I have tried everything. Lists, rewards, getting up earlier, laying clothes out the night before. Still a 7am-9am scramble that ends with both of us frazzled and a tardy slip. Tell me your morning that actually works.
4 replies
Steph O
17 February 2026
Visual checklist WITH photos of him doing each step (not words). And I stopped giving the instructions — I point at the chart. Removing my nagging voice from the equation helped weirdly a lot.
Tanya G
17 February 2026
Everything that CAN be done the night before, is. Clothes, bag, drink bottle in the fridge, breakfast thing decided. Morning brain can't make decisions, so we make zero.
raising_ramy
17 February 2026
Got a $15 sunrise alarm and a 'get dressed' playlist of 3 songs — dressed by song 3. Gamifying the bits he stalls on was the unlock for us.
Matt S
18 February 2026
Photos instead of words on the chart — never thought of that. He can't read half my list anyway. Trying tonight.
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