to ask your morning routine [school days]

[ilikethesun]

School has begun again and it is like winter outside today ....summer has gone.

So I would like to ask your morning [before school] routine.

Mine is as follows.

7am get up wash and dressed........son is doing the same.

7.20am feed and take dog out.

7.40am arrive home son has made and is eating his breakfast [he is 9]

7.45 eat breakfast and surf the internet, watch news or read.

8.25 son checks bag and gets dressed.

8.35 we leave.

6.15 = alarm (DH and i have a 15 minute snuggle - if he's in the country)
6.30 = DH showers and I feed cats, put in a load of washing and make tea for me and DH.
6.30 - wake up dd
6.45 I shower and get dressed
7.00 quick breakfast with dd
7.15 Call DS and leave to drop dd at school bus stop for 7.30 pick-up
7.30 = second call for DS (DH leaves between 7.20 and and 7.30)
unload dishwasher and reload, tidy kitchen and family room.
7.40 (ish) = rant at DS if not up (usually a rant)
tidy up my hair, sort out my stuff for work and put on make-up
7.55 make sure DS is getting something for breakfast, hang up wet washing
8.10 (at the latest) = DS and I leave (I drop him to school - awkward journey), park car back at house and leave directly for work - a 20 minute walk away.
At desk by 9.
Long for school holidays when I only have to worry about me again - thank goodness they are long.

Work at home days:
6am DH up and leaves for work about 6.30
6.30am GCs get up, shower and dress (they like plenty of time in the mornings) and feed cats, guinea pigs and rabbit, empty dishwasher, check school bags and make their breakfast
7am GD brings me cup of tea
7.15am I get up, shower, dress.
7.30am chat to kids, check what plans we have after school etc, log computer on
8.10am GCs out of door to walk to school
8.15 start work, then lurk on mumsnet for a bit and have to work in evening.

Commuting days:
5.30am get up, dressed etc as quietly as possible
5.45am leave for station
6.30am my Mum comes round, DH goes to work, routine carries on.

I love having secondary school children who are not yet teenagers

I tend to have laid out/ironed school uniforms the night before, put out dinner money, juice and snack. Laid out jackets and shoes.

7am: Up and 4 dc (ages 1,3,5,6) down for breakfast.
7.30am Elder 2 dc up to bathroom to get washed and brush teeth for school. Whilst they are doing that, I am changing nappies and getting younger two ready for school run.
8.00am Quick shower for me, chuck on some clothes and hope my hair looks alright.
8.20am Brush 2 elder dcs hair, tie it up, make sure they are both presentable.
8.40am Jackets and shoes on for all 4 dc.
8.50am off to school.

7.30 - 8.45 - get severely disabled son washed, changed and breakfasted and on the school bus. Badger DS2 to get ready, find his shoes, eat breakfast not play lego, not wear wellington boots in summer or flip flops in winter, find dinner money, remember we haven't done homework, and get out of the house by 8.45.

I am beginning to realise why we are always late

Morning all :)

5:30 Get up, washed, dressed and make a strong coffee.
6:00 Get DS1 (6weeks) and DD3 (16 mos) up, fed and dressed.
7:00 Get DD1 (8) and DD2 (6) up, breakfast, wash, teeth and dressed, followed by manic running around.
8:00 Leave For school
8:30 waits not so patiently for the weekend :D

6.30 DDs get up.
7.15 I get up.
7.20 Making breakfast, tea/coffee, lunches. Then sit down together.
7.45 DD2 leaves for bus.
8.00 Feed LittleDog, FussCat, Mortimer and Arabel.
8.15 DD1 leaves for bus.
8.30 2nd coffee of the day and I head off for the shower.

you know there is a chat section, right?

get up at 8.10
8.11 log on to MN
8.12 - 8.45 moan that kids wont do as they are told, get their own breakfast, dress themselves, keep talking to me
8.46 shove them out the door
8.47 go back to bed with laptop

7 am : i get up fed and dressed
7.30: dd gets up and dressed
8am:dd has breakfast
8.10-8.30: MN
8.40: leave for school.

should add i also check the banks and emails etc in that half an hour ..

6:15 Alarm goes off and I get in the shower
6:25 Get dressed and DH gets up and heads for the loo
6:35 Get the kids up and go down stairs for breakfast
6:50 Kids go up to have a shower with DH. I get the younger two's clothes ready
7:00 Kids get dressed. I make packed lunch. We check bags, letters etc.
7:30 Coats on and out the door, though that can go to 7.45 at the latest in emergancies.

7:30 Get up, wake dcs up (3&5), tell them to get dressed and I wash, dress.
7:40 Go downstairs, chuck toast at the dcs in front of tv.
7:45 Fag and coffee on the front steps.
7:50 Crap.
8:00 Shoes on (dcs), put make up on (me)
8:05 MN/emails/blah blah blah
8:10 Look at clock waiting for 8:20.
8:15 Think 'fuck it' and get them in the car
8:18 Arrive at school and sit in the car for 13 mins thinking why the fuck did we leave so early
8:35 Take dcs into school. Kiss ds goodbye. Spend 10 mins convincing dd that toys at school are just as good as toys at home.
8:45 Leave dd bawling, say 'desolé' to the teacher and leg it.

Sjuper, I check my bank and emails first thing too. It's good practise, it's how I spotted my card had been cloned almost straight away.

