2 boys in primary. DH is with us every morning before he WFH at 9. They have breakfast at around 7:45. I call them to the kitchen for breakfast twice. He’s sitting on the sofa with them showing them something on his phone or chatting or watching TV with them which is nice but he can hear me. I literally have to peel them away. He will only tell them to go into the kitchen after I’ve called 3 times and I’m being ignored by all.
He does get them to go into the bathroom around 8:15 but he just makes sure they’ve washed their hands then they go downstairs and I have to remind them to do their teeth so I’m bad Mummy sending them back upstairs again. Sometimes he starts a game with them at this point whilst I'm trying to make sure we have everything. Then he has a shower in the downstairs bathroom right as we are about to leave at 8:30 so I can’t get things I need or last min loo etc.
He's not great at telling if it's a good time or not but he knows how long it takes them to get ready and we’ve talked about what works best for us before. He's WFH for years. It’s not like he won’t see them for a few days. He can sit with them after they have eaten and dressed or after school as he works from home and sees them then. It’s all on his timetable. AIBU?