If both parents work...

aml+japan · January 2013

...and your child goes to day care, could you tell me what your morning schedule is like? I'm going back to work full time on Monday and thought I'd use the last few days of the holiday to acclimate L and I to waking up early. Of course here I am lying on the floor of her room Bumping, lights on and baby sound asleep even though the alarm's been going off for over 30 minutes.

We'll need to be out of the house by around 7:30 if I'm going to get to work on time. DH will be getting ready around the same time and we only have one bathroom. He can't take L to day care so it's up to me.

I'm thinking I'll have to shower at night with the baby...usually but don't always do this anyway...get up before her to wash my face and try to eat, wake her up and get her dressed and eating, then take care of makeup and laundry. She takes a notoriously long time to eat so I'm worried about her not getting enough breakfast before we have to leave. They do have a snack at day care around 9 but I think it's just fruit and water.

Any tips for getting out the door quickly?

Scramblersmom · January 2013

I do not have any tips but here is our schedule.

5:45-6:15 I get up, feed dogs, make coffee, do dishes

6:15-6:45 DH gets up and gets showered, I drink coffee and check email, etc.

6:45-7:30 I get showered and ready for work. DH gets DS up by 7:15 and gives him milk

7:30-8:00 I give DS breakfast, get my lunch together and anything DS needs for daycare. DH gets DS dressed after he is finished eating. We leave the house at 8:00

8:00-8:30 Drive to town and drop DS off at daycare

8:40 I arrive at work

UFCasey · January 2013

See if you can bring breakfast with her to daycare if they don't provide it. Rocco's daycare does provide it as long as he gets there before 8:30. Rocco and I both shower at night and I also pick out clothes and pack things up the night before.

morsey2011 · January 2013

I have to leave by 7:10 to get to work on time and DH by around 7:20. I am probably changing my schedule to get up and run every morning. Here is our loose schedule:

5:05- wake up and go for my run

5:45-6:45-- shower and get ready. This can vary, because some days it takes forever for me to do stuff. Especially if DD wakes up during this time.

6:45-7-- if DD is awake DH takes care of her, dresses and feeds her. Also feed the dog and get her room ready for the day. Also, do any household chore that needs to be done.

7:10-- if I leave later than this, I will be late for work.

My only tips I have are to make sure DH helps as much as possible, pack whatever you can the night before,and I lay out outfits for the week for myself and DD.

pearblossom · January 2013

I also do everything the night before except my own shower. Lunches packed, clothes laid out, bags packed.

I get up at 7 and shower and blow dry, the kids get up between 7:30 and 8, eat and get dressed and we are out the door by 9.

I also make breakfast stuff that can just be heated up all week on Sunday nights. Hard boiled eggs, muffins, waffles, etc. So I don't have to cook breakfast, just plop it in front of them.

Ariana2O11 · January 2013

UFCasey:
See if you can bring breakfast with her to daycare if they don't provide it. Rocco's daycare does provide it as long as he gets there before 8:30. Rocco and I both shower at night and I also pick out clothes and pack things up the night before.

yeah, this. Some times I just do a quick body wash in the mornings. DS is an early riser so to keep him occupied while I get ready, I give him a bunch of books along with some kind of snack like a banana.This gives me a good 20 minutes.

If that doesn't work, then my last resort is giving him a snack and playing Elmo's World on my laptop for him while I get ready. I hate doing this and it's the only time he watches tv/video, but he loves it and I can get ready without him whining or clinging to my leg.

kujayhawkgirl · January 2013

Abby typically gets up at 6:30am, or we get her up by then. That being said, I get up at 5:45am, shower and get ready for work. As soon as I'm out of the shower, MH take a shower. When I'm done, I go downstairs and get everything ready (Abby's bottle, patch her glasses, and eat breakfast myself). MH is usually downstairs when I'm working on all this stuff and has breakfast himself and makes his own lunch. About the time I'm done eating breakfast, Abby it's exactly time to get Abby up. I typically get her up and dressed and bring her downstairs. MH usually feeds her the sippy of milk while I get my things together for work. Then Abby usually has 10 minutes or so to play before we leave the house at 7am. So I'm up at 5:45am and leave the house to take Abby to daycare at 7am.

shannyn0 · January 2013

DD and I both shower at night.

We usually wake up the same time (5:45am - 6:15am) and I take her to the living room to watch sesame street or bubble guppies while she eats some cereal and has milk. Meanwhile I make coffee, do stuff in the kitchen. I then get DD ready for school which takes about 5-10 minutes. Once she's ready I put her in the packnplay and get ready which takes about 10-15 minutes.

Once I'm ready, we head out around 7am.

Breakfast and Lunch is provided by Daycare so I dont have to pack anything.

