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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mornings are crazy for us too, OP. It sounds like you are doing what you can to streamline. I have learned over time that sometimes [b]there is no "hack" to make the hard things about parenting easier.[/b] They are just hard!

Our dog just turned 2 and it is night and day dealing with her in the morning versus when she was under 1. That part will get better!!

And as for the folks getting on your DH, I am assuming he is big law or something? I work a job where I have to be in the office at least three days a week and I often am not helping much in the morning either. [/quote]

Yes there are. Like having an involved spouse, not getting a puppy with young kids, not being a short order cook...[/quote]

This. OPs spouse is up at 6 but takes an hour!!! To get ready whole OP tends to the kids. Hell no. My DH gets up at 5:30 (his choice) but he's done with his stuff (workout, extra work) by 7 so 7-8 is both of us making breakfast and lunches and dealing with drop offs. I do it all one day a week and he does it on his own one day too. [/quote]

Yup.  I’m the early rising spouse, but I’m done with my workout and showered by 7:30 and we’re both hands on deck in the morning.  Our kids are a little older than OP’s - 11, 9, 7, and they know to get their own breakfasts.  Sometimes we might get something quick for them, but fostering that independence (another “hack”) pays off.

If I had a spouse who was zero help in the mornings, he’d need to take full responsibility elsewhere, or make a ton of money so that we could outsource things like cleaning, meal service, etc.[/quote]

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