tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post8560045537403929767..comments2024-03-27T02:32:22.005-05:00Comments on My Life in Transition: April 26: Workday MorningsJulia Gooliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784248013181090775noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-55017695323990603772015-04-28T20:59:27.404-05:002015-04-28T20:59:27.404-05:00No one in our family but me cares about breakfast ...No one in our family but me cares about breakfast :) The kids seriously can go like a full hour without eating after waking up on the weekends, especially Annie - so the smoothie for her is MORE than enough to last until her breakfast at school at 9 which is a muffin and an applesauce pack usually (and then she doesn't eat lunch until 12). Luke just has toast at Susan's house so nothing huge. Ben has a smoothie and that's it but on weekends VERY often doesn't eat until lunch!!! I'd die.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17928807868790599467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-37488228816993384202015-04-28T14:32:30.020-05:002015-04-28T14:32:30.020-05:00We have a rule that none of my four children are a...We have a rule that none of my four children are allowed downstairs until they are dresses and teeth brushed. Then they can eat breakfast and pack their lunches. If they start eating, they are never done and I can never get them back upstairs :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103684124278867430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-64439907729934014552015-04-27T14:54:42.532-05:002015-04-27T14:54:42.532-05:00It gets better as they get older!!!!! But yes, the...It gets better as they get older!!!!! But yes, the unpredictable nature of mornings with children is super hard when you have to maintain a set schedule!Julia Gooliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784248013181090775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-20880530140150061242015-04-27T14:54:05.728-05:002015-04-27T14:54:05.728-05:00Ah, such an adjustment when adding another kid to ...Ah, such an adjustment when adding another kid to the mix. You will do great! Impressed you could get your daughter out the door within 30 minutes of her waking up. My kids just don't move fast enough in the mornings!Julia Gooliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784248013181090775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-81192730882464236532015-04-27T14:52:41.465-05:002015-04-27T14:52:41.465-05:00I always think about you and your nanny on workday...I always think about you and your nanny on workday mornings! Glad to know it's not *all* that much easier even without physically getting kids out of the house. Especially since Dave leaves so early! <br /><br />And yes. Much much more leisurely on days at home---glad you will get to experience soon!Julia Gooliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784248013181090775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-56797522992001968702015-04-27T12:59:54.497-05:002015-04-27T12:59:54.497-05:00Work mornings are so stressful, seriously. I, too,...Work mornings are so stressful, seriously. I, too, feel as though I've run a marathon before I'm even out of the house! And I've said often recently that if we didn't have a nanny, I would honestly be in the loony bin right now, since my mornings are still so busy, even without having to get the kids out of the house! <br /><br />I wish someone would teach my kids how to sleep til 7 a.m. Dave leaves at 6:30 a.m. so I have to be ready by then, so I'm up at 5:30, and many days, there is one if not two kids awake by 6, which makes it harder to get ready. I wish their wake-up times were more predictable! I don't even leave the house til 8, but the NEEEEEDS of three kids all morning on my own is just a lot - four breakfasts, diapers, getting my lunch and stuff packed up, getting dressed, making sure Henry is ready for school, making sure the house is in decent order before Shelly comes... gah. I long for more leisurely mornings someday, even just a couple days a week. Staying home is totally not easy (the opposite of that!!!) but at least there's not the hard deadline to get out of the house. Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552565623002937197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-15078779363244162522015-04-27T10:09:18.837-05:002015-04-27T10:09:18.837-05:00Mornings are always a struggle since I don't w...Mornings are always a struggle since I don't wan to get up! When working I got up around 6, woke my daughter up around 6:45. Once we made it down the stairs, things were usually good. Then leave the house at 7:10ish. I just had a baby last week, and this being our first solo week, just hoping to have her at school by 8:00-8:30 for breakfast. It will be quite interesting when I return to work with getting two kiddos ready. My husband leaves the house at 6:30 so I run mornings solo....