to just want my children to get dressed?

[joshandjamie]

Boys. Aged 7 and 6. They don't even have to get their sodding clothes out. I put them out because I've long since given up that battle. All they have to do is put their clothes on. But no. They fling them up in the air, twirl them around their heads taking each other's eyes out, climb on each other, pull their pants down and wiggle their bums in each other's faces, shriek and yell and fight.

Within 20 seconds of them getting to their clothes at least one of them will have manage to lose an item of clothing (due to flinging) and then yell and moan that they can't find whatever said item is.

Am I being completely unreasonable to ask them to simply get the fuck on with it???????

boohoo may be on to something. My DS has an hour to get dressed/ breakfast (although he can eat at BF club and chooses that some days)

Maybe he knows he's ready early translate to him think he has loads of time so that's why he just mooches? So I'm going to try having the school clothes ready in the bedroom. He has to get dressed before doing ANYTHING and leaving the room. (excl loo trip!). Anything he gets out and plays with gets taken away.

Either this will work or he'll end up with no toys and no distraction!

Also will implement a no TV before he's ready rule (and unplug at the wall).

TBH I'm just finding DS hard altogether atm and it's really getting me down.

Have you tried doing nothing at all and just completely ignoring it. I know it would take monster will power and I have not tried it myself (and I have a similar problem) but reading your list of what you tried made me think.

You sound like a strong person so just don't do anything. Make a cup of tea, listen to the radio, try to be as chilled out as you can. When it is time to go get up and leave.

It is worth a try. It would require less energy from you and would probably be at least as effective, and you never know, they might just get going.

It sounds like you have tried absolutely everything else.

"In fact if I put them in a plain white room with nothing in it other than their clothes, they could still find a way of getting distracted."

Yes! Exactly this!

Younger one (5) is almost impossible. He drove his teacher crazy last year too, so it's not just me.

Husband tells me he's having some success with older one (6) by bribery - if he gets dressed quickly he is allowed to play Plants vs Zombies on husband's iPod. Not sure of the educational value of this but hey, if it works....