Comments on: My Love/Hate Relationship With Routine http://caffeineandaprayer.com/2009/07/01/my-lovehate-relationship-with-routine/ Because that's the only way Mom knows to get through the day. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: julesgkp http://caffeineandaprayer.com/2009/07/01/my-lovehate-relationship-with-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 julesgkp Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:34:55 +0000 http://caffeineandaprayer.com/?p=519#comment-1536 i love routine although once in a while i just need a day of down time. my oldest thrives on routine and whenever i try to have a day without one, he whines, complains and then gets into trouble out of boredom. so i guess its a good thing for him that mommy likes routine on most days. :-) i love routine although once in a while i just need a day of down time. my oldest thrives on routine and whenever i try to have a day without one, he whines, complains and then gets into trouble out of boredom. so i guess its a good thing for him that mommy likes routine on most days. :-)

]]> By: kim/hormone-colored days http://caffeineandaprayer.com/2009/07/01/my-lovehate-relationship-with-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 kim/hormone-colored days Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:10:46 +0000 http://caffeineandaprayer.com/?p=519#comment-1519 I am a bit crazy about this. I know I need routine and yet, I resist it. Nay, I fight it. Though after three weeks of no school and no camp, everyone in my house needs it! I am a bit crazy about this. I know I need routine and yet, I resist it. Nay, I fight it. Though after three weeks of no school and no camp, everyone in my house needs it!

]]> By: javamom http://caffeineandaprayer.com/2009/07/01/my-lovehate-relationship-with-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 javamom Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:29:38 +0000 http://caffeineandaprayer.com/?p=519#comment-1518 I bow down to parents of multiples -- I suspect there is no way to survive twins (or more!) without a strict routine! Every time my kids drive me nuts I think, "oh my goodness, what if they were TWINS!" And I have yet to meet a writer who either goes to bed early or doesn't rise before the sun -- they write on one end of dawn or the other, but I have never met one who goes to bed at 11 and rises at 7 -- they either stay up until 2 or they go to bed early and wake up at 4 or 5. LOL! I bow down to parents of multiples — I suspect there is no way to survive twins (or more!) without a strict routine! Every time my kids drive me nuts I think, “oh my goodness, what if they were TWINS!”

And I have yet to meet a writer who either goes to bed early or doesn’t rise before the sun — they write on one end of dawn or the other, but I have never met one who goes to bed at 11 and rises at 7 — they either stay up until 2 or they go to bed early and wake up at 4 or 5. LOL!

]]> By: Susan @ 2KoP http://caffeineandaprayer.com/2009/07/01/my-lovehate-relationship-with-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 Susan @ 2KoP Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:49:51 +0000 http://caffeineandaprayer.com/?p=519#comment-1517 I am the queen of bedtime routines for my kids. When I started parenting, with twins, my husband had started a new business and worked upwards of 100 hours a week. It was me and two babies and by bedtime I was totally done, so I got highly efficient at the whole bedtime routine. Now I have two teenagers and two tweens and they still have bedtimes, but I stay up until 2 in the morning writing. I am the queen of bedtime routines for my kids. When I started parenting, with twins, my husband had started a new business and worked upwards of 100 hours a week. It was me and two babies and by bedtime I was totally done, so I got highly efficient at the whole bedtime routine. Now I have two teenagers and two tweens and they still have bedtimes, but I stay up until 2 in the morning writing.

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