Getting ready in the morning

haleymay18 · April 2010

What do you do with your children? Do you get up before them and get ready or does your dh take care of them so you can shower or put on makeup? I am having a hard time because my dh is working much earlier in the morning these days and I find it hard to get ready and appease the lo. She gets restless no matter where I put her and I feel like I am shuffling her from her swing to her high chair to her walker to her jumperoo.

azuremama · April 2010

I try to get up before him and get ready. The few times when he's woken up early, it's just a lot harder. When he was small enough, he'd play in his bouncy seat with some toys and watch us. We also used the pack 'n' play and gave him some toys/books. Now, he can run around and play by himself, but it's still so much easier to get ready without having to worry about him.

AshlynsMom · April 2010

I get up and totally ready before I wake up DD (she's 4). It takes me 30 minutes if I shower at night. The night before we've packed her backpack, our lunches, my bag, DS's stuff and picked out our clothes, yet somehow, it still takes her 45 minutes to get moving!

While she's dawdling, I make breakfast for us to take in the car (we have a long commute) and DS (2 months) usually starts waking up, so I feed and dress him. If not, I pump and throw new clothes in the diaper bag and take him to the sitter's in his jammies.

I plan to do nothing for myself once the kids are up. That way they don't have down time to fall back asleep/be underfoot/etc. and I can help them get ready. Plus, the extra little bit of sleep they get that way can't hurt!

ShufflerChick · April 2010

I refuse to wake up any earlier than I have to, so I always get up when DD demands to be taken out of the crib, get her dressed and cleaned up, and then go about juggling my stuff. DH and I trade off as needed, we get ready at the same time, but often I'm the primary. Now it's easier because she just follows me around and "helps" or tries on my stuff while I'm getting dressed.

When she was your DD's age, it was very much as you described, just moving her around to where she would happy. She liked her crib and mobile/aquarium etc would keep her happy in there for a while. Then I would usually just sit her in the bathroom with me while I did my makeup and got dressed.

Is your DD sitting on her own ok? You can always sit her down near you and throw a bunch of toys around her. It also helps if the toys are "new" or for that purpose only, or if it's just something you don't usually let her play with, that way they don't get bored as quickly and are entertained for longer.

ShufflerChick · April 2010

Oh, and I shower the night before, so I can actually watch her the whole time I'm getting us ready in the morning.

Bella427 · April 2010

I try to get everything (including shower) done before she wakes up but if she's up and clingy, I let her watch PBS. When she was younger, I'd let her play on the floor of the bathroom or in a bouncy seat while I showered.

mclaugaa · April 2010

We wake up at 6 where I feed him, then get dressed diaper change we are downstairs by 7 where he sits in the highchair and eats again and I run around while having cereal too till 7:20. Note that the coffee, lunches; clothes are taken care of the night before.

GLynn2009 · April 2010

I get everything I can ready the night before. DD's a slept when I get up and take a shower then DH gets her dressed and I take her to daycare. When DH goes in before I do I get up 15 mins earlier and get mostly ready so when DD gets up I just get her ready to go. I have DD at night by myself two nights a week and I often fine that harder.

haleymay18 · April 2010

ShufflerChick:

I refuse to wake up any earlier than I have to, so I always get up when DD demands to be taken out of the crib, get her dressed and cleaned up, and then go about juggling my stuff. DH and I trade off as needed, we get ready at the same time, but often I'm the primary. Now it's easier because she just follows me around and "helps" or tries on my stuff while I'm getting dressed.

When she was your DD's age, it was very much as you described, just moving her around to where she would happy. She liked her crib and mobile/aquarium etc would keep her happy in there for a while. Then I would usually just sit her in the bathroom with me while I did my makeup and got dressed.

Is your DD sitting on her own ok? You can always sit her down near you and throw a bunch of toys around her. It also helps if the toys are "new" or for that purpose only, or if it's just something you don't usually let her play with, that way they don't get bored as quickly and are entertained for longer.

Yes. She can sit and play fine and that is actually a really good idea. the only problem is that she doesn't like to be left in any room alone and our bathroom is so tiny that it would be nearly impossible to set her on the floor in there especially because if she were to fall the chances of hitting something hard are very good.

That is a great suggestion though with "new" or special toys!! Thank you so much!

EastCoastBride · April 2010

DS doesn't wake up at a set time. If I can get up around 6 and jump in the shower and start getting ready, I will. but if he happens to wake up extra early, I'll put him in a PNP in our room while I get ready. he's not always thrilled about it - but it's a necessary evil!

But lately (knock on wood), he's been waking up around 6:30 or 7, so it hasn't been an issue.

akm183 · April 2010

My DD is 22M and I've recently started showering with her at night. First I soap and shampoo up, then I let the bathtub fill up while she plays sitting down with her toys. She thinks it is a hoot to shower with Mommy. Less for both of us to do in the AM in terms of getting ready.

shouldbworkin · April 2010

I'm up before they are. I get in the shower and might get my hair done before they're up. Then I take them downstairs, give them breakfast and make lunch before I go upstairs and finish while DH gets them ready and takes them to school.

Mjmksb04 · April 2010

I get up and get ready before he is awake. When he was the same age as your DD, he would wake around 6 or 6:30, so that meant i would get up around 5:30.

wendyj · April 2010

DH and I go to work at the same time, so we try to get up and both be showered before ds wakes up. I try to be at least dressed before getting ds up, so he can brush his teeth or hang out with daddy in the kitchen while I'm finishing my hair and make-up. When he was younger, I'd sit him on a towel on the bathroom floor with some toys while I got ready. Usually, as long as he could see me, he was fine.

lewis514 · April 2010

I usually wake up when she wakes up; sometimes I am up before her. I get her up and ready and then give her morning bottle. After the bottle, I get ready. She plays in our bedroom and our bathroom while I get ready; DH is usually sleeping but will get her if she is upset. I babyproofed both rooms so she can move around safely. When she wasn't mobile, I would sit her somewhere with toys.

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