My toot this morning is about getting the kids ready for school. My son has decided that he doesn't want to get himself dressed. He wants me to do it for him. I won't do it. It took us a long time to teach him how to dress himself, and I will not take a step backwards. How do I handle this? I get his clothes out for him and nag him until he gets himself dressed.
This means standing in his room and telling him over and over again to put his socks, his shirt and his shorts on. My daughter, on the other hand, is a nightmare to deal with most mornings. She doesn't want to get out of bed. She doesn't want to get her clothes out. Everything I pick out for her is wrong. Most mornings, I dread waking her up.
I get both of my kids up a little earlier than necessary in order to get them both ready for school. When I have a good morning, it is a blessings. I love the mornings that both of my kids get up and dress themselves without me nagging. I love the rare mornings that I don't have to argue or listen to whining. It doesn't happen often, so I treasure them when they do.
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We are having issues with Dakota in the morning. In fact right now he is late for school and under his bed. He doesn't want to cooperate in getting dressed. No matter how much I nag him he isn't doing it. Your right it is really frustrating.
If I didn't know better, I'd say our kids are plotting together about what they can do to make things difficult for us.
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