Just for fun ~ How Do You Start Your Morning?

[DBug]

I get up at 5, shower, dress (t-shirts w/daycare name and jeans), make coffee, do devotions, tidy up, and unlock and turn on lights for 6. I close at 6, and then family activities are from 6 til 9:00, every weeknight. I should be going to bed around 9:30 since I'm the type that really needs my sleep, but I usually end up staying up til 11 or so watching tv with hubby. The day just seems to be all about kids/work if I don't stay up a little later -- it's worth the need for extra coffee to skip a few hours of sleep

Not too long ago, one of my friends (a fellow home daycare provider) tried to convince me to sleep in til 6, accept my first kid, and then go take a shower while leaving her (a 16 month old) unattended, because she saw how tired I was. I think that's incredibly unprofessional, and unacceptable ... in my opinion, of course. I wouldn't want to offend anyone who does it differently than I do

[GretasLittleFriends]

I may work from home but I refuse to answer the door looking like I just crawled out of bed.

I understand completely how you feel, but this made me laugh. Honestly it depends on the day. My first child may show up anywhere between 3:30am and 2pm. When the one shows up at 3:30am I DO answer the door looking like I just crawled out of bed. Why? Because I did, AND I have every intention of crawling back into it once the 6yr old is settled and back to sleep on the couch.

Though, if she isn't going to be here, or even the second time I get up that morning, I get dressed and brush/do my hair before I get her up. Every so often I have one that arrives around 7:30/8am. When he shows up, I've been up since about 6:30, and am dressed, hair done, breakfasted, and my daily chores have been started.

Today is a late day. I'm expecting my first one to show up about 1:30p.

[momma2girls]

My morning starts out with alarm or my inner alarm going off around 6:45. I sometimes take a shower quick, otherwise I take a bath the night before. I sit in peace and quiet for about 10 min. then the day begins, my 2 daughters wake up, get breakfast started for them, and get ready for the children to start arriving around 7:15.

[TGT09]

Not too long ago, one of my friends (a fellow home daycare provider) tried to convince me to sleep in til 6, accept my first kid, and then go take a shower while leaving her (a 16 month old) unattended, because she saw how tired I was. I think that's incredibly unprofessional, and unacceptable ... in my opinion, of course. I wouldn't want to offend anyone who does it differently than I do

Ummm no way! I agree completely, even with the parent's permission this doesn't seem right. If I don't get a shower first thing, I always wait for my hubby to get up or wake him a little early. I would never leave a child unattended either.

[misol]

I try my best to have the house in order the night before so that all I have to do is get myself and kids ready in the morning. I get up 45 mins to an hour before the first kid arrives (8:30). I am always dressed myself (jeans and t-shirts) but on the days that my own kids sleep in, they may still be in jammies when the first kid arrives. I try to get all my paperwork, emails, internet, etc. done during naptime.

[jen]

My hubby gets up and greets my early morning baby (6:30) and gets our kids off to school. I get up around 7, jeans and t, no make-up, run a comb through my hair and I'm ready to go...he leaves for work at about 7:30.

[SunflowerMama]

I get up early enough to get dressed(just jeans and a t-shirt), brush my teeth and spend about 5 minutes doing some light picking up of what hubby/kids left out the night before and enough time for a short devotional time. That's it. I exercise at night, so take a shower before bed, and I'm not big into "doing" my hair or make-up. I try to make sure that things are swept/vac'd/washed the night before so that I don't have to clean in the morning. I do NOT like to wake up to a mess--just starts my day off wrong. Once when I thought I had no kids coming and (surprise!) I had a family show up I hollered down the stairs that I'd be right there, and it took me like 20 seconds to quick throw on some clothes

This is exactly how my morning goes. I make sure everything is clean and ready to go the night before, shower before bed and then my alarm goes off at 6:15 and my first dck is here at 6:45. Enough time to brush teeth, get dress and head downstairs for some coffee and internet before dck arrives. I don't wear make-up or "do" my hair so 30 minutes works for me. I just love sleep too much!!

[Carole's Daycare]

I get up @ 5:30,let the dog out, shower and get dressed- I generally wear jeans/khakis and a daycare logo T-shirt- sometimes fun bibs. I stretch. I dont "do" my hair or makeup- I put in a ponytail, put on moisturizer w/ sunscreen. I eat some toast/tea, brush my teeth, then pray/devotions. Then I clean up any mess from the day /night before. My daughter gets up @ 6 & showers while I'm doing cleanup/vaccum. I'm all set & ready for the day @ 6:30 when she drives to school. I start breakfast if I'm cooking/baking that morning, and go wake up my son @ 6:30. He gets the bathroom and my first kids arrive at around 6:45. They relax in front of cartoons until my son is dressed & I serve 1st breakfast at 7:15. I make suremy son is ready for his day & send him to the bus at 7:30 as my next 2 families arrive. at 7:45 I do 2nd breakfast for kids that arrive late. At 8:10 I open the door and watch my 2 am school age dc kids walk across the crosswalk to the elementary school. Then everyone goes potty, brushes teeth, and we do opening circle at 8:30.

[Janet]

Sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My 1st arrival is around 7:25, so I wake up at 7:15. ! I shower the night before and I put out the clothes that I am going to wear the night before so that I can have the extra 2 minutes of sleep. I brush my teeth and put my hair up (I have really curly hair so sometimes I don't even bother to brush it because you can't tell if I've brushed it or not either way). I read a few uplifting quotes and I do my morning affirmations and then it's on with my day. I don't wear make-up so that saves time. I dress for comfort! I own lots of pairs of athletic type pants (not pajama bottoms) and a few pairs of yoga pants and capris. I wear lots of jeans, too. My shirts are basically long sleeve t-shirts, regular t-shirts, and tank tops and in the summer time I usually rock moo-moos!!! I do wear skirts quite a bit and I have a colorful socks/tights fetish!!! For instance, today I am wearing my rainbow tights and a green skirt with a green tank top layer with a bright yellow long sleeve t-shirt. I got lots of funny looks today!!! I also have lots of "attitude" t-shirts, too! I have an awesome one with a bottle of ketchup and a bottle of mustard saying "what's up, dog?" to a hotdog, !

[MarinaVanessa]

I set my alarm to go off an hour before my first kiddo arrives. Alarm goes off, I get up, go to the bathroom and then let the dogs out and feed them. I spray the counters with bleach/water solution, unload the dishwasher, wipe the counters off, sweep the kitchen & dining room then vacuum the living room. Then I pull out the laundry from the dryer, put the laundry in the washer into the dryer and then put another load in the washer (I always do at least 1 load a day and pull it out in the evening). Then I truck the clean laundry upstairs and leave it in my room (I put it away after closing). All of this should take me no longer than 30 minutes. The next 30 minutes I use to take my shower, brush my teeth and hair and getting dressed. Brushing my hair consists of towel drying it, untangling it while still wet and putting it in a pony-tail. My "uniform" is the first pair of workout style pants I can find and a baby-T (I buy baby-T's because they're comfy and always make sure to get something colorful, glittery or with some type of cartoon or animal on it. The kids especially like my snoopie, charlie brown and woodstock T's) topped of a pair of socks and some sneakers. Sometimes I wear jeans but I can run and move faster in workout pants.