- Jan 5, 2013
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So my dd recently moved her training hours up to 12 hrs a week. She seems fine with it so far, but it's rather late nights for her and trying to wake her for school in the morning is a bit like attempting to wake the dead. To make matters worse, her younger brother lays awake in his bed until she gets home, so we have TWO little ones going to bed quite late. She is at gym 3 school nights a week from 4-8 pm, doesn't sound too bad, except we live approx. 45 min. from the gym, meaning we aren't usually home until 9 pm if I go through a drive-thru to feed to poor starving beast. This week she's had practice 3 nights in a row, and hasn't gotten into bed until almost 10 pm by the time she gets home, changed, teeth brushed, showered (we even skip this some nights) and gets settled down enough to go to sleep. The kids have to be up at 6:45 and out the door for school by 7:15 am., so it's a rather LONG day (school, straight to gym) for a 1st grader. Any tips on getting your gymmie home, wound down and into bed as quickly as possible? I'd love her to be in bed within just 5-10 min. after arriving home, yet this seems to be the impossible task for us to accomplish! I try to make sure her homework is done in the car and she eats in the car so we don't have to do this at home. What do you more organized moms (and dads) do for food as well? I feel like I have to feed her 2 dinners, one before and one after, she's starving after school and starving after gym, lol. We try to limit the fried foods, but it's still a lot of take-out. Thanks for tips from you more experienced parents!