Getting out in the morning with little kids can be nuts! What are your suggestions to ease the morning madness?
Set their clothes out at the beginning of the week, either in bins or hanging in the closet.
Do easy breakfasts they can take on the bus or in the car with them, like rice cakes and cheese, granola bars, healthy muffins, a banana. There are also a bunch of recipes for kids with only two or three ingredients that you can make at the beginning of the week.
M.L., NY
Dress them the night before.
Wake them in twos so the first two are finished with the bathroom by the time you wake up the next two.
R.F., NY
I give the younger ones a sense of involvement to make it fun. They love getting to choose things. I buy different color bowls to pick for cereal and have three different color apples. I’ll have a basket of clothes that my youngest can wear, and he’ll do his best to put on something. Then he’ll come in and show me, so proud of himself — and now he’s half dressed!
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