<br />I usually enjoyed my commute (35 min+-) to work to listen to some music and get re-centered and mind prep for work.The Long Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075506652203322911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-14195486719851317612015-04-27T08:00:41.681-05:002015-04-27T08:00:41.681-05:00I think we *do* leave it mostly up to Truman as to...I think we *do* leave it mostly up to Truman as to how much he eats and if he isn't that hungry, fine. But he just likes to play in the morning and takes awhile to wake up, so if I DON'T encourage him to move along with the routine I think he would be late to school and then devastated. Good idea in theory to let Truman take the reigns----he's a pretty independent guy but the mornings call for a bit of guidance, for sure!!Julia Gooliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778787182629361642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-81832603757615601752015-04-27T07:59:05.112-05:002015-04-27T07:59:05.112-05:00Yeah, you have it pretty good over there, lady!! I...Yeah, you have it pretty good over there, lady!! I know we could skip CC's breakfast since Lori does feed her, but I hate to send Truman to school on a tiny breakfast. Could do smoothies again, but those take way longer than 10 min to consume for my kids, too. I think they aren't all that hungry in the mornings! And Nate and I could never survive on just a smoothie---maybe as a precursor to a bigger breakfast, but obviously I can't make one for myself once at work!<br /><br />Anyway, good food for thought (no pun intended). Thinking of trying smoothies again--right now they are more of a weekend thing.Julia Gooliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778787182629361642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-32616171654820748052015-04-27T07:54:52.154-05:002015-04-27T07:54:52.154-05:00This sounds like a LOT. My getting ready in the mo...This sounds like a LOT. My getting ready in the morning with one kid routine pales in comparison, for sure. I think the biggest willdcard with kids is never knowing when they're going to wake up. Clearly this gets better as they get older (please tell me yes...), but, especially with the earlier sunrise these days, I have no clue if my nine month old will sleep until 6:15 or 7:15. The amount of morning baby-wrangling makes a huge difference in how smoothly (or not) things go.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817603513570414443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-35274619976720003392015-04-26T23:50:30.895-05:002015-04-26T23:50:30.895-05:00Yes. Our workday mornings are crazy too, even thou...Yes. Our workday mornings are crazy too, even though I have flexibility of getting to work pretty much any time I want. And I have a nanny and she does make things so much easier (mainly holding Titus if he's fussing) but I still find myself thinking "there are three adults here...why is this so hard?!"<br /><br />I hate prepping the night before - nightime is my chill time and I don't like cutting into it with tasks like prepping the coffee and laying out clothes - but I'm always happy the next day that I did it. Makes things so much less stressful in the morning. <br /><br />Completely unsolicited advice - could you lead Truman to his own devices? He has three tasks - make sure he knows what they are and then leave him to it. He might get to school with half eaten breakfast at first, but maybe he'd catch on after a few times. Also, again unsolicited, but when I'm having a problem like that with Isaac, I ask him to help me solve it. I've been very impressed with his solutions and usually if he's involved in making the new plan, he's more motivated to fix it.<br /><br />Toddler girl tantrums first thing each morning, though? The worst. Let me know if you find a solution there. #pipedreamKristalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844262891800455616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-18378234738469489282015-04-26T23:15:10.340-05:002015-04-26T23:15:10.340-05:00That sounds a lot like my mornings although I have...That sounds a lot like my mornings although I have the reverse in that my hubs is gone usually before the kids are up but home every evening. Life has gotten a lot better since I started working from home, yet somehow it's still too stressful (oh yeah, maybe because I can't quite get up early enough to get anything done before I have children clinging to me). I sit here at 11:14 commenting on your blog when I said I would go to bed at 10:30 and I haven't done anything to prep for tomorrow. So...spoiler alert...I think tomorrow morning will be stressful!Allenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738835840061426517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-23075335627931484212015-04-26T20:04:45.408-05:002015-04-26T20:04:45.408-05:00That is a very long time to be doing things in the...That is a very long time to be doing things in the morning before also going to work! I am up for an hour max before we leave but I know that will increase soon, sigh. The biggest thing we DON'T do in the morning is a real breakfast for anyone and that is a HUGE timesaver. Even the smoothies we are rushing them through but it's usually less than 10 minutes and really not that bad. I drink mine on the way to work and Ben downs his in about 90 seconds. I eat breakfast at work but it's usually just a nutrigrain bar or lately a bagel. Typically I'm up at 6:45 (on a good day) and kids are up around 7, and we're out the door by 7:45 or so. It feels long but really I know is as short as it can possibly be! Will be super interesting to see how much it changes with the kids in school that starts so late here (9:30).Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17928807868790599467noreply@blogger.com