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Arrgghh!! I really dislike meltdowns
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 90396" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Have you tried giving him his medications before he gets out of bed? My friend used to do that -- she'd semi-wake her son, have him swallow and let him go back to sleep for another 30 minutes. It really helped with morning routines.</p><p></p><p>For my daughter, it was a timer. Things were pretty much set up and agreed upon the night before. In the morning, it was a timer was turned on to give her 20 minutes to eat breakfast and brush her teeth; 10 minutes to get dressed (no way could she put on clothes and then eat -- clothes would not be clean); etc. If something was not completed when the timer when off, I'd just hope she had time to finish it after other things were done. She was known to go to school in slippers or pj tops and jeans; hair uncombed; teeth not brushed; cold breakfast at recess time. It was her choice if she was ready or not. I didn't bother arguing with her about it. I simply would tell her the timer had gone off and it was time to do the next thing. If she hurried, she'd have time to finish up the last item. Oddly, she still more or less works on the timer theory -- she will state when something will be done and that's that.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! I'd do almost anything (including tape my mouth shut) to avoid morning meltdowns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 90396, member: 3626"] Have you tried giving him his medications before he gets out of bed? My friend used to do that -- she'd semi-wake her son, have him swallow and let him go back to sleep for another 30 minutes. It really helped with morning routines. For my daughter, it was a timer. Things were pretty much set up and agreed upon the night before. In the morning, it was a timer was turned on to give her 20 minutes to eat breakfast and brush her teeth; 10 minutes to get dressed (no way could she put on clothes and then eat -- clothes would not be clean); etc. If something was not completed when the timer when off, I'd just hope she had time to finish it after other things were done. She was known to go to school in slippers or pj tops and jeans; hair uncombed; teeth not brushed; cold breakfast at recess time. It was her choice if she was ready or not. I didn't bother arguing with her about it. I simply would tell her the timer had gone off and it was time to do the next thing. If she hurried, she'd have time to finish up the last item. Oddly, she still more or less works on the timer theory -- she will state when something will be done and that's that. Good luck! I'd do almost anything (including tape my mouth shut) to avoid morning meltdowns. [/QUOTE]
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