Can we make showering or bathing in the morning work? Is it only for tv and the movies?

[Anonymous]

With two working parents and a 6yo and 2yo. Is it stuff only for tv and the movies? How much earlier do you get up to make it work in your house. School starts at 7:50 for 6yo.

[Anonymous]

We do it, but I WAH and kids get on the bus at 8:15. Honestly, I just make sure everyone is up, lunches are made, and they are in the shower. It only takes about 10-12 minutes for both of them to shower and dress. Then we comb hair, brush teeth and eat a quick breakfast before they catch the bus. Also, I have boys so it does make the hair/grooming thing a lot easier.

In all, I'd say you need to bake in an extra 15 minutes. Not too bad. It saves a TON of time at night.

[Anonymous]

For you? Or your kids?

Both my DH and I shower every morning. I get up at 5:15am, but can make it work getting up at 5:30am, it's just tighter and more rushed. I shower first, DH deals with any children that wake up while I"m doing that. Then he gets in the shower and I finish getting ready and deal with any children.

We have a 2 year old and an infant. Generally the baby sleeps until past 6. The 2 year old wakes up between 5:30-6am, sometimes earlier. So my DH normally gets the toddler up and dressed and I do the infant since I'm still nursing.

[Anonymous]

I don't know why you would want to do this. I think it's really hard for kids to transition from the comfort of bed to rushing through a shower when they are so young. At night, it's easy enough to bathe and then hop in bed. I think you are just asking a lot from the mentality of a 2 yr old and 6 yr old to willingly agree to showering on a tight schedule in the morning. The time has to be more relaxed at night -- when your only obligation is to get to bed -- than it will be in the morning when you are stressing about getting to school and work on time or hitting traffic/missing train/etc.

[Anonymous]

I think OP means the parents. And the answer is the same for most of these types of issues: get less sleep, which stinks.

[Anonymous]

My 6 and 9 YO boys shower every morning. They refuse to start the day without one. Our schedule looks something like this:
6:00 wake up
6:05-6:10 shower
6:10-6:30 get dressed, brush teeth, brush hair
6:30-6:50 breakfast/make lunches
6:50-7:00 get packed up/shoes on/go to bus stop
7:05 bus
Then my husband and I get ready for the day.

[Anonymous]

Only my high school child bathes in the mornings. My two in elementary bathe at night. They would stay in the shower for an hour, if I let them. No way we could get it done in the mornings.

For me, I don't wash my hair every day. It would take too long. I either wash it at night or use dry shampoo.

[Anonymous]

How do you all get out quickly? When I've tried showering in the morning, I just can't move. I will stand there for 15 minutes not even shampooing my hair. Clearly the sleep would do me more good than the shower.

[Anonymous]

Morning showers never work for us. Everyone showers at night. Before going to bed, we prep breakfast, make lunch and pickout clothes for next day.

[Anonymous]

For adults or children?

We are still in the nighttime bath stage for LO, but for the adults, I am on DS duty from 6-7 while DH gets up & ready, and then we switch off from 7-8 while I get ready & then walk DS to daycare.

[Anonymous]

You cannot find time to shower?

I just get up earlier if needed. And I take quick showers. But morning showers are important to me. I cannot imagine not showering in the am before going to work,

[Anonymous]

I always have to shower in the morning: to wake up, feel refreshed, make sure my hair doesn't lie flat/oily. For those women who shower at night, do you have to wet your hair down and blowdry in the morning? My hair would be an absolute mess if I let it air dry while sleeping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always have to shower in the morning: to wake up, feel refreshed, make sure my hair doesn't lie flat/oily. For those women who shower at night, do you have to wet your hair down and blowdry in the morning? My hair would be an absolute mess if I let it air dry while sleeping.

I have curly hair so air drying makes my hair look better. I also think that the blow dryer does a lot of damage to my hair. When I wear it straight I just run a straightener through it quickly in the morning. Having dry, curly hair, my hair always looks better on the second day.

[Anonymous]

We bathe our kids at night because they are filthy after a day of sports, camp, playground, art, whatever. Adults shower in the morning. Not sure which you are asking about.

[Anonymous]

My hair requires I shower in the morning, and I need it to wake up. Adults wake up 6-6:15 to shower and get dressed before getting kids up at 6:45-7. Kids bathe/shower before bed.