Insane morning rush - exhausted

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's okay to let them buy school lunches once in a while.

You really think someone like OP would let their kids have school lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll never understand parents who create the reason for their exhaustion and annoyance and then complain about it.

Like what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - we get clothes laid out the night before so we aren't arguing in the morning, but the lunches need to be made morning of since usually its a hot dish (pasta or something) or a sandwich that will get soggy if I make it the night before. On the weekends I try and make up a large batch of pancakes and bacon but some days the kids want scrambled eggs or something and I need to make that then clean up that mess. I know it will get better and this is the season of my life it is just exhausting to start the day of work already having done 50 things!

Do yourself a favor and stop catering to this stuff. Simple sandwiches that can make it overnight. Frozen Belgian waffles with microwaved sausage for breakfast. Just say no to the requests that are causing the chaos.

Definitely! I was a SAHM when my kids were young, and I wasn't serving up fresh hot breakfasts by request, nor were packed lunches anything exciting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never understand parents who create the reason for their exhaustion and annoyance and then complain about it.

Like what?

Like not having the kids help, cooking made-to-order hot breakfasts, making complicated lunches the morning of, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's okay to let them buy school lunches once in a while.

You really think someone like OP would let their kids have school lunch?

OP here - hahah I mean if my kids would eat the school lunches I would totally let them do it. But they hate it and won't eat anything. Then they come home starving and in a horrible mood from not eating anything from 7am until 4pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weekend breakfasts include eggs, etc but during the week, they get something they can take in the car like a granola bar.

Mine toast those frozen Kodiak waffles and eat them in the car. That's a hot breakfast in our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's okay to let them buy school lunches once in a while.

You really think someone like OP would let their kids have school lunch?

OP here - hahah I mean if my kids would eat the school lunches I would totally let them do it. But they hate it and won't eat anything. Then they come home starving and in a horrible mood from not eating anything from 7am until 4pm.

Probably because the lunch ladies won't make them their own meal on demand.

[Anonymous]

Um. Parenting is exhausting. Did you think you would wake up refreshed. Didnt you learn this after the first child? I expect to be exhausted for the next 15 years. If it’s less then great, but set realistic expectations. Being a mom is a full time job. No off days. Just relax after they go to bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss the days of waking up, having coffee, getting ready for work and walking out the door. For the past 8 years I have been running every morning from the minute I wake up until the minute I drop kids off and start work. Lunches, breakfast, backpacks, water, feed the dog, clean up all the dishes, get kids changed, etc. By 7:30am I am exhausted and the day hasn't even started! Just a vent post - I am so tired!

I love this. I gives us purpose.

[Anonymous]

Yup. This is us too but bus is at 8:30 so more time. Kids dress themselves. Breakfast is frozen waffle and yogurt/milk and fruit. If i have breakfast with them then i make eggs. Cleanup is scraped dishes into sink and DH is wfh and he will wash them at lunch. It helps that kids are up by 7 and we dont leave the house until after 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um. Parenting is exhausting. Did you think you would wake up refreshed. Didnt you learn this after the first child? I expect to be exhausted for the next 15 years. If it’s less then great, but set realistic expectations. Being a mom is a full time job. No off days. Just relax after they go to bed.

Not OP. It depends on the parenting style. I am an only and after age 8 my parents did not get up with me. Especially not in HS when the bus came at 7:10 am. They made lunch the bight before until MS and i poured my own milk and cereal and walked to bus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never understand parents who create the reason for their exhaustion and annoyance and then complain about it.

Like what?

Like not having the kids help, cooking made-to-order hot breakfasts, making complicated lunches the morning of, etc.

This. If her kids don't like the breakfast she has ready, she cooks them something else. She's preparing hot lunches the day of when she could do it in advance and throw it in the microwave in the morning, her 8 year old could be helping out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - we get clothes laid out the night before so we aren't arguing in the morning, but the lunches need to be made morning of since usually its a hot dish (pasta or something) or a sandwich that will get soggy if I make it the night before. On the weekends I try and make up a large batch of pancakes and bacon but some days the kids want scrambled eggs or something and I need to make that then clean up that mess. I know it will get better and this is the season of my life it is just exhausting to start the day of work already having done 50 things!

You've created your own problem. They don't want the easy stuff for breakfast, tough. Eat it or don't but you don't HAVE to make them eggs. Say no. Grab a cereal bar. Make lunches the night before. Who cares if it's soggy. Cut out the hot stuff.

Hell, I'm a SAHM and I don't do any of this during the week. We have 30 min to get out the door. Eat what I've made or fend for yourself.

You could simplify your life so much. Just say no.

[Anonymous]

How old are your kids if you are saying you have done 8 years of this? They seem quite capable to help. They can pack their own backpacks (my k kid does it), they get fill up their own water bottles (my k kid does it), they can feed the dog (pretty simple) and you can fix their lunch the night before so that all you need to do is zap it in the microwave the morning of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll never understand parents who create the reason for their exhaustion and annoyance and then complain about it.

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