How great was it to host my parents' group and have us actually tackle a problem we all thought we could solve. We were a smallish group--five in all--but we were productive. We offered help to one mom who is struggling with diagnostic and behavioral issues. We tossed out ideas and recommendations, and we certainly tried to be helpful, but who knows...
But then another mom was discussing the challenges of getting through the morning routine. Through some probing, we discovered that the routine included everyone coming downstairs in their jammies to have breakfast, en famille. "Oh no!" we practically cried in unison. "No coming downstairs until dressed, brushed and washed." I can't even imagine the backlog of trouble we'd have with getting ready in our house if the kids came downstairs, had breakfast, and then had to go back up to get dressed and cleaned up. Buses would come and go on a regular basis, without my kids on them.
I'm dying to know if our solution works. It seems so straightforward, so right. Let's see how the execution goes. But how great a feeling to be able to help another parent with a problem like that. Daily stress and worry, possibly reversed for good with the slight tweaking of a morning routine. Hoorah!!
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But can't you just bring the clothes down to the kids? That's what we do. (My 5-year-old daughter is on the spectrum.) Dirty laundry gets put on the stairs to be brought up later.
Also, the bathroom is downstairs so it just makes more sense that way.
(And hi, Miriam told me about your blog. Nice place here!)
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