Listening to get ready my boy can be able to have breakfast - Page 2

[lonegirl]

Originally Posted by meemee

does he really need breakfast?

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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

[Encinalien]

Are his eyes even really open yet? Does he "zone out"? Is that what's making him late?
You know how you can walk and talk and not really be awake yet? Maybe that's why he's taking so long. He kinda acts like he's awake but he's not really "there" yet. If this is the case most people use something to help them wake up fully a little bit faster. A drink of something cold takes the blurry out of my mind when I first wake up and have to start chopping potatoes before my eyes have time to focus. (yay oj, thank you for letting me keep my finger tips). Some people use a bath to "come to" in the morning. It wouldn't work for me. I'd run the water warm and dwadle longer. But some people swear by a morning shower.

[mamaofthree]

Originally Posted by Carley

My daughter experienced the consequence of being late. What good would it have done to take her late to class? Just to tell her "we don't want to be late?" Now my daughter knows why AND how to respond in the case she is late. She apologizes.

I guess i just assume that 3 is pretty young for them to get all of that, i have had 4 three year olds and i just don't seem them getting that level of thing to do, but maybe that is just my kids. i guess if it worked then you got what you wanted, and now she is never late.

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[Mountaingirl79]

Get him to bed earlier at night, have him wear the shirt he is going to wear the next day, to bed....and help him put on the rest of his clothes in the morning.
At the very least, make sure he has a sip of something and maybe even a piece of toast on the way out.

[webjefita]

Can you get him some double-duty clothes that can be comfortable enough for sleeping and presentable enough for school (sweats)? This works for us during the winter.

Othertimes, I just get involved, make games out of it, like a whispering game (can you hear which piece of clothing I say and put it on?) or I say "Let's see if the magic works, when I close my eyes and say the magic words, all your clothes will disappear!" etc.

If I can somehow get him naked, then it's easier to head toward the door and say , "Wait! You don't have any clothes on! You can't go outside like that!"

This all only helps if it helps me feel better and enjoy it. If it stresses me out, then it doesn't help obviously. But getting stressed and angry is something I have control over.

[ssh]

I think making a child wear pajamas to school or letting your child be embarrassingly late is mean. We have a family rule about not treating people mean or rude so we do not model mean behavior. We wouldn't want DD to learn how to be mean or cruel by our example.

I'm glad for you that the timer worked, mommytob. If it doesn't work some mornings I'd just dress him. My 4 year old DD loves dressing herself, but in the morning before preschool I dress her right after she goes to the bathroom. It takes maybe 2 minutes. Then the rest of the time before school is for pleasantly waking up, hugging daddy before he goes to work and cuddling mommy on the sofa.
My DD isn't a breakfast person, neither is DH. She's not a morning person either, even after 10 hours sleep. Some times she'll drink some milk or part of a fruit smoothy. They do have snacks about an hour into preschool and she has lunch right after preschool, so it isn't too big an issue now. I think some schools serve breakfast or at least milk, but I don't know about the ones here.