Comments on: Friday miscellany: The madness of 7 a.m. https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Gillian https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-269580 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:33:16 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-269580 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

@Laura I hear that! someone is going somewhere in this house from 7 am to about 9 pm some nights!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-269571 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:08:03 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-269571 In reply to Gillian.

@Gillian – then we’d really need to go to two people, as we have some later nights too. Which is something I’ve been thinking about but hasn’t happened yet. This morning was calmer (well, at least for me as I drove the high schooler ha ha).

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-269570 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:06:34 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-269570 In reply to Lisa.

@Lisa – he isn’t in the crate all the time, just for some morning quiet time. He’s outside playing with my husband right now, for instance.

]]> By: Kathleen https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-269385 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 21:32:22 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-269385 Kids will be grown and gone in the blink of an eye. Enjoy the chaos. Retirement can be very quiet.

]]> By: Gillian https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-269133 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:03:22 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-269133 Have you ever considered getting the nanny in an hour earlier? In our house the childcare starts at 7/7:30 for exactly this reason. It is still chaotic but much less so with an extra adult. I also agree that the 14 yo and 12 yo can get their own breakfast. My 14 yo eats a protein bar en route to school. My other kids eat cereal or toast. I can definitely live with that. We reserve more involved breakfasts for weekends.

]]> By: Lisa https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-268941 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 02:51:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-268941 Why not get rid of the dog – clearly no one loves or likes this part of the family. Sounds like an awful doggy life being stuck in a crate all the time.

]]> By: Sarah https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-268819 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 21:34:50 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-268819 I just adore you for these posts. I have four (elementary through toddler), and it’s just so nice to know our hectic mornings aren’t the only hectic mornings!

]]> By: Marthe https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-268768 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 19:24:42 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-268768 In reply to Omdg.

But otherwise, we feel you Laura! 😉
I drink my (unfortunately usually first) coffee too at 8:45 after my four kids have left the building. Oh, the silence. Preferably I tank what quiet I need before my husband returns from the school run at 8:55, hurried because he always has a 9am online work meeting. Still he does the school run because I am up with the kids since 6:45 and he sleeps till 7:45. Seems like a deal.

]]> By: Omdg https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-268686 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 15:59:34 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-268686 In reply to L.

Was coming here to say just this. No need to make a 14yo breakfast at all, and if he eats a piece of bread for breakfast, who cares. No need to raise a mammone.

]]> By: L https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/friday-miscellany-the-madness-of-7-a-m/#comment-268647 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 14:35:52 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18216#comment-268647 In reply to Seppie.

I agree. 12 and 14 are old enough to make their own breakfast.

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