Moms with more than one child in daycare

Clicked the first option but meant the second! I currently get up at 6:15 and get myself ready + coffee, get the baby up at 6:45 breastfeed/ change nappy, get toddler up at 7 give a cup of milk/ change nappy/ get dressed/ brush teeth/ put shoes on etc. and he fights me every step of the way. We’re out the door at 7:35 but that last 35 minutes is a Struggle. Not sure what I’ll do when baby is also in nursery and I can’t just have her tagging along in her PJs

What works for me is getting my kids dressed as soon as they wake up. No tv or tablets. We move right on to breakfast and I try to get myself ready in between things so we can be out the door on time. Not every morning is smooth sailing tho lol

I made my toddler a visual routine thing on Velcro so he removes the bits as he does them. I reset it every evening, he comes down and adds his chosen breakfast to it and then knows all the bits have to be taken off before he gets to the bottom which is toys/play. That’s worked well for him. The baby, well he’s just fitting it with whatever else is going on 🤣 Me and the husband tag team it in the mornings, on the days I work, so that we’re both ready on time as well.

this was my schedule when i worked: wake up and jump right into breakfast for everyone (messy eaters so i can’t have anyone dressed before eating) while they’re busy eating i get myself ready. i dress the younger one while i let the older attempt to dress himself and if he needs help i help him. then i would eat in the car.

Giving them as little time to do anything 🤣 My little ones start nursery at 7:30 and they get breakfast there. So morning routine is 6:15 I’m up, washed and dressed and make a cup of tea to go, add any additions to nursery bags (milk etc). Then I wake my eldest up at 6:45 and get her washed and dressed then we go and wake her brother up together at 7am. She’s better at distracting herself for a short period of time so will play whilst I then get little one washed and dressed. Then it’s bye bye daddy, downstairs, shoes and coats on and out the door by 7:20.

Omg I feel for you. I have one 3 year old and he is not a morning person. It takes so long for my husband to get him dressed bc he’s just trying to not cause a breakdown. My 1 year old is a breeze to get dressed. We will open his door and let the light from outside kinda gently wake him up. Let him lay in bed while we get his clothes laid out. We also bought a morning task list and it’s helped him get motivated to get up. We never know if we will get a happy or grumpy kid in the morning. My husband is also very stern in the mornings so he knows the push back won’t work.

Honestly, I learned that I have to get them either up super earlier and have the time for distractions or now I wake up one first get them ready wake up the other one and then hope getting them out the door will be smooth

Are they waking up with enough time to get ready so it’s not as frantic? I had to start waking up my daughter a bit earlier. She’s my sleeper and although it’s not exactly pleasant, waking her up just 15 minutes earlier has helped a lot.

I only have one who is 3.5 and I swear to god my hair is starting to fall out from the morning stress. Why do they not want to cooperate?! It's HELL trying to leave on time. I get up before him and get myself ready, nursery bag packed, breakfast prepped etc then wake him up. I've learnt not to let him have fun until he is all dressed and ready, because otherwise I would have to stop his fun to get him dressed which resulted in huge tantrums

Wake them up one at a time rather than at the same time. I used to get my youngest up first and let her sister sleep a couple of minutes longer

I have a routine with the kids always up early to give my self plenty of time. Pick out their clothes early on the morning before they wake up or the night before and make ur coffee before u get them ready 🤪 but routine is key

The way I do it now is I wake up at 6 am do the things I have to do to get myself ready. Wake up my youngest and get him ready (I get him up at 7:30 typically doesn’t take long as long as his sister isn’t awake to distract him) then I get his sister up (at 7:45) Then they eat breakfast together and I can get them out the door

For my twins we catch them when they’re still groggy from waking up. The more alert the bigger the fight. We either get them dressed one each or if doing it solo the twin not getting dressed stays in bed

Prepare at night the clothes need to be laid out, snacks, lunches ready to go and just wake up one at a time to get dressed have one watch TV or eat breakfast while you get the other child dressed. Have their breakfast ready to eat before they wake up. I'll also suggest that they each eat before getting dressed if they are prone to getting messy

I got as much ready the night before, including bags already in the car. I woke them up early and dressed them immediately. Sometimes, I would allow breakfast at home. Other times, they would have breakfast at daycare. You can try making it a game, a race, put on music, etc A good guide is to allow an hour per child, plus whatever you need. So, you might need between 2-3 hours to get ready in the mornings.

And I also want to add, sometimes mornings just hecking suck. We have menty-bs, fights, tears, tantrums (and that's just me! 🙃🥲jk), and sometimes we're just late. All you can do is your best, and know that challenging moments are pretty typical.

I don’t have more than one but putting my daughter in the bath as soon as she wakes up has been game changer

@Torey omg that sounds like such a good idea