There is something… extraordinary about the morning rush. It’s as if you are floating above the scene watching the chaos unfold before you, one eye on the clock and the other on the crawler who’s trying to escape. You look like you were out the night be for, even if you collapsed on the couch at 9pm.
Your coffee has been reheated so many times, you’re afraid the caffeine won’t work. Rants about the morning are necessary, and we have come up with four morning eye-rollers you can relate to as a parent- just so you know you are not alone!
Routine
Disclosure: We do not have a routine. We have tried and failed and will try again. Something always seems to come up to extinguish any flicker of organisation in sight. Routine is a beautiful thing and kudos to those who have an unbreakable morning ritual- you are an inspiration!
Though we’ve yet to master the morning rush routine, I know that having order in the morning is key to a successful home departure. If you can dress, eat, brush teeth and find shoes in the same order each day, it will certainly make the rush easier- good luck!
Breakie
This part of the morning is comical. Our morning fashion includes hairstyles held in place with porridge oats and weetabix-beards. Getting your little ones to consume anything other than bread is difficult-not to mention stressful! Don’t forget, these battles don’t exist in a vacuume. While you are trying to force-feed, you are also a member of the sock-search party and taking wardrobe complaints from someone who’s happy to wear underwear on his head.
HANG IN THERE! Thank goodness for Haliborange vitamins and supplements getting us through the morning! Even If breakie is a disaster, we know our little ones are getting what they need before they leave the warzone- I mean house! They are taste-guaranteed for children and the chewiness enables you use them as a treat- yes, we have resorted to bribery during rush hour!
“Lay it out”
How many times have you laid out everyone’s outfit the night before, only to look outside and see that the weather warrants tights instead of socks or wellies instead of runners? It seems to be almost impossible to totally plan an outfit for yourself, never mind a fickle five-year-old or a tired toddler.
Does anyone else have a ‘too-tight’ problem? Whether it be undies or shoes, there seems to be a new item of clothing each morning that gets categorised as too tight or too lose or too scratchy, even if it was perfectly acceptable less than 12 hours ago. My ridiculous solution? I lay out two options for my three-year-old and let her choose- the position of power puts her at ease and speeds up the process!
Lost property?
Oh dear. Our mummy-stress levels hit an all-time high when it comes to misplacing essential items that we had LITERALLY 5 SECONDS AGO! A single shoe seems to have hopped off of its own accord and hats are M.I.A on blustery mornings. My toddler doesn’t have any matching socks left-and neither do I!
I’ve given up hope and often find myself cursing the shoes-and-socks fairy during rush hour. I take solace in the fact that every parent at the school run is cursing her too!
Hang in there mums- we are a quarter way through the school year already and you’re doing great!
