Here are a few tips from seasoned moms that can help you shave a few minutes here and there off that morning routine and build in a few quality minutes with your children.
1. Pack your lunches the night before - put all shelf stable fruit and snacks out on the counter. Make sure all the sandwich ingredients are put together in the fridge and you will be ready to get those lunches all prepared
2. Know what your children are wearing for the week. Spend Sunday afternoon making sure everyone has all the clothes they need washed and set aside for school each day.
3. Have a hanging basket for each child's school work and back pack. This gives you a quick glance to see if anything is needing to be done.
4. Stay calm! A calm mom in the morning helps to keep tempers down and allow frustrations to be worked out in a reasonable manner.
5. If you love to cook, have breakfast ready. If you don't, it won't kill them to have cereal, fruit and toast. Simple and easy it will keep your kids blood sugar up and give them a great start to their day.
My kids tend to make me so frustrated in the morning with uncooperative attitudes and cranky morning moods that I think we all get short tempered and have bad days, me at the office and them at school. I plan on trying to implement these suggestions in hopes of a better start to the day for us all. Thanks.
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