How long does it take you to get everyone out the house in morning?

[WhyNotMe40]

We always seem to take much longer than we should.
I have 2 small kids at school and 2 to get to nursery. DH just gets up and out.
I make pack lunches for everyone the night before.
Everyone needs sun creaming, hair done, teeth done, get dressed, breakfasted, locate various reading books , sunhats, homeworks etc. Then I wash up and get out the door.

It takes me 2 hours....

I have hooks by the door for nursery bags and book bags that theoretically everything goes back in to. But I always forget something like restocking the nappies (we use cloth so send them in every day) or they've been reading a book in the morning over breakfast and put it down somewhere.
Anyway

How long does it take you?

20 mins - I have my own 13,11 and 8 year old and my 7 year old niece in the morning. I'm ready before they get up. The 13 year old does everything herself, the 11 year old needs to be woken and chivied along a bit and the other two need a bit of help with uniforms.

Everything is laid out the night before - the kids pack up their school bags after they finish homework the night before and then under pain of death don't touch them until the morning. Coats are at the bottom of the stairs. All notes/money/ extra glue sticks, empty egg boxes etc are all organised the night before. The majority of the lunch stuff is in bags the night before- just sandwiches and juice to be thrown into each bag in the morning.
It's just a quick bowl of cereal or toast, teeth, uniform, hair and out.

45 minutes.

One secondary (12) who needs to get to the station, one primary (9) who needs to get to breakfast club. DH usually takes him separately as its just around the corner and I do the station run as its on the way to work. If I have to take them both because DH needs to be in work early (breakfast club doesn't open till 7.45am) then they both have to be in the car with me at 7.30 am.

Everything is ready night before as far as possible. Uniforms, lunches, books, homework etc. Bags brought downstairs.

6.45 am I get up and finish the packed lunches (just putting fridge stuff in boxes) and putting it in their bags. Do any household bits e.g sorting washing, loading random things in dishwasher, putting random stuff in bins/recycling.

6.55 am Give DS1 an initial wakeup nudge, open his blinds.

7.00 am DS2 gets up around this time of his own accord. I get myself dressed and sorted and I chivvy him to get dressed and put his reading book in his bag.

7.10 am I go back upstairs and tell DS1 he absolutely has to get up. Much whingeing and moaning. Leave him to it, go back downstairs and get DS2 to have his breakfast. Do more cleaning up.

7.18 am yell at DS1 to get downstairs. He's still getting dressed. Two minutes later he saunters downstairs for breakfast. I send DS2 up to brush his teeth.

7.25am DS1 is browsing his phone having shoved breakfast in. Tell him to go brush teeth. Get DS2 to get his socks on.

7.27 am DS1 putting shoes on
7.28 am DH appears. Update him on DS2 readiness if he's taking him. Get DS2 to get his shoes on if I'm taking him.

7.29 am DS1 in car. DS2 also if necessary. Drive to station.

So in summary, I can well understand how it takes you 2 hours to get 4 kids organised. Especially if they are littlies.

In a push 45 minutes, leisurely pace an hour. Have 4 DC, 7yo, 5yo, 4yo and 2yo, 2 in infants and 1 in nursery. Everything is laid out and prepared the night before without fail, bowls, spoons and cereal on the side waiting, uniform and shoes in the same place so each knows which is there own, hair brush and spray laid out for where i sit to do hair, bags by the back door and pushchair out and ready to put the LO in. (Have to help the 2 older ones still as they have proper shirts and even I struggle with the buttons sometimes)

3dc 8,6 and 18m. Takes about an hour. Breakfast, teeth, hair, dressed, coats, shoes, suncream, hats or appropriate. I do lunches and bags the night before. Youngest is usually changed and dressed by my partner

At 8 and 6 mins are pretty self-confidence with regards to breakfast, dressing etc. They are generally up around 6.30, breakfast at 7ish, then reading, homework if any (usually times table or spelling apps) and teeth. They have about 20-30 mins to themselves before shoes and bags at 8.25, out the door 8.30.

I imagine if they were in bed til 8 we would be all stressed and rushed but they choose to stretch it out over a couple of hours so it's quite relaxed really.

Thanks for the replies.
I try to be as organised as possible with clothes bags and lunches sorted the night before. It is literally the chivvying, wresting two toddlers into clothes and nappies, making sure everyone is fed, hair brushed and tied up, sun creamed etc. We have am organiser by the front door for hats and gloves but the favourite hat is always elsewhere.
My dd2 is also REALLY not a morning person and needs me to almost drag her out of bed and dress her myself or she just zombies out.
I suppose I could cut out my morning chores - hang out washing (run it overnight) clear up from breakfast, clean floor under dining room table (crumbs from breakfast etc as we get ants), put second load of washing on, set bread machine. But I would then just have to do those jobs when we all get in at teatime - when everyone is tired hungry and grumpy!
After tea is homework, music practice, bath and bed. Some days the older ones have Extra curricular activities. Tidy up and a spot of cleaning, load of washing to run overnight, then bath and bed for me.
There is just never enough time!
Somehow I also need to start carving out some time for exercise and some CPD studying, but it seems impossible.

