Making Mornings Easier: Episode 67

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2016

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Mornings can be a challenge for busy families, and now that school is back in session we thought we’d take a deep dive into those tricky hours between dawn and drop-off. Join Meagan and Sarah for practical tips and “we’ve all been there” confessions on everything from wake-up times to breakfast routines and lunch-packing to getting out the door on time.

We are also so thankful to have the input of Kelsey, Elizabeth, and Angie, three full-time outside-the-home working moms you might remember from an episode earlier this summer. They sent in their best working mom tips for making mornings easier and we share them throughout the show.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Kelsey’s podcast, The Girl Next Door
Elizabeth’s blog, Teaching Sam & Scout
Inside the lives of 3 working moms (the interview show featuring Kelsey, Elizabeth and Angie)
Routines for a happy mom life (a show we did last year that pairs nicely with this one)
Kelsey’s freezer breakfast burritos
Bryan’s smoothies usually include: frozen berries, assorted fresh fruits, banana, oats, spinach or kale, and almond milk
How I Use Music To Get Us To School On Time (Heather of Rookie Moms, which inspired Sarah’s system)
SONOS Play:1 (starter speaker set from the system Sarah’s family uses)
IKEA PUGG Wall Clock (in Sarah’s kitchen)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, Sarah, I know we both want to raise caring and kind kids, but it's not always easy to identify ways to help them engage with the world generously.
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1:08.3	Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California.
1:20.0	And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17, and I live in Michigan.
1:26.7	This is the mom hour part of the Life Listened Network.
1:39.5	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 67 of the mom hour. I am Sarah Powers here as always with Megan Francis and today we are talking about making mornings easier.
1:45.5	We are recording this in the second week of September so no matter where you are if you have
1:51.0	school aged or preschool aged kids on a traditional school
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