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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are your kids, op? If they get up at 6:15, 9 is too late unless they are pretty old - in which case, I would recommend outsourcing some of the lunch stuff to them and not getting up with them.

My kids wake up by 6 no matter what time they go to bed. As a result, they are asleep by 7.[/quote]

Kids are 3 and 5. The little one still takes a 2 hour nap (from 1-3 pm), and sleeps from about 8:15 pm - 7:15 am everyday. She seems to need more sleep in general. The older one sleeps from 8:45 pm - 6:15.  To me it seems like not a lot of sleep, but she's always been that way.

I'll try to get them involved in chores/lunches/backpacks....this is what my MIL has always suggested. She does not get how/why I always separate housework from spending time with kids.  I guess as a WOHM who gets home at 5:30, I'm trying to devote all my home-time to just playing with them, talking with them, but it leaves me with very little time for anything else...[/quote]

-For the 5 yr old, decide a routine you want him/her to follow when you get home each day and then do it.  This can include things like cleaning out his lunchbox, taking folder out of backpack, putting backpacking in a special spot, picking out an evening book or activity,

-Have something very simple for your 3 yr old as well, like hang up his/her jacket, put shoes in a special spot

- to make lunch packing easier, I got a small plastic storage bin and on Sunday, I separated out the snacks into a big ziploc bag, one for each day and then I would just dump the ziploc into my kids lunch box along with a sandwich.

-Aim for both kids being in their bedroom by 8pm - assuming they don't sleep in the same room - the older child can stay awake on his own for a little while and you go about housework. Come back close to lights out time and tuck in, etc.

-Go to bed earlier even 15 minutes. It can make a difference.

-Get up the same time every single day even on weekends (this one was huge for me and really changed me into a "morning person")

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