Except when I used to have to leave at 5:30am, I always give even just myself at least an hour to get ready and out the door in the morning. There’s nothing worse than feeling rushed. I would not do anything less than at least an hour unless you can’t get them to bed early enough and the extra half hour is needed for sleep.

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Anonymous wrote:Our bus comes at 7:20 and I wake the kids at 6:45. I have breakfast on the table already. They eat, get dressed etc, and pack up. We try to leave for bus at 7:12. 7:15 at latest. No free time in the AM- they get enough after school. Kids are 8&10. We lay out clothes the night before.

what school system starts ES so early?

Not OP, but my prince georges school starts at 7:45.

My kid has a scenic 55 minute bus ride (and the school is 2 miles from our house). She needs at least 40 minutes but that does feel rushed to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Our bus comes at 7:20 and I wake the kids at 6:45. I have breakfast on the table already. They eat, get dressed etc, and pack up. We try to leave for bus at 7:12. 7:15 at latest. No free time in the AM- they get enough after school. Kids are 8&10. We lay out clothes the night before.

what school system starts ES so early?

Not OP, but my prince georges school starts at 7:45.

People without special needs kids don’t understand how much longer it can take in the am. My son is borderline ADHD, and has anxiety, and he needs at least an hour.

Anonymous wrote:OP my Add child also needs to have a few minutes to collect his thoughts after he wakes up. It truly takes an hour to get them ready.

If you know it takes him an hour to get ready, then there’s your answer. Unless, maybe you know what you want to do and are just curious about other families? I wake my ADHD kid at 6:45 to leave the house at 7:20, but I am also very hands-on in getting him ready so we can move through it quickly.

Anonymous wrote:Our bus comes at 7:20 and I wake the kids at 6:45. I have breakfast on the table already. They eat, get dressed etc, and pack up. We try to leave for bus at 7:12. 7:15 at latest. No free time in the AM- they get enough after school. Kids are 8&10. We lay out clothes the night before.

what school system starts ES so early?

OP my Add child also needs to have a few minutes to collect his thoughts after he wakes up. It truly takes an hour to get them ready.

Our bus comes at 7:20 and I wake the kids at 6:45. I have breakfast on the table already. They eat, get dressed etc, and pack up. We try to leave for bus at 7:12. 7:15 at latest. No free time in the AM- they get enough after school. Kids are 8&10. We lay out clothes the night before.

We are a 35 minute family.

We make sure everyone is up 45 minutes before we walk out of the door. In a pinch, 30 minutes can work.

Our kids have to leave for school between 7:30 and 7:35 to get there on time. We wake them up at 6:30. But, we all sit down to eat breakfast together and we could move faster. I think we could probably cut it down to wake them up closer to 7 but I hate rushing them and rushing myself.

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Anonymous wrote:what time do you wake up if the bus comes at 7:19?

I am thinking 6:00. she needs to get changed, dress out, eat breakfast, and watch a couple minutes tv

Good lord, why does you child need to watch TV in the morning?

Mine can dress, eat, and brush teeth in 30 min.

Your kid needs sleep a lot more than TV.

its because she needs to take her Concerta it takes about 30 mins for to take affect, so we want her medicated by the time she heading to the bus.

She can't wake up, take the Concerta, and then get dressed and eat and leave for the bus? All that should take a half hour. Why does she have to get up at 6am?

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Anonymous wrote:what time do you wake up if the bus comes at 7:19?

I am thinking 6:00. she needs to get changed, dress out, eat breakfast, and watch a couple minutes tv

Good lord, why does you child need to watch TV in the morning?

Mine can dress, eat, and brush teeth in 30 min.

Your kid needs sleep a lot more than TV.

its because she needs to take her Concerta it takes about 30 mins for to take affect, so we want her medicated by the time she heading to the bus.

Anonymous wrote:what time do you wake up if the bus comes at 7:19?

I am thinking 6:00. she needs to get changed, dress out, eat breakfast, and watch a couple minutes tv

Good lord, why does you child need to watch TV in the morning?

Mine can dress, eat, and brush teeth in 30 min.

Your kid needs sleep a lot more than TV.

what time do you wake up if the bus comes at 7:19?

I am thinking 6:00. she needs to get changed, dress out, eat breakfast, and watch a couple minutes tv