morning routine 2023

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How can you pack lunch the night before? You mean lunch is cooked or packed the night before, and ready to go upon waking up?

Yes!

I don’t understand why people are confused by this? I have always made my lunch the night before, since I was in middle school in the mid 1990’s. I still do!

Kids lunch: pb&j, a fruit, a veggie, chips/pretzel, and a cookie

My meals: yogurt and fruit, salad and/or soup, granola bar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you pack lunch the night before? You mean lunch is cooked or packed the night before, and ready to go upon waking up?

Yes!

I am curious what kid lunch can be packed the night before? Please share!

I put a PB&j sandwich, a mini cucumber and some cut veggies, a small container of yogurt, and a cheese stick in a lunch bag in the fridge. I grab it in the morning and put in the backpack with a bottle of water.

[Anonymous]

2nd and Kinder. Set alarm for 7:30 but my kinder usually up a few minutes before that. I make him go feed the cats if he wakes up before my alarm so he does that and then comes gets me up. I make him breakfast while he plows thru worksheets (he loves this big book of kinder-age mazes and other stuff). I start trying to wake up 2nd grader who already is like a teenager. Once she’s up and eating I set a timer on the microwave to go off at 8 am so they know when to go get dressed. I’m trying to get ready myself while they eat. 2nd grader will leave to get dressed when timer gets off but Kinder always needs a nudge. If I’m taking to long to get ready myself I will often just bring his clothes and toothbrush to the breakfast counter and dress him in kitchen and make him brush teeth at kitchen sink. Then we are out the door around 8:40. I walk kids across a busy road and then they walked the next block on their own to school.

I would like to get into habit of setting clothes out night before. We often have stressful morning because my kids are very particular about clothes and get mad if something they wanted is dirty. There’s often an argument about why my kinder can’t wear the same pants for 4 days in a row.

[Anonymous]

Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can you pack lunch the night before? You mean lunch is cooked or packed the night before, and ready to go upon waking up?

yes. My 10yo usually takes a PBJ sandwich or turkey/cheese sandwich with fruit like berries or a mandarin, or tomatoes/sliced cucumber. Then some Pringle’s or other kind of chip/cookie. If all goes in the fridge the night before. She also takes cold rotisserie chicken once a week in the Bentgo box, she likes to dip it in ketchup so that goes in one of the other compartments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

my kid would, but wouldn’t eat a hamburger or hotdog…. Everyone is different..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I agree. It takes just a few minutes to make a lunch. At the very least, please make the sandwich part fresh. A sandwich that has been sitting in the frig overnight then in your lunch bag another few hrs is gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I don't think you understand how to prepare food

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I don't think you understand how to prepare food

There is no way to prepare a PBJ the night before that is not disgusting. The bread will turn soggy. Unless you are not actually assembling the sandwich, in which case you are not actually making it the night before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I don't think you understand how to prepare food

There is no way to prepare a PBJ the night before that is not disgusting. The bread will turn soggy. Unless you are not actually assembling the sandwich, in which case you are not actually making it the night before.

You put peanut butter on both bread slices and the jelly goes on top of the PB on one slice. This was taught to us in Catholic CCD back in the dark ages when one of our projects was making sandwiches, which a church employee would drive that night to the food bank and handed out the next day. The reason for this is because jelly directly on the bread is what makes it soggy but a layer of PB won’t make the bread soggy. Then you refrigerate it and it’s fine to eat the next day. There you go, a life pro tip from something I learned when I was 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I don't think you understand how to prepare food

There is no way to prepare a PBJ the night before that is not disgusting. The bread will turn soggy. Unless you are not actually assembling the sandwich, in which case you are not actually making it the night before.

You put peanut butter on both bread slices and the jelly goes on top of the PB on one slice. This was taught to us in Catholic CCD back in the dark ages when one of our projects was making sandwiches, which a church employee would drive that night to the food bank and handed out the next day. The reason for this is because jelly directly on the bread is what makes it soggy but a layer of PB won’t make the bread soggy. Then you refrigerate it and it’s fine to eat the next day. There you go, a life pro tip from something I learned when I was 10.

