Breakfast Recipe Club

[jedamum]

ChiefKiasu:

jedamum:

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6.15am - wake up
6.30am - get up
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15mins of snnoooozzzze time?? :lol:

no......
6.15am wake up to laze in bed....then 6.30am get up to wash up.
my boy needs 15min to start his engine. :lol:

EN:

Jedamum. The snoozy time is for the mummy or for the child?

i hope!!
but i have a ds2 who doesn't sleeps until 11pm! considering that all of us share a room, i'm thankful that ds1 is a heavy sleeper.

[schellen]

sigh… I guess I need to factor in more time since dd needs to have her hair tied up and I’m not good at it. DH is worse so no chance of delegating task to him. (Hmmm…Maybe he can keep her upright while I tie her hair up and she snoozes at the same time.)

[lizawa]

schellen:

sigh... I guess I need to factor in more time since dd needs to have her hair tied up and I'm not good at it. DH is worse so no chance of delegating task to him. (Hmmm...Maybe he can keep her upright while I tie her hair up and she snoozes at the same time.)

Hi schellen,

this reminds of something that happened when my daughter was in P1. I cut her hair short after K2 graduation, thinking that she could have more sleep and we didn't have to worry about her long hair. Then, she chose chinese dance as her CCA in P1 and teacher insisted that the girls have to keep their hair long, so back to square 1 and even worse becos' that period of keeping the hair long enough to tie up as a pony tail was really unbearable. So don't make the same mistake as I did.

[schellen]

lizawa:

Hi schellen,


this reminds of something that happened when my daughter was in P1. I cut her hair short after K2 graduation, thinking that she could have more sleep and we didn't have to worry about her long hair. Then, she chose chinese dance as her CCA in P1 and teacher insisted that the girls have to keep their hair long, so back to square 1 and even worse becos' that period of keeping the hair long enough to tie up as a pony tail was really unbearable. So don't make the same mistake as I did.

Don't worry, lizawa, I have no intention of cutting it. She has been taking ballet since she was 3 and she needs long hair so that she can bun it up properly during ballet. Moreover, when she had short hair (and a straight fringe), she looked as geeky as I did when I was her age. *shudder* Luckily for her, I have better taste than my parents.

[jedamum]

jedamum:

My next yr's P1's schedule is tentative like this...

His schedule is now
8pm - bedtime
6am - wake up to lie down in the living room
6.15am - brush teeth and breakfast
6.55am - leave the house
7.10am - reach school

He has a lot of idle time and will make a fuss if i woke him up late as he wants to lie down and idle to start his engine (or watch TV :roll: ). After the first few days of 'auto' wake up, now i have to carry him to the toilet.....

[buds]

Heyya all,


This year P2 in AM session.
This is my routine.

5:10 - Irritating alarm clock rings like mad
5:11 - Go to the kiddie's room and wake P2 up
( No way to carry! She is almost 30kg! )
5:15 - P2 goes to bathroom with eyes closed
5:20 - Short snooze time while sitting on toilet
5:25 - Shower, brush teeth, shampoo ( eyes still closed :!: )
5:40 - All dressed up, ponytails and all ( usually 2 tails! )
and wish me proper good morning... )
5:50 - Last and final check of the school bag
5:55 - Glass of milk and bread with butter and sugar, put on shoes
6:10 - Go void deck to wait for transport, enjoy morning chat,
last minute reminders for sch stuff, read a book together
embraced by the cool dawn breeze... :love:
6:20 - Transport comes ( Usually not very punctual tho.. )
6:21 - Rush back up to get K2 ready!
7:15 - K2 up the transport, and stay-home-mum resumes snooze
till time to prepare lunch! Woohoo!

So, thats how the mornings usually are..
Will be back to post my afternoons!
Cheers.
:celebrate:

[schellen]

DD's schedule so far (but Mommy here hoping to change it cos DD will stop doing whatever she's doing and stare into space)


5:40 Mommy woken up by at least 2 very loud and cannot ignore alarms
Mommy crawls out of bed, visits toilet, shuts toilet windows and bedroom windows. Then she has to find kicked off covers of DH and DD, cover them properly and snuggle back into bed and cover herself before she freezes.

