Tips For an Easier Morning
I know that being a mom, mornings can be so crazy at times. Just
getting the kids dressed for school can be a task. I have found
these few steps alone will give you better mornings. 1. Have
your children clothes laid out the night before. Make sure that
your children have seen and agree with what you have laid out
for them. That way when it comes time to get dressed the next
morning no one will be upset with their clothes. 2. Have all
baths and showers to be taken at night. Taking baths in the
morning makes it hard for everyone who needs in the bathroom to
get ready. With most families the bathroom is the busiest room
in the house in the mornings. 3. Have all papers, notes,
planners, and homework signed and put back into your child's
book bag. The best to do this is when your child arrives home
from school. You will have it done and out of the way. Have your
child's book bag in a place they know exactly where to find it
the next morning. This saves from having to search for it. 4.
Have any snacks or lunches ready and waiting in the
refrigerator. I have found that even having your child's name on
each individual bag saves on fighting among your children. If
you pay for your child's lunch have it ready to go on Sunday
night. Put it in their book bag. It always helps the child if it
is put in the same place every week. 5. I stopped asking my
children a long time ago if they had homework. It seemed that
when I just asked them they would always pop up the next morning
with Oh yeah, I forgot I have homework. I started checking their
book bags myself. Taking the few extra minutes to see for myself
saved me a lot of headache in the mornings. It also saved my
children a lot of zeros. 6. If you drive your children to school
it is important that you know who is sitting up front and who is
sitting at the doors. If you take turns with the kids they will
always know who sits where. It will never be a problem. These
are just a few tips that may help you have some smooth mornings.
I have taken these tips and applied them to my life and still
have those mornings when nothing goes right. Then I think how
much worse it would have been if I had not took these steps to
make my families life just a little bit easier.