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How do your mornings go? Any tips for a smoother AM?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 151881" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have him pick out clothes the night before. He packs his own lunch when he takes it, so ALL the items are in buckets in a drawer, ready to be pulled out and stuck in the lunch box. He pretty much eats teh same thing every day, so it is not a big problem.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child doesn't live with us, and Jess is homeschooled, so they don't create morning problems.</p><p> </p><p>When difficult child was little, or when thank you has too much energy, I send them out to run around the house for a couple of minutes. 2-5 laps around the house usually takes care of the extra energy. I learned this as a child when staying with a friend who had a younger brother with ADHD (very severe case). If they didn't want to do laps, they could kick a soccer ball, just anything very active to help with the extra energy. It was worth getting difficult child up 10 minutes early.</p><p> </p><p>I don't allow ANY tv or video games before school. It is too hard to get them to get ready if they start early, and too hard to get them to leave if they start after they are all ready. We tried it as a reward, but it really didn't work.</p><p> </p><p>I did find that a few minutes of reading out loud helped during breakfast, if they couldn't settle enough to eat. Or I gave them a balance bar to eat while going to the bus.</p><p> </p><p>Don't stress over clothing. If it is clean, it is fine. I gave up on matching clothes, except for very special events. This REALLY made the morning easier. And after a few tries of clothes that REALLY didn't match, they went back to outfits that looked OK. I think peer pressure played a part in that, LOL. For a while certain tshirts were banned from school. anything pokemon, superhero, ninja, martial art, flames, sayings were not allowed. I put these in a separate drawer, which helped a lot. With difficult child I had to put them in my room, because he would sneak them in his backpack and change at the bus stop (I know because one of his teachers from elementary school caught him and called me!). Then when school called I would tell them to search his backpack. </p><p> </p><p>Sorry mornings are so hairy. </p><p> </p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 151881, member: 1233"] I have him pick out clothes the night before. He packs his own lunch when he takes it, so ALL the items are in buckets in a drawer, ready to be pulled out and stuck in the lunch box. He pretty much eats teh same thing every day, so it is not a big problem. difficult child doesn't live with us, and Jess is homeschooled, so they don't create morning problems. When difficult child was little, or when thank you has too much energy, I send them out to run around the house for a couple of minutes. 2-5 laps around the house usually takes care of the extra energy. I learned this as a child when staying with a friend who had a younger brother with ADHD (very severe case). If they didn't want to do laps, they could kick a soccer ball, just anything very active to help with the extra energy. It was worth getting difficult child up 10 minutes early. I don't allow ANY tv or video games before school. It is too hard to get them to get ready if they start early, and too hard to get them to leave if they start after they are all ready. We tried it as a reward, but it really didn't work. I did find that a few minutes of reading out loud helped during breakfast, if they couldn't settle enough to eat. Or I gave them a balance bar to eat while going to the bus. Don't stress over clothing. If it is clean, it is fine. I gave up on matching clothes, except for very special events. This REALLY made the morning easier. And after a few tries of clothes that REALLY didn't match, they went back to outfits that looked OK. I think peer pressure played a part in that, LOL. For a while certain tshirts were banned from school. anything pokemon, superhero, ninja, martial art, flames, sayings were not allowed. I put these in a separate drawer, which helped a lot. With difficult child I had to put them in my room, because he would sneak them in his backpack and change at the bus stop (I know because one of his teachers from elementary school caught him and called me!). Then when school called I would tell them to search his backpack. Sorry mornings are so hairy. Susie [/QUOTE]
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