Hoping all your working moms can help DH and I settle a major disagreement in our household. I think that we should do everything we can do with both girls upstairs (dressed, hair and tooth brushing, etc.) before going downstairs for breakfast so we can quickly finish breakfast and then head out the door. DH thinks we should do everything except for brushing teeth, which should be done after breakfast, and then we can come back down and put on sneakers (since we don't wear sneakers upstairs).
I know it's not much, but it seems like I'm herding cattle trying to get both girls upstairs to brush teeth and then dealing with all that goes along with trying to get a 4 year old to do what you want them to do when we have to come down and put on sneakers. it just seems so much easier to just brush before breakfast and then being done with it.
So what do you all do in the morning?
Re: brushing teeth in the morning
Brushing teeth is the very last thing I do with DS before we walk out the door. Our house is small and one story, so it's pretty easy because his bathroom attaches to the living room.
I also vote for brushing teeth in a downstairs bathroom. I'd even buy separate toothbrush and toothpaste for ease.
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Oh, and about 5% of the time I probably forget to brush her teeth altogether and have to do it in the car seat. So I'm team whatever gets you through the day.
I brush as soon as I wake up, before breakfast. DD doesn't eat breakfast at home, she waits for daycare. We brush her hair and teeth very last before walking out the door so I'd be in the camp of brushing after breakfast I think - that's just because of the routine we already have.
ETA - clarification.
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