Bloody nightmare that was.

i can imagine, im 'lucky' in the sense the only fraud thats ever been commited on my account was by my sister she hasnt done it for a few yrs now since i asked the bank to close then re-open my account with a different account number :( horrible experience.

6.30 Alarm
6.45 Dh makes cuppa & kids drinks, I do ds2's nappy and get ds1 up. Cuppa in bed, dc play.
7.10 Dh has shower, I make breakfast for all and do packed lunches.
7.45 I have shower, dh washes kids and dresses ds2, ds1 dresses self.
8.00 Dh goes to work (we love flexitime ) and dcs are allowed Cbeebies/Cyw if ready.
I dry my hair, put washing in the machine, tidy breakfast stuff away, take stuff out of freezer to defrost. Generally find stuff we need!
8.30 Coats on, ds2 in buggy and out the door.

We've not yet worked out how it'll pan out when ds1 needs to go to breakfast club/ds2 to nursery in a couple of weeks time .

6.45 DP alarm goes off, hits snooze several times

7.00 DP gets up, makes much racket getting showered/dressed/locating lost things (!)
and, usually disturbed by DP, DS (6yrs) gets up & watches TV. I try to stay asleep until

7.30 My alarm goes off, DS & I get up & have breakfast

7.35 DP leaves house

7.37 DP comes back for something forgotten

7.39 DP leaves again

7.45 DS washed & dressed then TV & lego, I check schoolbag, make packed lunch, let dog out.

8.10 I shower & dress, then cajole DS into brushing teeth,

8.25 I turn off TV, wait until DS comletes 'this last bit' of the lego toy he's decided to make!

8.30/35 ish we hope to leave house for 20min walk to school

and make it to school on time

7am get up get kids downstairs and feed
7:30 children dressed and hair done etc
8:00 get babies dressed and make sure lunches ready
8:20 leave

Lunches are made and clothes laid out the night before. Sports bags packed / library books found / forms filled in etc

6.30 - Alarm. Dd in bath. Dh makes breakfast.
6.40 - I get up. Dd and dh eat breakfast. I vomit copiously (morning sickness).
6.50 - Dd dressed. Wake ds and put him on the loo. Dh passes me tea.
7.00 - Dh showers and dresses. Ds in the bath. I do dd's hair and sun cream and pack school bags.
7.10 - Final check that dd has what she needs for school. Ds eats breakfast.
7.15 - Dh and dd leave to be at school by 7.30 and work by 7.45.
7.20 - Get ds dressed and sun creamed. Get showered and dressed.
7.30 - Tidy breakfast mess. Make beds. Open curtains.
7.40 - Take ds to nursery.
8.00 - Home. Breakfast for me. Quick turnaround and out to school myself.

We are a well oiled machine.

630-youngest gets in bed with us
650- DPs alarm goes off she goes in shower, CBeebies goes on for youngest so I can doze and oldest gets more sleep.
7am- DS wakes up
710- DP empties dishwasher, feeds kids, brings me tea in bed.
730- DP goes to work, kids play upstairs whilst I am still in bed on iPad checking emails MN etc.....all improtant things
8am- I get up and shower kids dress themselves.
810- clean teeth
815-850- kids play, I get dressed, make DSs snack etc watch the news
852am- walk the whole 2 mins to school

I am sometimes late

6.01 alarm goes off
6.07 get up - go downstairs, put on kettle and get dressed in front of Aga
6.20 put lead on dog and get in car to drive to stables. Drink tea on the way.
6.30 Arrive at Stables. Feed horse. Brush her legs, muck out, fill haynet, change water, turn out two horses, leave stable ready for evening.
6.55 Leave stables
7.00 Arrive at dog walking field
7.20 Back in car
7.25 home. Shout DD
7.30 Wash hands
7.35 Make breakfast and packed lunch.
8.00 Chivvy DD to brush hair
8.10 See DD onto the bus
8.15 - 10am Read the paper and drink tea.

We are a milliatary op during term time.

6.15 alarm
6.16 take out dogs, make tea, put out something for DD's breakfast.
6.30 wake DD (she dresses, washes etc)
6.40 DD eats breakfast, I get dresssed.
7.00 wake DS.
7.10 DD leaves for school bus (three mornings she is collected, two mornings I drop off).
7.45 ensure DS has eaten, brushed teeth etc.
8.00 take DS to school.

What are you lot all doing getting up so early in the morning??

This is ours:

7.00 - 7.15 - dd2 gets up and gets herself dressed; she likes to read before school
7.45 - I get up, wash, get dressed, start waking dd1 up
7.55 - help get dd3 dressed
8.00 - we all have breakfast together
8.30 - upstairs for teeth cleaning etc
8.40 - we leave for school

I have three aged 10, 8, and 4 and twins of 19 months. Our mornings run to a strict routine as follows.

7am Everyone up, washed, dressed, hair done, bags and coats ready, shoes by front door.

7.30 Everyone eats

7.45 Teeth brushed, washing machine on, dishwasher on, downstairs hoovered.

8am. Clean kitchen

8.25. Leave house

Somewhere amongst all that the dog gets let out, fed and watered, the beds get made and the blinds all opened.

Dancegirl, my three have been in school for 15-20 mins by the time you leave for school. They start at 8:20 and 8:25. We have to walk to school and that can take up to 45mins or so, we can do it quicker but I don't like to as it is a nightmare to do.

That is why we are up early.