tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209970315719089413.post758451287212227141..comments2023-05-30T02:38:42.778-05:00Comments on Mommy Needs a Time-out: Anyone offering Mom Tutoring?Rhonda @ home.made.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04458864712479441781noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209970315719089413.post-4121651529663392122010-02-24T20:52:34.456-06:002010-02-24T20:52:34.456-06:00Well, Jack wakes up w/his alarm at 550 am (yep, st...Well, Jack wakes up w/his alarm at 550 am (yep, started in Kinder) and I wake up Nora at that time. We sit and snuggle on the couch until 6 or 605, then we're all up and eating breakfast, then done by 625. I get Nora dressed and finished up and out the door. Jack comes downstairs dressed, so he just has to brush his teeth and put on shoes. This week was a different story--we really had to set some boundaries and take some stuff away! Good luck! Better to start now than in AUgust!Wendyhttp://www.wittenbrook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209970315719089413.post-54145569115795791782010-02-23T09:08:24.899-06:002010-02-23T09:08:24.899-06:00I have no plan. I have chaos. Baby Girl starts k...I have no plan. I have chaos. Baby Girl starts kindergarten in the fall and I HAVE to do better by then.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666910475457302786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209970315719089413.post-15849569146345952852010-02-23T00:05:51.532-06:002010-02-23T00:05:51.532-06:00I'm not sure how our routine changed from one ...I'm not sure how our routine changed from one of stress and nagging and chaos to one that is infinitely less so of late. During the weekdays that B leaves for school from home (as opposed to when he's spent the night at my mom's due to a nightshift worked by me) we wake up at 6:45 and come upstairs. He goes to the bathroom and then eats breakfast while I pack his lunch (because I still haven't started the habit of doing most of it the night before). Once he's done breakfast it's time to get dressed and then brush his teeth. Once those things are done he's free to play until 8, when we get dressed to leave the house. I wash my hair (super-short hair = guaranteed bedhead) and get dressed once he's all ready and while he's playing.<br /><br />It works for us. I think I finally just started saying to him as we were heading upstairs how things were going to be. And I think, after a few times through the new routine, he realizes that it's so much nicer to have playtime without me begging/coaxing/impatiently telling him to eat and get ready "because we're going to be late blahblahblah".<br /><br />I hope you find something that works for you!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560934660419956374noreply@blogger.com