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How to Handle a "Little" Thing
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 118874"><p>I feel your pain. In the mornings - or anytime we needed to be somewhere at a certain time - my daughter was a turtle. I was even known to say, 'Come on, Turtle.' She was soooo slow. by the way, (and totally unrelated except that it makes me chuckle) I called my son 'slick'. He went through this phase where he'd wet his hair down in the morning and slick it down - looked like Alphalpha without the hair sticking up on top. So, my kids were Turtle and Slick.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, like you I tried a gazillion things. What I ultimately found that worked was the order in which we did things. I used to get her up and feed her breakfast because that was the easiest way to get her out of bed. But, then the getting dressed for an hour would come into play. So, I'd get her up, she'd get dressed THEN breakfast. She'd take forever, so there were no books or toys at the table. She could have those after she ate. I'd still have to allow for extra time in the morning, but at least this way she'd be dressed, fed and ready to go by the time it was time to leave. She learned that if she wanted to have time for play before leaving, the other stuff had to be done first.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 118874"] I feel your pain. In the mornings - or anytime we needed to be somewhere at a certain time - my daughter was a turtle. I was even known to say, 'Come on, Turtle.' She was soooo slow. by the way, (and totally unrelated except that it makes me chuckle) I called my son 'slick'. He went through this phase where he'd wet his hair down in the morning and slick it down - looked like Alphalpha without the hair sticking up on top. So, my kids were Turtle and Slick. Anyway, like you I tried a gazillion things. What I ultimately found that worked was the order in which we did things. I used to get her up and feed her breakfast because that was the easiest way to get her out of bed. But, then the getting dressed for an hour would come into play. So, I'd get her up, she'd get dressed THEN breakfast. She'd take forever, so there were no books or toys at the table. She could have those after she ate. I'd still have to allow for extra time in the morning, but at least this way she'd be dressed, fed and ready to go by the time it was time to leave. She learned that if she wanted to have time for play before leaving, the other stuff had to be done first. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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