Mornings

[daysofelijah]

The early arrivals (6:30) either go back to bed, or read books or play quiet toys in the living room. I turn on the tv when the next family arrives at 7:20, until breakfast at 8-8:30. I have my own children sleeping until 7:30 or so, so I like to keep it quiet.

[Jewels]

I have 2 kids that arrive at 6am, [I] just have them lay in the playroom with the tv and their blankies, I do all my vaccuuming and mopping between 6-7 any extra cleaning, so it can be loud in here, but my own kids dont wake up to the vacuum, at 7am I have 3 more arrive, and thats typically when my son and daughter wake up, so by 7:10, its generally a regular playhouse, and I usually only have the tv on until 7:30-7:45 when breakfast is ready, so I like my son up by 7 so he can watch morning TV, otherwise he gets really mad.

[BentleysBands]

just cracked up at someones post saying they use the 'sweeper' in the morning hehe....i gotta start a thread now

[QualiTcare]

I have kids starting around 6:45 up until 7:30. I allow them to play just as I would any other time. My own family is all up by 6:30, so it isn't bothersome, and I don't have any little babies that need to sleep. Just curious, so please do not be offended or think I am judging your practices - why do you require that they be quiet? Are your kids sleeping at that time?

wondering the same thing.......a 1.5 hour "quiet time" is a really, really long time to ask kids who just woke up to be quiet.

[Live and Learn]

I only have one dck who arrives before my kids get up for school and wouldn't you know it is the screamer who I have mentioned before. We have a "no tv or computer in the morning" rule in our house because my own children seem to become hypnotized and can't seem to get their acts together in the morning if those electronics are available.. the rest of my dc kids arrive as my own children leave to school. I always feel sorry for my kids when they wake up in the morning to a screaming toddler. For those two weeks that he was mellowed out after baby boot camp but before he got sick....it was so much easier in the morning. My own kids went around saying"wow, I have never seen X when he wasn't hollering"...to be honest most of our indoor play is pretty quiet. the kids are good about indoor voices and indoor feet vs outdoor voices and outdoor feet. Duplos, dollies, puzzles, books, are all good quiet activities. The screamer's dad has a loud voice and I have had to remind him several times that my kids are sleeping still!

[kidkair]

I generally have no need for the kids to be quiet in the morning so they are allowed to do whatever when they get here. If my husband needs to sleep because of being sick or having worked an awake overnight shift then I take the kids outside and they play outside until snack time or in the summer we picnic snack and stay out until lunch time aside from quiet potty breaks.

[f.barboza82]

we are not "quiet", but we dont do really loud games or dance time that early,.. I run the sweeper every morning at 7 so that signals normal goofy play. Mine start arriving after 4

Yeah, my kids are not quiet, but they are not extremely loud either.