Morning School Schedule

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Thu, 06 May 2010 00:01:46 GMT

shirley.020816tamzil — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:01:46 GMT

I have a DS1 in P3 and DS2 in nursery. School bags will have to be packed the night before. Usually we will all wake up at 7am, DS1 school starts at 7.40am. DS1 will have to wash-up before changing into his uniform (I'll hang it outside his bathroom) while I prepare his breakfast (usually cereal or bread with milk). We need to leave the house at 7.25am so I will bring DS1's breakfast down to the car, DS1 usually eats his breakfast in the car. Because I don't have maid, so DS2 will have to follow us in the morning too. After I drop DS1 at his school, I'll return home and continue the tasks needed for DS2.

DS2 school only starts at 9am, so after dropping DS1, we still have about an hour where we can sit down and have some breakfast and get ready for school. :celebrate:

Because I need to handle two, so DS1 has been trained since K2 to shower himself and wear his own clothes, socks and shoes.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Wed, 05 May 2010 00:12:14 GMT

on_plus_kiasu — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:12:14 GMT

LOLMum:

there was once i was running a bit late, ds was kicking up such a fuss (she was afraid of being late)and i was really pissed of.f so i deliberately drove really slow and got to school at 7.19 am (1 min before the bells).
that taught her not kick up a fuss and know that mmummy wont send her to school late.

Hehehe..... I hope my kids are enthusiastic about school as yours are... :lol:

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:45:28 GMT

LOLMum — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:45:28 GMT

every night before bedtime, go thru the school bag/timetable with kids.

young kids (4-9 years old) should be in bed by 8 or latest 9 pm.

i would wake up half hour before everyone and get myself ready. make sure breakfast is on the table before getting both kids. breakfast is usually a very simple affair (bread, cereal, fruits, milk, juice).

lthe only time i might have a problem is getting them out of bed. usually once they have washed their face and brushed their teeth, they are ready to zoom off to school. we were always in school by 7 am.

there was once i was running a bit late, ds was kicking up such a fuss (she was afraid of being late)and i was really pissed of.f so i deliberately drove really slow and got to school at 7.19 am (1 min before the bells).
that taught her not kick up a fuss and know that mmummy wont send her to school late.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:27:17 GMT

radiantmum — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:27:17 GMT

My motto is SLEEP EARLY, WAKE UP EARLY? NO SWEAT :lol:

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:05:53 GMT

on_plus_kiasu — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:05:53 GMT

Hi,

Sorry to \"tumpang' your topic. But wanna ask how about schedules for those sending to CC? I'm sending my girls to CC next month and will disrupt their whole routine.
1) How do I wake them up in the morning?
2) Do you bathe them in the morning because CC's shower time at 3 leh... after lunch and nap... stinky baby makes a cranky baby
3) How do you get the used to the change of routine so will less

Need :?:

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:56:20 GMT

jedamum — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:56:20 GMT

cos ds1 has butter fingers, he has to take breakfast before changing into school attire.

schellen:

P.S. jedamum, M asks me to tell you to tell J: Sleep so much for what?

lolz. he usually does not doze off after he wakes up at 6am. he just likes to lie down lazily.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:23:23 GMT

schellen — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:23:23 GMT

When DD1 was in P1, and I was still working, I would be in-charge of getting her up, bringing her to the bathroom and changing her into her school uniform or PE attire. sashimi is responsible for getting her breakfast ready. While she's eating, I would comb and tie her hair up. Then, she'll lie down for a short while till sashimi is ready to leave. If she is slow, she doesn't have this \"rest period\". I will then go for my shower and leave either with them or before them. sashimi brings DD1 to school. That was a tough year as DD1 could not be awakened by any alarms we used and was very difficult to drag out of bed.

Now that DD1 is in P2, she has become more independent, partly because she wanted to and partly because she had to, due to the birth of DD2. I'm now a SAHM and DD2 will usually have a morning feed when DD1 and sashimi are getting ready for school/work. DD1 has an alarm clock now that wakes her up. She will go to the bathroom on her own and change into her school uniform or PE attire herself. sashimi will still prepare her breakfast. While eating, she will comb and tie her hair up herself. Then, she brushes her teeth. She often goes to school on her own and comes back on her own. The school is just across the road and she has her own set of keys.

I always ensure that DD1's bag is packed and ready to go. Her hair accessories and clothes are also laid out the day before. So in cases when they both oversleep, there is still a chance that they will both make it in time for school/work.

P.S. jedamum, M asks me to tell you to tell J: Sleep so much for what?

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:12:12 GMT

heyhoe — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:12:12 GMT

In our family, we have P2 and 2 in childcare - coming 3 and 5 yrs:-

I wake up at 6am and cook soup&rice, place drinks/milk/snacks into their school bags, place their uniforms and fold clothes still in dryer.