It really helps having an area where I can contain DD while I get ready. If our bedroom was childproofed, it'd be more ideal but I dont take long to get ready anyway. So far, DD hasn't tried climbing out of the PNP. She usually just lies down and watches TV.

joolz17 · January 2013

God, I am shuddering at how early some of you get up!

G is usually awake at 7. We alternate mornings getting up with him.

Whoever gets up with him gives him breakfast (fruit and yogurt, or fruit and hard boiled egg), the other person takes Jimmy for a walk. This usually takes 30-45 minutes, including us eating breakfast.

Around 7:30-7:45, we gate G in upstairs and take turns showering and getting ready (the shower is upstairs too. He usually just sits and reads a book and watches us shower, creep).

At 8ish he gets his milk, and one of us leaves for work. If the nanny is at our house that week, she arrives at 8:30 so one of us stays until she gets there. If the nanny is at my sister's house, one of us drives him.

blu-eyedwife · January 2013

I don't have to leave until 8:30, but am usually ready to go around 8am. What tends to hold us up is how late LBB sleeps in the morning, since I don't like waking him. If he's up early, we're out earlier. If he sleeps later, we leave at 8:30.

6am: I'm up and out the door with the dog for a run.

6:30-7am: I'm home and in the shower - DH has "baby duty" if LBB wakes up while I'm showering, otherwise he sleeps. When I'm out of the shower, he'll hop in and I have "baby duty" while I blow dry my hair, get dressed, do makeup. If LBB is up at this time, he hangs out with whoever isn't in the shower.

7-7:30am: Get breakfast together, wait for LBB to get up if he isn't up yet. DH is usually getting dressed around this time. He grabs his breakfast to go and is out the door around 7:30. If LBB is up, he and I eat breakfast together.

7:30-8am: LBB usually doesn't sleep past 7:40/8 am. So if he isn't up by now, I wait for him to get up and we have breakfast together during this time. after breakfast, I get LBB dressed, throw a load of laundry in the wash, clean up our breakfast, grab our bags and head out.

vitan · January 2013

joolz17:
God, I am shuddering at how early some of you get up! G is usually awake at 7. We alternate mornings getting up with him.

I was thinking the same. I'm such a lazy ass. We wake up after 8 unless I have to walk our pup and at that point I get up around 7:15.

Ariana2O11 · January 2013

Vitan:
joolz17:
God, I am shuddering at how early some of you get up! G is usually awake at 7. We alternate mornings getting up with him.
I was thinking the same. I'm such a lazy ass. We wake up after 8 unless I have to walk our pup and at that point I get up around 7:15.

I haven't woken up at or after 8 (with a few rare exceptions) since DS was born. He wakes up 6:00-6:30am every.single.morning. Tongue Tied

amyc216 · January 2013

Wake up earlier then you need to and prepare your outfit and bags the night before! My alarm goes off at 5:30, I shower and get ready. If DS wakes up before I'm ready MH gets him or if not, I wake him up around 6:40. We leave around 6:45 and he just eats at my mom's she keeps him. I also don't eat until I get to work.

colliebabe · January 2013

I am jealous of how late people can leave! I have to leave the house by 6:10 am or I'll be late.

I get up around 5:15/5:25 and shower. If I shower at night I'm not fully awake in the am. I half ass get ready myself, pack the car, then get DD up and changed. My mom has her during the day so she feeds her breakfast and milk, which is a huge plus. We have about a 4045 min ride to work so DD sometimes falls back asleep on the ride.

jwls84 · January 2013

DH and I usually get up 30 minutes before B does, I usually shower and get ready in this time. DH gets B up around 6:30, they both eat breakfast while I continue getting ready! Once I am done DH and I switch off and I sit with B while he eats, such a slow eater. DH showers after work due to his job so he has extra time in the morning which is great for me. I usually leave around 7:15 and DH takes B to daycare. I have it pretty easy, DH does the bulk of the morning routine with B

staceylynn1229 · January 2013

The night before, I prepare lunch, get my clothes out, get lo's clothes out, and do anything else that can be done beforehand.

5:30 am - I get up, shower, and get myself completely ready.

6:45 am - I get lo out of bed, and get her ready

7:30 am - leave to take lo to daycare

rescueddogmom · January 2013

I also want to cry reading how early some of you get up! DD just came out of a phase (knock on wood) where she was getting up for the day before 6 and it was killing me. Like pp, I do as much as I can the night before, which includes showering. I don't have to look particularly nice at work, so I don't even blow dry or style my hair.

DH just switched his hours from 7:30-4:30 to 8-5. The idea is to stagger our schedules a bit so DD is not at daycare quite as long and for our dogs. He gets up at 6, showers, feeds and walks the dogs and feeds the birds. I get up at 6:15-6:30 (if DD sleeps that late) and get myself ready or get ready with her in the room if needed. I do all the baby duty: nurse her, change her, get her dressed. Luckily, she gets breakfast at daycare, so I don't have to worry about that.

