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Do you try to "stay on schedule" in the mornings that your DC doesn't have school?  My DD has preschool MWF, and she has been pretty good about not sleeping in unless we have a lot going on the evening before.  However I try to get the kids downstairs for breakfast etc more or less on schedule. 

I was just wondering about this, because on weekends, my DH will lay in bed watching a movie with my DD in the morning, so then it is like 1-2 hours after she normally has breakfast, she is still in her PJs and hasn't been fed and I get kind of frustrated.  I mean DD could care less - she'd love to lounge in her PJs playing with the iPad all day, but I like to keep a little bit of a schedule - because usually the kids get grouchy if they haven't eaten breakfast by a certain time, then lunch ends up late, etc etc.  I mean I'm not crazy if we stray from schedule, but I do try to be a little consistent.

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  • howleyshellhowleyshell member

     

    Sadly my kids wake up at 6:30 every morning of their lives regardless... 

    We do more cuddle time on non-school mornings but my guys need food like a bear who's hibernated thru winter so we don't wait too long for breakfast or I pay for it in spades.

    Other than that?  

    Our rule is that we get dressed before going downstairs so that base is covered.

    I guess for us we've usually got errands to run or fun things to go do so we're maybe 1-2 hours behind school departure at most.

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  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member
    DD is in daycare/preschool M-F, but weekends or if we are off for some reason are more relaxed.  We still eat breakfast at the same time, but we lounge around in PJs and watch a movie or TV for awhile and then get dressed, get started, etc.
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  • 2lovelyboys2lovelyboys member
    We are much more relaxed on non-school mornings.  My DS is in kindergarten all day and my other little guy is in preK most of the day.  I think routine is more important than schedules but that is JMO.  I think for us it's important to know that routines or schedules can be broken and we can wind down and relax sometimes but when Mondy rolls around we need to get back up and go.....teaches them to be flexible I think.  Don't get me wrong, we are strict with school mornings.....
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    oops Monday, not Mondy :)
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  • anna7602anna7602 member

    No. I WAH. If I can work while DD sleeps in in the morning, it's heavenly for me. Also, we like to sleep in on weekends. DD typically sleeps until 9 or 9:30, sometimes even 10 if I don't have to wake her up for school. She doesn't nap at all anymore, so I looooove mornings to myself when I can get them.

    Waking DD up for a school is a PITA, but I prefer that to having her wake us up early when she's not in school. I'm not a big stickler for schedules.

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  • regenabregenab member

    Trying to. I am not a morning person so up until we started school 2 weeks ago, I didn't get up until the girls did and that was usually about 9am. Now that they are in school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, I am really trying to keep to a morning schedule on off school days. The girls have to be up by 7:30 on school mornings, so I have been setting my alarm and not letting them sleep past 8am on non-school mornings. Mostly because I like the new bedtime of 8pm on school nights, I don't want them going to bed late on non-school nights and then they won't want to go to bed on time on the school nights.

    Again this is harder on me because I am not a morning person and waking up to an alarm when I know we don't have any where we have to be, is torture for me.

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  • franciscazfranciscaz member
    Friday is the only day we don't have school and so I try to work my work schedule so I can be home and make pancakes in the morning.  My nanny and I try to make Friday's nice and fun with plenty of activities planned.  Harm misses being in school that day and it used to be dreadful.  Now he knows it is the "fun" day and he doesn't whine so much.  We don't keep schedule that much.  Just knowing I'm not going anywhere makes him feel real loved.
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  • smitt2619smitt2619
    DS1 just started preschool (today is his first day!) and last year he was in afternoons, so it hasn't yet really affected our mornings on verses off.  He doesn't start until 9am, and during the week we almost always have breakfast by then, although aren't always dressed by then.  On the weekends DH or I tend to sleep in a bit, but we are basically up and moving at the same time without a shower as we would on the weekday with a shower, or at least one of us is.  So usually breakfast is at roughly the same time range during the week as the weekend.  I consider myself a loosely structured mom.  We have a schedule, and I try to stick to it everyday and can be kinda annal, but that schedule has a +/- to it.  I am curious to see how things go with morning preschool this year.   
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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    My kids sleep in about an hour later (give or take, my little sometimes 2 hours) on the weekend.  They never eat breakfast right away but they have a small pre-breakfast snack during the week like some dry cereal or a nutra grain type bar or even some yogurt since breakfast is served at school in both of their programs so on the weekends, if they wake up before we are ready to do breakfast (we tend to eat at around 8am which is close to when they eat at school), we give them a small snack like they have during the week.  We don't stick to a strick schedule on the weekends but we try to eat lunch between 11:30 and 12:30 and get them into their rooms for quiet time by around 1 or 1:30 which is close to what they do at school but if we are out and about, I don't stress about it.
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  • FortMyersBrideFortMyersBride
    We like to sleep in and lounge around on weekends or vacations. DS will sometimes sleep until 10am if given the chance, and I love the rare opportunity to sleep in (certainly won't have it for a while when the next kiddo is here!). I do stick to the rule about getting dressed before going downstairs, for breakfast or to play, but otherwise he can read books in his room and snuggle with DH and I without a specific timeline in mind.
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