Today we have a post from Karmen over at 2+2=4 and a Pup! Karmen is a SAHM to two beautiful children, only one of whom is in school. Even though only one of her children is in school, she still has to have them both up and ready to go every morning. She has a few tricks that have worked really well for her family that could maybe help ease the morning chaos in your home!
Managing Morning Madness
Guest post by Karmen
Managing Morning Madness
Guest post by Karmen
Did you ever notice how long it takes for everyone in your house to get ready when you have plans to be somewhere, or have a time set? Are you always running late? If you're like me, I like to be early. Here are a few tips I have found very helpful when trying to get your kids ready for school in the morning:
1. Layout the cereal or whatever your kids will be eating the night before. If my kids are going to eat cereal I have them pick out the type they want the night before. Otherwise they will spend half the morning trying to decide on what to eat.
2. Lay out their clothes the night before. This includes everything they will need to be ready to walk out the door. Their underwear, socks, pants, shirts, belts, shoes… If they can get dressed by themselves, tell them to get dressed before they come out of their room.
3. Have their toothbrush out and ready for them. Our includes toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash,. We have this all located in a drawer on our bathroom vanity. Makes it easy so we aren’t spending extra time looking for these things all over the bathroom. During bathroom time, I also make sure they have washed their faces, and brushed their hair. The wash clothes and brush is located under the sink in a basket.
4. Have backpacks ready (& lunches packed) the night before. We keep ours on a bench located right beside the back door that we use to go in and out.
5. Eliminate all MEDIA in the mornings. This includes TV. We ONLY watch TV if we are ready early and have time to spare. When everything above has been done then we can sit and watch TV until time to leave.
**And a big tip… get up prior to the time you have planned to wake them so you can get yourself ready, and have a large cup of coffee ;)
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Great tips!! These will def help me out in a couple weeks :) Love the no media idea b/c I do know it slows things down around here!!
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