Getting ready with 16mo

If you don’t get up before little one is up and partner is at work etc.. how are you getting ready??

Leaving them to play downstairs and listen out? (We are in a 2 bed small new build atm)
Taking them upstairs into your bathroom / bedroom with you?
Putting them in say the highchair with screen time?

Any other things you do?? Xx

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I purposely get up before she’s up to get ready most days. On the days I don’t, they’re in the bedroom with me while I get ready then we’ll go downstairs x

I know I try to! But sometimes she wakes up early than planned so I’m not up and ready 🤣🤦‍♀️ thank you! X

I totally understand. The same happens with me at times. I sometimes get up when my other half is getting up for work at 5:30 just to get some breathing space before they’re up 🫣 x

Mine go in my bed and watches CBeebies! Have done since I went back to work when they were 11 months!

Mine will not play by herself so she follows me around while I get ready forcing me to pretend to be a baby, the grinch, or a paw patrol while I do so. If I’m not up for that then it’s screen time honestly exhausting 😩

With him on my hip 🥲

I’ve always had my LO help me get ready in morning. So will give her bottle and then she’ll sit on my lap while I do my make up and she plays with her fake make up. Then when I get dressed she entertains herself and then when she gets dressed it’s 5 mins of peppa pig while I finish tidying and we are good to go x

I work some evenings/ nights so have to get ready with LO before his dad’s home from work. He stands by the side of the shower and I splash the water at his hands and it’s a bit of a game, then I give him some bath toys or regular toys on the floor that he’ll play with. Then when he gets bored I pass him household objects to bide me some more time 😂

Thanks everyone! Just wanted thoughts see if there was anything diff to what I was doing🤣

Weekdays- get to earlier to get ready but if he wakes earlier just leave him in his cot as long as he’s happy.

Weekends are chaotic sometimes if we both get ready we have him in our room and he just empties all the cupboards out 🤣🫣

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