Morning meltdowns

Jsthomas618

The mornings lately have been tortute in our house.  We wake DD around 6 to get out the door for 6:30.  It's pretty much an all out 30 minute meltdown in that time, crying, kicking, the whole nine yards.  She fights and refuses everything.  Any suggestions?  A few thoughts I had--try a bedtime earlier than 8pm, make sure she eats well before bed so she isn't waking hungry, wake her 10 minutes earlier but start  the routine at the same time.  I'm open to anything!  It's so hard because if it was anyother time in the day she'd go to her room to regain control, but there just isn't time in the rush to get out the door!

Wally3

All the ideas you have are what I would suggest.  Give some a try for a few days and see if it gets better.  GL.

KathrynMD

We have morning issues alot.

Giving it more time will help, we also have alot of "races" in the morning to see who can get dressed faster, etc.  I bring in milk when I go to wake up DD adn give her breakfast in the car - normally dry cereal, but I also offer muffins, banana, squeeze yogurt, the last week or so she's asked for a waffle.  You can move around where you get dressed too - see if she wants to do it in her room, in the hall, your room, etc.  I loaded some Dora episodes on my Kindle too - that has helped.  I've tried letting DD pick her clothes the night before - some days this is good, some days it backfires.

I also try to be flexible and some fights are just not worth it - so I've let her go to school in the same outfit as the day before or whatever.  You can mov

Mrs.RockyM

DD goes to bed between 7:30 and 7:45, although I hear her up in her room well past 8:30 and she's up at 6:30.   We don't typically leave till 7:30, so she's basicially got an hour to get everything down.  I've kind of built in extra time for the meltdowns (usually about what she's going to wear!) Even though you have to be up at 6:30, you might want to try putting her to bed earlier and then waking her up earlier.

Sometimes when DD is really cranky, i'll just tell her that I'm going to my room and she can call for me when she's ready to cooperate, but in the meantime she can sit in her crib and do nothing.  That usually does the trick.

Another thing to consider, your LO might just not be a morning person.  If I wake up DD she's typically a mess, but if she wakes up on her own she's better.  So I go into her room in the moring and make noises, but I don't immediately turn the lights on or go over to her crib to pick her up.  I let her slowly wake up and that's made a huge difference in her attitude.

kmhunt11

Which DD- the 2yo or 3yo?  When DD was 2.5 we had a similar problem- had to get up super early and she fought everything.   What I did was dress her without waking her up completely and feed her breakfast in the car.  I know it's not ideal, but it worked.  You could dress her at preschool/daycare if that helps, too.  You could even put her to bed in tomorrow's clothes (even partially), or send her to school in her PJs.  Decide what's super important, and find workable solutions.  

polling

If you are waking her up at 6am she probably needs to be in bed by no later than 6:30pm.  She is likely melting down because she is tired.

KL777

Sorry to hear that! 

DS goes to bed at 7:30 pm and gets up at 6:30 am.  We're out the door at 7:30 am.

I also have DS's clothes picked out and and hung for the week, which helps.

KL777

polling:

If you are waking her up at 6am she probably needs to be in bed by no later than 6:30pm.  She is likely melting down because she is tired.

 

Oh yes, I definitely agree with this too.