I find mornings go more smoothly than when we get home from work because she's usually really cranky and I have a lot to cram in before she goes to bed at 7.

stardust317 · January 2013

DH gets up around 6:30 and leaves around 7:15. He is no help in the mornings. I think he's going to hate his life when he's in charge of getting DD ready to go in the mornings.

I get up around 6:45, shower, and get ready. I'm usually totally ready about 7:30 and then I have to wake DD up. Daycare provides breakfast so we get dressed and head out the door. I usually drop her off right at 8:00.

aml+japan · January 2013

Thanks! It seems like most of you take about two hours to get ready, which is about how I was before L was born. I guessed I should have included one more question in my OP...when do you all go to sleep?? I'm thinking midnight is going to be too late.

blu-eyedwife · January 2013

As of Jan. 1, I've started packing up and heading to bed at 9:30, which should have be in bed/eyes closed by 10, but there have been some interruptions the past 2 nights. Before that I was heading to bed at 10 and not getting to sleep before 11, which wasn't working for me.

shannyn0 · January 2013

DD sleeps around 6307pm and i sleep around 9pm

mamaZbo · January 2013

I don't know about tips, but here is what I do:

I get up between 5:15 and 5:30 and get straight in the shower.

I do makeup and hair and get dressed by 6am.

I pack my lunch and put LOs (that I packed the night before) in her lunch box, pack up her diaper bag and my work bag and then I take all the bags out to the car.

I come in and take care of anything else that needs doing-make coffee, fold some last laundry, etc.

At 6:20 I wake up LO, get her dressed, do her hair, brush her teeth and wash her face.

At 6:45 we play for 10 min and then get shoes and coats on and get out the door at 7.

DH leaves for work between 3:30 and 4am, so he is no help.

nikki2246 · January 2013

I wake up at 5:45 and hop in the shower. DD and DH are both sleeping. If she waked while I am in the shower or getting dressed DH snuggles with her.

6:15-7:00 DH gets ready and leaves. I get DD dressed and then finish getting her stuff ready for daycare ( mosty is packed already)

7:00 morning bottle and shoes on

7:15 leave for the day. I drop DD off at daycare -she eats breakfast at daycare ( I supply all food and get her situated with breakfast at daycare and then leave)

monishabansal · January 2013

Pack as much as you can the night before. Pull out LO clothes for the next day as you are getting them ready for bed. Split the morning tasks with your H as much as possible.

Here is our schedule:

6:15: I shower and get dressed

6:40: DH gets up and showers. I head downstairs to make coffee, put DD's food for the day in her backpack, pack my lunch (when I'm organized), and get DD's milk.

6:50ish: Head back upstairs and wake DD up. Used to feed her a bottle, but now I just hand her her sippy. I then finish getting ready (make up/dry my hair) and DH takes over by changing her diaper and clothes.

After that we head downstairs she plays a bit, we get our shoes, coats and bags and head out the door. She gets breakfast at DC and I send her sippy with her to finish with breakfast. We're out the door by 7:20.

monishabansal · January 2013

aml+japan:
Thanks! It seems like most of you take about two hours to get ready, which is about how I was before L was born. I guessed I should have included one more question in my OP...when do you all go to sleep?? I'm thinking midnight is going to be too late.

We're usually in bed by 10:30. Too much later than that and you feel it in the morning.

karinothing · January 2013

I am asleep by 930 most nights. I wake up at 540

5:40-6:00: Shower
6:00-6:30 - Get dressed, makeup, eat breakfast
6:30 - Wake up DH and tell him to get DS up and ready
6:30-6:45 - Finish getting ready
6:45-6:55 - Nurse
7am - Out the door.

VeilSdeGTO · January 2013

Here is our schedule...

5:30am - I wake up, hand the video monitor to DH, and shower

6:00am - DD wakes up. If she wakes up when I'm in the shower, DH will get her. If not, I wake her. She BF when she wakes up.

6:30am - I change her, clean her face, get her dressed. I let her roam around the living room while I get her food ready for daycare and pack my food.

7:00am - Wake DH up while I get dressed.

7:30am - DH finishes showering and I get ready to leave.

Some time between 8-9 - DH leaves to drop DD off at daycare

DD eats breakfast at daycare. Sometimes it is a super late breakfast because DH drops her off late. If he has an early meeting and I do drop-off, she and I are ready to go by 7 and I drop her off by 7:30.

I get everything ready the night before. I have her food/milk packed in one area of the fridge as well as mine. I even have her clothes/shoes and mine picked out. It is insanely early for me to get up since I am not a morning person. After a couple of weeks, everybody adjusts.

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