6.30am - wake P2 and 5 years old and ask them to brush teeth, drink milk and change to uniform, also feed ds3 milk (still in dreamy mode). While they’re doing this, I’ll bathe and get ready for work.

6.45am - wake Dh and Ds3, get Ds3 - changed. While Dh bathe and get ready, I’ll let them play a while if have time. Otherwise, help them to speed up.

7.00am - 7:15am (latest) - leave home. Send Ds1 to school, then Ds2&3 to CC. Dh send me to mrt station.

Luckily, Ds1 study nearby our home.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:19:08 GMT

winth — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:19:08 GMT

jedamum:
winth:

But u mean, the 3 of u will be out of the house, leaving DS2 asleep???
How can? Home alone?
:? did i typo error somewhere? i SAHM leh.

Oh ya... :oops: Forgot...
Thot u'll bring DS1 to school...

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:18:16 GMT

winth — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:18:16 GMT

jedamum:
winth:
Do your DS1 get ready, dress up, wash up all by himself???

It was our initial plan when he first started P1, but I guess we merely thought it was okay for maid to do my 'wake-him-up' job and it went hay wire.

Now, there is over-reliance on the maid, plus maid can't handle DS1&2.
So now, dress up, wash up all by maid.
They just 'auto-zombi' till breakfast table.

On bad days when they sleep later the night before, they just kick a fuss and cry on the bed.
yes, ds1 will wash up by himself cos i am preparing breakfast (bread and jam plus milk).
he will dress up on PE days and i will help on uniform days, and maybe just once a week, i will dress him up cos he likes to be pampered.
it is more rowdy when ds1 and ds2 are awake together (at times ds2 will wake up early cos of ds1's yakking).
ya, on bad days, ds1 (even at P2) will kick up a fuss. he is especially particular that i wake him at 5.45 then at 6am cos any later, he claims, eats into his 'resting after breakfast' time.

your kid still pretty young la. so still have to go by their mood at times.

THAT'S THE SAME AS MINE!!!!
And my DS2 wakes up same time as DS1, that's when the whole drama starts!

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:44:01 GMT

jedamum — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:44:01 GMT

winth:
Do your DS1 get ready, dress up, wash up all by himself???

It was our initial plan when he first started P1, but I guess we merely thought it was okay for maid to do my 'wake-him-up' job and it went hay wire.

Now, there is over-reliance on the maid, plus maid can't handle DS1&2.
So now, dress up, wash up all by maid.
They just 'auto-zombi' till breakfast table.

On bad days when they sleep later the night before, they just kick a fuss and cry on the bed.

yes, ds1 will wash up by himself cos i am preparing breakfast (bread and jam plus milk).
he will dress up on PE days and i will help on uniform days, and maybe just once a week, i will dress him up cos he likes to be pampered.
it is more rowdy when ds1 and ds2 are awake together (at times ds2 will wake up early cos of ds1's yakking).
ya, on bad days, ds1 (even at P2) will kick up a fuss. he is especially particular that i wake him at 5.45 then at 6am cos any later, he claims, eats into his 'resting after breakfast' time.

your kid still pretty young la. so still have to go by their mood at times.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:32:08 GMT

jedamum — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:32:08 GMT

winth:

But u mean, the 3 of u will be out of the house, leaving DS2 asleep???
How can? Home alone?

:? did i typo error somewhere? i SAHM leh.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:31:08 GMT

jedamum — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:31:08 GMT

MMM:

Wow.... do you feel tired getting up and then back to bed and then getting up again after 10-15 mins? I feel that when I do that, I would feel really terrible after that.

MMM,
i am forever tired; dh attribute it to my restless nights; i dreamt every night and wakes up 2-3 times a night to attend to the kids or get away from their flying kicks or get more space as they like to squeeze in my bed (we are still co-sleeping).
so i can't say whether my tiredness is the lack of good sleep or the very short eyeshut.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:26:57 GMT

winth — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:26:57 GMT

jedamum:
currently only ds1 is in the morning session.

- wake ds1 at 5.45am to go to the living room to sleep; so that he knows that he still has 15 more min to sleep. i go back to sleep after setting the next alarm
- wake him at 6am, place his uniform at the designated location, prepare breakfast and go back to lie down on the couch after setting the next alarm.
- he will join me when he finished his breakfast; around 6.30am; the faster he finish his breakfast, the more time he has to lie down and disturb me
- alarm goes off at 6.50am; open my mouth to remind him to dress up; he'll dress himself if it is PE day; i will help him tidy his uniform during other days (or occasionally help him wear).
- then we both lie down until the dad wakes up at 7am.
- then off they go at 7.15am and i go back to bed if ds2 is still sleeping.

come next year when ds2 will be in morning session, when he needs to be ready by 7.30am, i don't forsee any problem cos we already have similar structure at home regarding school days ie wake up milk, short tv (or computer), breakfast, short activity (reading, lego - tv and activity time is interchangable depending on what the kid request first), school time. key is to set alarm for each key activity so that kid knows that when the alarm goes off, it is Time!

