Have you found the first month of school to be stressful for both you and your kids? See if you can pinpoint the problem areas and deal with them one at a time.
I know my daughter is a slow riser in the morning. We had a few battles over it, and I finally decided we do everything the night before - pick out her clothes, pack her backpack, even assemble her lunch and brush and braid her hair.
In the morning all she ahs to do is slip into her clothes, unbraid her hair and put it in a wavy ponytail (almost no brushing) and eat a quick granola bar and a piece of fruit or a bowl of cereal. Toss her lunch in her pack, and she is good to go!
My son has his rough time when he gets home. Since they have trampoline and tumbling after school, he is exhausted and starving when he gets home, and has an hour to wait until dinner.
We deal with that by letting have some of his veggies for a snack! Carrots and dip are a great way to take the edge off of his hunger without spoiling his appetite, and then he can relax and watch a cartoon until dinner.
Once you fine tune your daily routine, the stress will go away! You just have to figure out the little details to make each school day stress free.
What a great idea about the veggies!!! I never thought of that, they always say ‘don’t spoil your dinner’, but this is like having a salad before the main course. Thanks for the perfect solution!