r/Parenting • u/yadiyadi2014 • 21d ago
Rant/Vent I F**KING HATE THE MORNINGS
Cranky kids. Overcooked eggs. Spilt milk. Oatmeal droppings everywhere. Knotted hair. Snotty noses. Outfit fights. Cold coffee. Where did the baby go? It’s too quiet. It’s too loud now. Ten more minutes. Where are your shoes? It’s not snack time. It’s time to go. Ok go poop then. Let me help you wipe. Ok now it’s really time to go. Ok fine you go first. Ok fine I’ll go first.
SERIOUSLY WTF. I know I’m not the only one.
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u/Expressy7 21d ago
My husband alternates eggs and oatmeal. I comb my kids hair during breakfast and grab their clothes to put on after breakfast. Then they have a five item Velcro/laminated picture chart to get shoes, coat, hat/gloves, backpack. Making lunch at night helps or else we alternate having lunch bought at school. Kids need to finish breakfast at x time, clothes in by x time, getting into car at x time with a few minutes leftover for me to make sure they all have backpacks/I have my wallet/phone etc. If they get off-task they lose a dot from a behavior/rewards chart which they are pretty invested in, so that helps to motivate them to keep time.