But u mean, the 3 of u will be out of the house, leaving DS2 asleep???
How can? Home alone?

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:26:01 GMT

winth — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:26:01 GMT

Do your DS1 get ready, dress up, wash up all by himself???

It was our initial plan when he first started P1, but I guess we merely thought it was okay for maid to do my ‘wake-him-up’ job and it went hay wire.

Now, there is over-reliance on the maid, plus maid can’t handle DS1&2.
So now, dress up, wash up all by maid.
They just ‘auto-zombi’ till breakfast table.

On bad days when they sleep later the night before, they just kick a fuss and cry on the bed.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:56:11 GMT

MMM — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:56:11 GMT

jedamum:
currently only ds1 is in the morning session.

- wake ds1 at 5.45am to go to the living room to sleep; so that he knows that he still has 15 more min to sleep. i go back to sleep after setting the next alarm
- wake him at 6am, place his uniform at the designated location, prepare breakfast and go back to lie down on the couch after setting the next alarm.
- he will join me when he finished his breakfast; around 6.30am; the faster he finish his breakfast, the more time he has to lie down and disturb me
- alarm goes off at 6.50am; open my mouth to remind him to dress up; he'll dress himself if it is PE day; i will help him tidy his uniform during other days (or occasionally help him wear).
- then we both lie down until the dad wakes up at 7am.
- then off they go at 7.15am and i go back to bed if ds2 is still sleeping.

Wow.... do you feel tired getting up and then back to bed and then getting up again after 10-15 mins? I feel that when I do that, I would feel really terrible after that.

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:33:52 GMT

jedamum — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:33:52 GMT

winth:
Now I am facing an upcoming crisis! :frustrated:

Our morning schedule is in a BIG mess, with our boys kicking and fussing and crying for their morning school rush.

How do you guys get your P1/2 to wake up?
- what time do they wake up and how long is the preparation time before the whole family moves out from home?
- what will s/he be responsible to do (so as to prepare for school)?
- do you people involved in the uniform/morning wash/breakfast feeding?
- what preparations do you do the night before so as to smoothen your morning rush (pack bag, pre-pack breakfast)?
- for those who have maids (what are the maids required to do for the child)?

If there is a similar thread, do refer so that I can read up.

currently only ds1 is in the morning session.
- wake ds1 at 5.45am to go to the living room to sleep; so that he knows that he still has 15 more min to sleep. i go back to sleep after setting the next alarm
- wake him at 6am, place his uniform at the designated location, prepare breakfast and go back to lie down on the couch after setting the next alarm.
- he will join me when he finished his breakfast; around 6.30am; the faster he finish his breakfast, the more time he has to lie down and disturb me
- alarm goes off at 6.50am; open my mouth to remind him to dress up; he'll dress himself if it is PE day; i will help him tidy his uniform during other days (or occasionally help him wear).
- then we both lie down until the dad wakes up at 7am.
- then off they go at 7.15am and i go back to bed if ds2 is still sleeping.

come next year when ds2 will be in morning session, when he needs to be ready by 7.30am, i don't forsee any problem cos we already have similar structure at home regarding school days ie wake up milk, short tv (or computer), breakfast, short activity (reading, lego - tv and activity time is interchangable depending on what the kid request first), school time. key is to set alarm for each key activity so that kid knows that when the alarm goes off, it is Time!

Reply to Morning School Schedule on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:22:03 GMT

sakura_2009 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:22:03 GMT

winth:
Now I am facing an upcoming crisis! :frustrated:

Our morning schedule is in a BIG mess, with our boys kicking and fussing and crying for their morning school rush.

How do you guys get your P1/2 to wake up?
- what time do they wake up and how long is the preparation time before the whole family moves out from home?
- what will s/he be responsible to do (so as to prepare for school)?
- do you people involved in the uniform/morning wash/breakfast feeding?
- what preparations do you do the night before so as to smoothen your morning rush (pack bag, pre-pack breakfast)?
- for those who have maids (what are the maids required to do for the child)?

If there is a similar thread, do refer so that I can read up.

1) Wake up time - It depends on what time you need to reach school. Factor in the travel time (either by car or school bus) and work backworks. In our case, 45-50 mins is good.

2) Breakfast - usually simple breakfast like whole grain cereal with milk. Nothing elaborate - no time plus DS usually can't eat much in the morning.

3) Preparations - school uniform already hang outside wardrobe. School bag have to be packed the night BEFORE, cannot pack last minute in the morning, sure forget some things...

No maid - so its just making sure DS brushes his teeth, washes his face (5 - 7 mins), eat his breakfast (another 10 - 15 mins - he tends to take his own sweet time eating), goes to the toilet (depends but usually around 5-10 mins), change his clothes (another 5 mins), + some dilly dallying time (another 5 mins or so), then finally sits down to wear his socks and school shoes before heading for the door....