For World Poetry Day I am offering this little ditty. It is the tale of one woman’s struggle (mine!) with the morning routine for kids. Try as I might and I try a thousand different things; we are more often than not, running late in the mornings.Â
The morning routine is a killer for me. People often say ‘ I don’t know how you get four kids up and out in the morning’; the truth is neither do I!
There once was a mummy stuck on repeat
Get dressed, clean your teeth, sit down on your seat
She said it each morning again and again; louder and louder and crosser she got
But still the kids played and frankly cared not a jot
So Mummy grew cross and stress levels rose
She even shouted and the children just froze
But, then she felt sad and a thought crossed her mind…
What if there was extra time they could find?
So the very next day she set her alarm
The earlier start worked like a charm
The kids had a play and then they got dressed
The kids were all smiling and Mummy felt blessed
Each one was ready by half past eight
Mummy felt smug; they couldn’t possibly be late
But, wait! Where was twin two?
Oh God! She’d gone for a poo!!!
True Story!! The moral of this little tale is with kids you just can’t plan ahead sometimes or even any of the time. I will keep plugging away at that morning routine for school, but I am also determined to relax about it. We always get there even if we are chasing the lines in….
Shoot, I have trouble getting 1 ready in the morning. He usually wakes me up before my alarm to potty after that it’s like pulling teeth. Except this morning. He wanted to help pack his lunch.
My kids are also up at the crack of dawn but they stay quiet so they don’t wake me that way they can get away with heading into the playroom and turning on the tv
hehehe! This all sounds so familiar.
Can remember these times so well even though so many years down the line from them. Society should be restructured to support mums more in my view. Would it hurt for there to be a rolling start to the school day or say a hour or so? It sometimes feels like the whole thing is set up to make mums feel like abject failures. But you made me smile on a challenging evening so thanks #Blogtober19
Ooh a rolling start sounds like heaven!!
Ha ha. Brilliant! I really don’t know how you do it with four. I struggle with just one baby!
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ha ha! I struggled with just one baby too!! It is just hard with any #DreamTeam
I once watched a programme where the mum had put all the clocks in the house forward, so they were never late for school. Of course that only works if they’re old enough to tell the time and if they actually care what the time is…in hindsight, I’m not sure I’ve helped. Anyway, great wee poem and good luck getting out of the house in the morning 😉 xx
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That’s a good idea, but I would probably tell them the very first day lol!! Thanks for joining the #DreamTeam
Visiting again from #DreamTeam – funnily enough regarding the rolling start comment. When I was at Cambridge University and we did our exams, they had rolling starts but nobody told me so I sat there for hours smugly as people picked up their pens without being told to do so certain they would be disqualified and I would win the day. Did not make that mistake twice!
ha ha thats so funny! #DreamTeam
Brilliant, I’m rubbish at making stuff rhyme, my attempts always end up totally bizarre! Hope your poetic attempts improved the routine. #dreamteam
I usually do OK until its time to actually leave for school. Somehow my daughter has her bowels trained to hit at that exact moment #dreamteam
It happened to us again this morning ha ha! #DreamTeam
I relate to this, the stress and manicness of the day is unreal X #dreamteam
Haha! You are exactly right. No matter how organised you are something unexpected always happens at the last minute. #DreamTeam
It happened again this morning!! ha ha #DreamTeam
I can so relate, our routines have changed over the years but it’s so much better now the kids take care of themselves, although we still have them moments when they realise their homework hasn’t been completed at 8am or they can’t find their joggers for p.e. that day. I love the poem.
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Oh this sounds just like us in the morning. We could get up at 5am and still be late! #dreamteam
I totally agree, no matter what you do or how hard you try it will always be a struggle to get out on time! I give myself such a hard time about this that I have decided to just relax too because I hate when I start to get cross and shout at them. It is not a nice way to start the day. I don’t believe I will ever find a winning formula because being a parent just doesn’t work that way! #dreamteam
A perfectly executed plan can always be foiled by a poo! #DreamTeam
Hilarious – I’m like a stuck record that is on repeat every morning #dreamteam
Yikes – this will be me before long! And getting three out of the door is bad enough! #DreamTeam
ha ha! It just got harder since the girls started school as now I have to get everyone dressed and fed. Before they were at school I would quite often brush the girls hair or clean their teeth after we got back from the school run. When they were babies I just used to put them in the buggy in their sleepsuits and get them dressed afterwards. Those are some tips for slovenly parenting from me to you 😉 #DreamTeam