Nope. Still gross. But you enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I don't think you understand how to prepare food

There is no way to prepare a PBJ the night before that is not disgusting. The bread will turn soggy. Unless you are not actually assembling the sandwich, in which case you are not actually making it the night before.

You put peanut butter on both bread slices and the jelly goes on top of the PB on one slice. This was taught to us in Catholic CCD back in the dark ages when one of our projects was making sandwiches, which a church employee would drive that night to the food bank and handed out the next day. The reason for this is because jelly directly on the bread is what makes it soggy but a layer of PB won’t make the bread soggy. Then you refrigerate it and it’s fine to eat the next day. There you go, a life pro tip from something I learned when I was 10.

Nope. Still gross. But you enjoy!

You’re an adult, not a kid. Kids don’t really care as much, as evidenced by the fact that my 7 year old goes crazy for school lunch pizza and “pancake sausage bites.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I don't think you understand how to prepare food

There is no way to prepare a PBJ the night before that is not disgusting. The bread will turn soggy. Unless you are not actually assembling the sandwich, in which case you are not actually making it the night before.

You put peanut butter on both bread slices and the jelly goes on top of the PB on one slice. This was taught to us in Catholic CCD back in the dark ages when one of our projects was making sandwiches, which a church employee would drive that night to the food bank and handed out the next day. The reason for this is because jelly directly on the bread is what makes it soggy but a layer of PB won’t make the bread soggy. Then you refrigerate it and it’s fine to eat the next day. There you go, a life pro tip from something I learned when I was 10.

Nope. Still gross. But you enjoy!

Ok, so make 99% of the lunch the night before (chips, cookies, fruits, etc in lunch box and ready to go) and carve out 5 min to make a fresh PB &J sandwich.

Not a big deal

Op is asking about streamlining her morning routine and people are arguing over petty things as to whether or not a PB & J sandwich should be made the night before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake up
Groom and dress
Breakfast
Affirmations and yoga
Instrument
Language
Math and reading
Walk to School

The whole toutine takes 1.5 hours including going to school. This is for a 7 year old only child. Bath, pack lunch and book bag happens the night before

Is this a real answer?

Yes this is a real answer, not a joke. OP specifically asked for things that help kids feel motivated and happy in the morning. Gentle movement and positivity is a great way to start the morning.

DH gets breakfast ready while I help the kid wake up and get ready to come down. And we only do 10 minutes of each activity. School is a 10 minute walk and being outside is important.

NP. And what time does your DC need to leave the house? My kid naturally gets up at 7:00, but we need to leave the house at 7:00, and we can’t start bedtime earlier than 6:30 due to job reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross - I would never eat or serve a PBJ that was made 15 hours earlier and refrigerated. Gag.

I don't think you understand how to prepare food

There is no way to prepare a PBJ the night before that is not disgusting. The bread will turn soggy. Unless you are not actually assembling the sandwich, in which case you are not actually making it the night before.

You put peanut butter on both bread slices and the jelly goes on top of the PB on one slice. This was taught to us in Catholic CCD back in the dark ages when one of our projects was making sandwiches, which a church employee would drive that night to the food bank and handed out the next day. The reason for this is because jelly directly on the bread is what makes it soggy but a layer of PB won’t make the bread soggy. Then you refrigerate it and it’s fine to eat the next day. There you go, a life pro tip from something I learned when I was 10.

Nope. Still gross. But you enjoy!

Ok, so make 99% of the lunch the night before (chips, cookies, fruits, etc in lunch box and ready to go) and carve out 5 min to make a fresh PB &J sandwich.

Not a big deal

Op is asking about streamlining her morning routine and people are arguing over petty things as to whether or not a PB & J sandwich should be made the night before.

I already gave my tips to OP and none of them had to do with lunch. My kids get ready in under 30 minutes and that includes my packing their lunches fresh and no it’s not a big deal. Making PBJ the night before is not going to help OP.