Help me with my morning routine

[strandedabroad]

For years we have lived in a tiny space, all on one floor. I'm soon to be single parenting 3 young primary kids in a 3 storey house.

I'm used to doing a million jobs at the same time as we're literally in 2 rooms, and it doesn't matter if one is getting dressed while the others still have breakfast. But this will now change.

Those of you with a similar set up, how do you do mornings? I was thinking it might be helpful to lay uniforms etc downstairs? Or do we have breakfast, then all back upstairs for getting dressed etc? I can just see myself doing 10k steps before I've even left the house. It's got the potential to be chaos!

I do:

Up, wee, dressed in school uniform. Downstairs, breakfast, schoolbag ready.
Upstairs, teeth and hair.
Downstairs, music practice, can watch telly if and only if everything is ready inc shoes, bags by door (big incentive)

Only 2 DC and 2 floors, but works.
Good luck!

How old are your children?

If over about 7, I'd expect them to be pretty much sorting themselves with occasional chivvying from yourself.

if younger, what worked for us was
things done night before as much as possible (bags, uniform, packed lunches)
get up and get myself ready
breakfast
DC get ready; I help as needed
Watch TV when totally ready to the point that all that's needed is to put on coat, grab bag and go out door.

All below 7! 6, 4, 4.

We have a 3 storey house and the children sleep on the top floor. I get them dressed in uniform upstairs as soon as they wake up (older ones dress themselves) then we all go downstairs for breakfast.

I keep everything else they need for the morning downstairs so we have second toothbrushes in the downstairs loo, socks/jumpers/coats downstairs so we don’t have to go up again.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4628195-if-you-get-everything-sorted-the-night-before

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One of mine is neurodiverse so our routines move from bedroom to front door to reduce time wasting and distractions as they move around the house. With our layout it's dress, breakfast, hair/ teeth/ shoes.

Using the downstairs toilet means that their ablutions are supervised and with our layout it's by the front door.