6:15 By this time, everyone should be warm enough to function sanely so Mommy gets up and washes face with cold water to wake herself up. (Mommy is NOT a morning person.) Mommy coaxes DD out of bed. CANNOT carry cos DD is 20kg (at least) and Mommy has a bad back. If DD stinks of sweat, she is told to shower. If not, she will just change into her school uniform. Meanwhile, DH prepares breakfast for DD.

6:45 DD must be fully dressed and sitting down to eat breakfast by now. If Mommy doesn't check on DD after shower/change of clothes, DD will climb into Mommy's bed and doze off. :roll:

7:05 Mommy must make sure that DD is done eating by now. Mommy would also have finished tying DD's hair up into 2 ponytails. DD is told to go brush her teeth and use the toilet if necessary.

7:15 DD is putting on socks and shoes. Based on elapsed time, you can roughly guess how much time is wasted whenever DD stops and stares into space. Poor Mommy also has to finish her own morning chores and breakfast by now (usually fail though due to DD dilly-dallying).

7:25 By this time, DH is frustrated with DD and will quickly grab his and DD's stuff and head out the door. Mommy will quickly \"shove\" DD out the door as well.

7:30 DH has dropped DD off at school, just in time for assembly at parade square to do silent reading. Mommy also finally has time to go do the dishes, take her own shower, get dressed, and run for the bus that comes at 8:00 to get to work.

I miss my full-time mommy days sometimes.

[csc]

wow... most of us wake up at unearthly hours, don't we?


here's my family's routine for 2009.

5.45 - mummy and granny wake up, mummy tries desperately to wake dad up who will carry on sleeping despite music from alarm clock/radio and his handphone alarm..
- koko will wake up on his own - and proceed to bathe to refresh him -
-mummy has to wake meimei up and threatens to leave her to go to school on her own if she is late .....

5.50 - thank God for granny who will help to prepare breakfast - milk or milo/, bread with tuna/ half-boiled egg/mushroom soup with bread/hash brown/just raisin bread or chocolate bread/cereals with milk
-- menu changes so as to entice them to eat at such unearthly hours.. we insist on a full stomach before leaving house

6.00 - koko shd be eating breakfast and reading papers if it has arrived
- meimei will read and eat at the same time
- daddy will do the same
- mummy will nag at them to speed up their eating and get changed..otherwise will be late

6.30 - all leave house except granny

6.40 - daddy drops mummy and meimei in school, proceeds to send koko to his school and then to his work
- mummy spends 30 min of time at canteen with meimei, revising work or simply chatting

7.05 - mummy briskwalks home from meimei's school - 30 minutes of exercise

7.45 - shd be home , checking email and posting @ kiasuparents.com
- otherwise will have breakfast with girlfriend (once a week)

[sashimi]

csc:

5.50 - thank God for granny who will help to prepare breakfast - milk or milo/, bread with tuna/ half-boiled egg/mushroom soup with bread/hash brown/just raisin bread or chocolate bread/cereals with milk
-- menu changes so as to entice them to eat at such unearthly hours.. we insist on a full stomach before leaving house

I totally believe in this, but my DW and DD are not breakfast people (I am). How to make my daughter learn to eat more in the morning, any tips? She's not even into warm drinks in the morning (except the time when we were in Kyoto and she fell in love with warm milk).

[schellen]

sashimi:

I totally believe in this, but my DW and DD are not breakfast people (I am). How to make my daughter learn to eat more in the morning, any tips? She's not even into warm drinks in the morning (except the time when we were in Kyoto and she fell in love with warm milk).

Your DW DOES take breakfasts nowadays, you know. Simple one while ensuring that DD and DH wouldn't be late. (Where got time for anything more elaborate than bread with spread?) Then, supplement to breakfast at 10+ at work, workload permitting.