9:30. Same for world of work. Unless it's an essential service, why the need to open at 8am?!

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it doesn't matter what other people do, you need to get up earlier or reorganise your morning routine.

My alarm is set for 7:30 and we are supposed to leave around 8:15-8:20 to be there for 8:35.

Reality is though that none of us are morning people. Especially me. I constantly wake up late, and thus, we are late most days.

I call the days we get there by 9 a win, and the days we get there by 9:15 a lose!

They are 9 and 13 and I get up at 6.45 so I can shower and get ready then I call them when I’m done about 7.15. They have plenty of time for breakfast and getting dressed and teeth/toilet. Out the door by 8.20.

7:30 ish, our 3 year old often wakes a bit earlier, but he just comes and gets in bed with us for a cuddle. Our 7 year old has to be turfed out of bed. We leave for school at 8:30, it's a 15 minute walk. I find an hour is sufficient for getting them ready. DH wakes up with us on WFH days, but leaves at 6:30 when he's going to the office.

Up at 7

Age 7 and 9

School starts at 8.30 and is 4 miles / 10 min drive away (rural) so out of the house at 8.20

We are usually ready to go at 8am ish and have 20 mins of hanging around.

It used to take longer when they were smaller but they can and do get themselves dressed completly independently now, can get their own cereals and be left eating breakfast etc while adults get ready.

I do the morning school run 3 days a week and I get us all up by 7.30.

Around 0720, sometimes 0730 depending on how tired. We leave around 0740/5 for breakfast club. Lunch at school so no breakfast or lunch needing to be made.

The latest I could wake up is 45 minutes before I need to leave the house.
That would be 8am and it would be a stressful rush.

My ideal scenario is wake at six and have that hour to myself pottering and getting ready before my son wakes up and let him have a slower morning getting ready.

Reality is usually up at half seven though. Which is fine if I am on top of things, clothes looked out, bag packed, hair doesn’t need washed but if I’m unorganised even an hour and a half feels a bit chaotic.

I get up two hours before departure, get showered and dressed, pack school bags and lunches, lay out the breakfast things, make the beds, open the curtains etc. I wake DC up an hour before departure, they have breakfast, watch some kids TV, clean teeth, get dressed and we depart. We are all very leisurely, I like to read the news while eating my breakfast, DC like to watch the full episode of a program.

@Bitzee Super woman!!!!

Up at 6/6:30am, I start at 7am making 3x packed lunches plus my own for work, get them breakfast, cleaned up after breakfast, dressed, me showered, dressed, makeup on, bags organised to be out the door for 8:25 takes the whole time.

6am to leave at 7.30

You need to get up earlier than you do now. School clothes, shoes, bags, anything they need like PE kit, laid out night before, along with any forms and/or money they need to take into school.

I wake at 6:30, kids roughly the same time

7am is out of bed time and straight to make breakfast.
7.30 need to start getting dressed and ready
Once dressed, hair and teeth they can do what they want - play/read/watch TV and that's when I usually get myself ready.
8.25 start shoes and coats etc
8.30 leave house

School gate opens 8.40

My 5 year old likes to get up as early as 5.45am. It’s shit.

Dc start school at 8:40 and 8:45 so I wake at 6:00, wake them at 7ish and we leave at 8:10

DH leaves just after six to go to London. He will open the kids doors and say something but not force them up. At 7ish I then get up and get them up if they haven’t risen. Ds1 is y8 and goes at 8ish, ds2 is ten and he goes at 8.20.

showers are in the evening, both have plenty of uniform and youngest has a hanging divider with his uniform for the day so no faff. Both make lunches so that has to happen. Breakfast is cereal (weetabix) usually.

We get up at 7am or just after. DS usually wakes naturally at that time.
Primary we left at 8.40 (walk). Secondary we leave at 8.15 (drive).

I would say I need an hour from getting up to leaving to be comfortable...this includes time to make our packed lunches in the morning. I guess it's made easier by only having one DS though. We could be quicker if we had to be.

He doesnt really have to do much in the morning. He eats breakfast in front of the TV (I don't mind judgement!) and then all he actually has to do is put his uniform on and clean his teeth/brush hair, which takes 10 mins max in total?

Bag is just the same every day. I check his PE kit night before and we do a quick check that he's got his homework the night before too.

We do prefer to shower in the evenings...so I have a quick wash in the morning and that definitely saves time. Again I'm aware I may be judged for this! But it's quite key for me.

ETA I'm not someone who can be routinely late for things. I mean at times we've had the odd rush but I don't think DS had one late mark for the whole of primary. I can't imagine being regularly late! I would find that so stressful!

6am

6am, we have to walk the dog before breakfast.

Mine wake about 5.30-6

alarms are not an issue we need worry about

2 hours before leaving home. I like to be relaxed in the morning.

Earlier than you do now.

How late are you?

If it's 10 minutes, then you need to get up at least 10 minutes earlier.

If it's half an hour, then you need to get up at least half an hour earlier.