Speaking of Ask Moxie, she's got a good post up today about how anyone with two or more kids manages to leave the house in a timely manner. I have a feeling Moxie's readers and parenthackers are similarly generous and will share lots of tips (I've already posted mine in the comments).
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We have two youngsters, one 10 months and one 2 months (long story). My wife took two medium sized lingre bags and loaded them up with everything each child needed, even duplicating things like wipes. This is great when one or the other needs diaper change on the road, just grab thier individual bag from out of the large diaper-bag and head to the nearest rest-room. The duplicaton is great because we don't always remember to reload the wipes, or bring an extra pacifier. Now with 2 so close in age we've got a number of redundant items helping us maximize uptime, but I'm sure a similar dual sub-bag system could with a larger spread between kids
Posted by: Phil Howard | 26 May 2006 at 07:02 PM
It is all about preparing ahead of time. If we have some major thing that we need to be at in the morning I will be getting everything ready the night before. I also try and keep up on my giant diaper bag making sure to keep everything in full supply at all times so that if I need to make a dash out the door everything is already on hand. I also try and not make any appointment that means we have to be out the door before 9:30 because that is as early as we can get out of the house without having to rush.
Posted by: Melissa | 27 May 2006 at 01:27 AM
I guess it depends on the age of the kids! Mine are almost 5 and 2, and getting them out the door on time takes lots of warning and a close eye on the time. It also takes iron will and the willingness to walk out the door with screaming children whose play has been interrupted.
At 15 minutes to leave, we begin the process of putting shoes on (everything else is ready to go by then; lunches/snacks, extra clothes/uniforms if needed, my purse/coffee, etc.) With 15 minutes I can only pray that shoes will be chosen and put on and will not be too loose/too tight/too old/too new.
The best tip I can give you? Don't set yourself up - try no to have too many things on your list where it *really* matters if you are on time. :-)
Posted by: Rhonda | 27 May 2006 at 07:58 AM