Morning routines from mothers
If someone would have told us THAT beforehand!
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There are good reasons why there are no morning routine videos on YouTube of mothers. First of all, nobody would believe you. Second, we wouldn’t have time for such nonsense. And thirdly, you don’t want to scare all the pregnant women.
by Anna Gebhardt
Everything will change with children, they said. You can’t even imagine that, they said. Oh what, I thought. It’s all a question of organization and you have to be consistent. You don’t have to go along with every nonsense. Not me, and certainly not in the morning. This is not my time. I sleep there or take care of myself at a reasonable pace.
And here I am. Mother. My needs are labeled with priority XY in the morning and what remains is a cabinet of curiosities of the morning routines. So before work, really in the morning. That would not have occurred to me in a dream before, literally.
Here are my top ten
1. Get up before the alarm goes off
2. Build a spider house in the flower box on the balcony – the spiders have to be rescued from the nursery, now, quickly, come on maaaaal. One is sitting in the excavator, the other is on the favorite book. The search for a suitable drinking bowl for the spider house (of course, with the temperatures) is another 5 minutes extra
3. Sing “A sea trip that is funny” and “Three Chinese with the double bass” while bobbing on the sofa
4. Lurk in front of the doors of the supermarket at 7:57 amuntil they finally open and you can quickly buy the most important things. When the husband brings the children to daycare, it’s just too nice an experience to be without it just because of the bulky bag with which you come to work …
5. Confirm ten times that you really want to be alone in the toilet and shower (and then discuss whether you can stay dry in the shower if you come in for a moment and watch out)
6. Explain why ice cream is not a real breakfast, even if you disagree yourself
7. Shovel, bucket, sunscreen, a change of T-shirt, small towel, gel for treating insect bites, if necessary change of shoes for yourself … somehow accommodate everything in a piece of luggage suitable for work
8. Cut out melon stars
9. Accept that the second dress that has been freshly washed and taken from the closet will not leave the house without a spot
10. Sing “Time to say goodbye” when you leave the apartment, in which the offspring surrender to the pain of separation and dignified nod to the irritated neighbor, despite everything …