Wake up.
-Me: Constantly yelling and stressed because we have to be out-the-door in 30-40 minutes.
“Get dressed kids, come on, what is taking so long?” “Do you want to be late every day?!”
-Meanwhile son is mad and crying and telling me he hates everything and school and to quit rushing him. My daughter was ready and downstairs in 10-minutes.
-Me: “No one wants to get up earlier, we all like our sleep, and you just got to hurry up.”
At this point we were in the car with one pissed off kid, and he would go into school mad. There were a couple days he acted out and hit a couple kids because he was frustrated.
After we started to learn more about what was going on with him it was time “I” started making some changes and quick. I learned a few tricks here and there from older kids with ADHD. They are so willing to talk to you and gave me the best advice.
Changes we made were:
-Get up 30 minutes earlier in the morning. Yes this was hard for me, not my son. We would take 5-mutes and cuddle in bed before he had to get up.
-Even though it was a uniform school I would help him pick his clothes out and lay them out and he we would dress (even underwear, socks and shoes).
-Have breakfast ready when he came down from dressing. It would take him 15-20 minutes to dress. I had to let him take that time. He would eat and was calm. I was calm…tired, but calm.
-Give him time to sit and cuddle with me on the couch after teeth brushed and book bag assembling. If I told him that I would cuddle him after he brushed his teeth he would brush his teeth rather quickly.
-Tell him 10—minutes before we actually wanted to leave to get his coat on.