I am up at 6.30 and we leave at 8.30

It would take far less if you had a dh to share the load, about an hour, even less if you both did more at night.

WhyNotMe40 that's not time getting everyone out then is it! You're mostly doing housework!

I was going to say if it takes you that long it's as someone said - tasks expand to fill time. However what you've actually done is the equivalent of asking how long it takes to make a cup of tea but omitted to mention that for you unpacking the dishwasher and whipping up a batch of muffins is part of the cup of tea making process

Fair enough yes you're right

To be fair I try to do my jobs while the porridge is cooking and they are eating it.

An hour if I’m being ‘lazy’ and pottering around. In a rush we can do half an hour but obviously that is stressful so I avoid it. Kids are 3&5.
I put out their clothes for the day the night before, for eldest I have a clean set of uniform for each day. Basically I try to do as little as possible in the busy mornings!
They have breakfast while I do little odd chores, then I give them a quick wash at the sink, they dress themselves while I have a shower.
Often punctuated with me shouting ‘come on now keep going.’ Then shoes and bags on and out we go.

WhyNotMe40 it's probably eminently sensible to do chores when you do, it's just not the same task as getting children out of the house!

All I do in the mornings before the kids leave if home is make the children's lunches. I do laundry and dishwasher etc if leaving later but not if leaving with the kids.

If they can't find their favourite hat tough, wear what's there - that's always been the rule, and shoes on shoe shelf and hats in a bag on a peg by the door.

They put their own clothes out and pack their own bags the night before and have since age 6.

I think if doing the chores before work is what's logical for you it's just going to take longer, though not essential it takes 2 full hours.

Why doesn't your husband do his share? Does he leave before you get up?

When does the clock start? I wake up very early and usually get up at 6.30 and start yelling 'get up!' at about 7ish. I threw DS out the door at 8.30 (I am working at home today).

He was late.

Husband has particular exercises he needs to do (medically) in the morning, and is very slow moving first thing so I actually find it easiest if he just stays out the way a bit. He could help chivvy them eating breakfast though before he goes.

I get up at 6.30 and start getting toddlers up then. Start waking the other 2 at 7. Dd1 is fine but dd2 takes nagging until she eventually emerges like a sloth at 7.30. she doesn't do mornings well! 😀

My older one gets herself to school, but my mornings look like this (I also have 4DC) If DP is at work he leaves the house at 7am, if he isn't he usually wakes at 8 and then walks the middle two to school while I laze about in my pjs with the baby.

6.30 - wake DD1 up, feed and change the baby.
Drink a lot of coffee while DD1 sorts herself out and leaves the house at 7.15.

7.30 wake the other two DC up. They get their own breakfast while I drink more coffee and make packed lunches.

8.00 I shower while baby is in his bouncy chair and I watch the middle two wash/teeth as they tend to dodge this if left to it!

8.15 remind them to brush their hair, put lunches in bags, I get dressed.

8.30 remind them again to brush their hair, chuck baby in sling and out of the door.

I have 4 DC - 2 are at school and 2 are at home with me. Aged 2 months, 3, 5 and 7.

7.00 - wake up, breastfeed baby in bed, DC get dressed and come in for a chat while DH changes baby's nappy and brings him downstairs
7.15 - downstairs. DC watch television, I make breakfast, peg out washing, empty dishwasher and have a coffee, DH gets dressed and leaves at 7.25
7.45 - kids eat breakfast, I go for shower and get dressed / blow dry hair and put the sling on ready to shove baby in
8.00 - kids play, I nit comb / read / craft with DC (eldest very into origami so we might make a bookmark or card for a friend) and load dishwasher
8.30 - DC go up to brush teeth and wee while I shove lunchboxes and book bags in a large bag, then DC come down for shoes / coats / suncream / hair
8.40-8.45 - leave on foot

3 children aged 5 (in reception), 3 (pre school) and a 15 week old. Takes about an hour. I get up, feed and change the baby. Get the older DC’s breakfast ready and make packed lunch for 3 year old. They then dress themselves while I get dressed/sorted. I do their hair and we all brush our teeth. Book bag is packed and by front door the night before. Shoes/coats on, baby in pushchair and we go.

I have 3 kids aged 9, 7 and 3. I find I have to get up at 6 otherwise I am rushing around, which I hate. I try to do as much as I can the night before - packed lunches, homework and reading books in backpacks.

We leave the house at 8:15.

I wake up about 6.45 , check 15yr old DS is up. He leaves at 7.20 to get the bus to school.

7.30 DS2 (10) wakes up . It takes 45/50 mins to get him to eat/ washed and dressed. He does have some difficulties though which mean he's slow and struggles with organisation so needs a lot of chivvying along

about an hour - could be done in half hour if needed

I think you need to recognise whilst they’re all this young it is going to be hard and it sounds like you’re doing an amazing job! The fact you do household chores as well is brilliant!