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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No screens whatsoever in the mornings. And yes I would get up, showered, dogs out and fed, before waking children. 
Get as much done the night before as u can. Clothes out on dresser, kitchen rustier and ready to go, lunchboxes packed if they take lunch. Shoes by the door. Toothbrush/toothpaste in kitchen to save wasted time going back upstairs. [/quote]

Yes this.  Get mostly ready before they wake up.  Have bags, lunches done already.  Find shoes before bed and put them by backpacks.  Toothbrushes/hairbrushes are in our kitchen powder room so no one goes back up.  As each kid comes down I check they have what they need (sweatshirt ON and socks ON) so no one has to go back up stairs.  If something needs to be fetched, I've found it's easiest if I fetch it because they tend to dig and drag it out.

In our house, kids are up at 6:30 and we are out the door by 7:15.  We've been doing this for years so they are pretty used to it.

4 year olds are tough though too.  So if it's not great, that's probably why!  I remember feeling like it got SO MUCH easier once my youngest was in 1st grade and really understood the drill.[/quote]

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