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emmadines
21-10-2008, 09:30 AM
carrying on from lissy's post "What do you do to set up in the morning?" i just wondered what time do you all get up and what time your 1st mindee's arrive??
:littleangel:

mines 7am so i get up at 6.30 (i dont do mornings!:blush: )

haribo
21-10-2008, 09:35 AM
supposed to be"just after 730" but it is always about 5 to 8 so i have to be ready in case they do arrive earlier:rolleyes: i just make sure everything is ready then drink lots of coffee till they arrive:laughing:

littlesprogs
21-10-2008, 09:37 AM
i get up at 7 (well my alarm goes off at 7 but i normally get up at 7.20) then mindee arrives at about 8 although this morning he arrived at 8.35 i normally leave for school at 8.30!! :angry:

nell57
21-10-2008, 09:42 AM
Mine differs depending on what day it is but it can be anything between 7:30 and 8:15. Usually set alarm to get up 6:30 but just lately knock snooze button on till more like 7:D

Helen

finbob
21-10-2008, 09:43 AM
mine arrives at 7am so i get up at 6.15 this is purely for me so i can have my cup of tea in peace i got up at that time this morning then i got a text saying she isnt coming i could of had an extra hour in bed:mad: :mad:

Raggydolls
21-10-2008, 09:51 AM
mine arrive at 7.45 (althought if their mum is running late they can arrive anytime up til 8am) the very very latest i get out of bed is 7.30 as it doesnt take me long to sort out what i need to but im normally up b4 then anyways

leanne
xx

Bevbeetle
21-10-2008, 09:53 AM
mine arrived 6.30 his mum a threate nurse so i was up at 6.00, had earache alnight to so i am very tired now:panic:

gemhei
21-10-2008, 09:58 AM
Im up at 7am and my first child comes between 8.10 and 8.20 depending on when mum turns up lol. I try encourage them to bring them between 8.10 and 8.30 as before then im half alseep wondering round getting my own kids ready and 8.35 we go to school so it can be too late.

Pedagog
21-10-2008, 10:44 AM
Well I have had two enquiries so far from shift workers wanting me to start between 6.30am and 6.45am, this actually suits me as I am up and dressed by then any way.

Gherkin
21-10-2008, 10:50 AM
i am up at 6 to start work at 7 although 9 times out of 10 the mindees turn up at 6:50.

Should say that first alarm goes at 6 then 6:15 then 6:30.....:blush:

devoncm
21-10-2008, 10:56 AM
I have just after school at moment but in holidays mindee will be here at 7am so will be early for me, get up at 7 at mo so will have to change that to about 6.30

shopshelleyd
21-10-2008, 10:57 AM
My first mindees come at 7am and always arrive on time! I get up at 6.50am and can get washed and dressed and kettle ready for opening door with a big smile even though still feel half asleep. I hate getting up! :(

Bushpig
21-10-2008, 11:11 AM
I get up with hubby at 5:45, he leaves at 6:15. I bath, set up, have a hot cuppa *sip* etc. and first mindees comes btwn 7:30 and 7:45, depending on the day :D

LisaH
21-10-2008, 12:40 PM
My 1st arrives at 7am so i get up at 6.45 (can't bare to get up any earlier)!!

Have half hour of quiet play then I get my own 3 up for school, thats when the chaos begins. Other mindees arrive between 8 and 8.20 pm.:)

Chatterbox Childcare
21-10-2008, 12:42 PM
Start at 7.15am and then I am up at 7am. Most things get done before I go to bed as I am not a morning person

shelly04
21-10-2008, 12:48 PM
I get up at 6am, get ready and then do housework, washes etc. Set table for breakfast. 1st mindee arrives at 8am, by then everything done. If I get up any later I am running about mad.

Shelly
xx

childmind04
21-10-2008, 12:53 PM
My first mindees come at 7am and always arrive on time! I get up at 6.50am and can get washed and dressed and kettle ready for opening door with a big smile even though still feel half asleep. I hate getting up! :(

I thought i had already replied cause this is exactly what i do :laughing:

I actually had words a few times because she would arrive at 6.45 and sit on my bench outside my door and make such a noise,she now knows not to come until 7am she can walk around the block for all i care at that time in the morning, my caring attiude does not kick in until 7am :p

Susan

Shirlwith3
21-10-2008, 04:04 PM
I am up at 6.15am but don't start till 7.30. I am up so early just so that I can wake up before my youngest gets up & have a cuppa in peace.

shirl

disney
21-10-2008, 04:37 PM
mine start at 7am but i set my alarm for 6am so i can wake slowly and i like an early shower and let the dog out down the garden i like to have a cuddle with my baby grandson before they come :littleangel:

jaytravis
21-10-2008, 04:49 PM
mine comes at 7am i set the alarm for 6.40 have shower and dressed in 10mins ready by 6.50 but potter abnout upstairs till 7 as they have ahbbit of coming at 6.50

Eagles4ever
21-10-2008, 04:53 PM
My alarm goes off at 5.45am but I snooze it twice till 5.55am then put the TV on and watch GMTV till 6.10am. Then its up, shower, hairwash, then downstairs for a cuppa in peace till first mindee turns up at 6.45 followed closely by two others at 7, then another at 7.15 and two more at 7.30.

By 8am I'm knackered!!!

charleyfarley
21-10-2008, 05:11 PM
Mine arrives anytime after 7.30 so I'm up at 6.15 as I'm awake anyway. I'm a early riser so wouldn't mind having an early starter.

Carol xx

teacake2
21-10-2008, 05:28 PM
I hope I am not going to upset anyone with the time I start, at the moment the earliest I start is 9.00a.m., I don't have to do a school run or anything like that, I get up about 7.30a.m., get my husband off to work at about 8.00a.m. and then take a look at what we are doing during the day and sort things out. Only one comes at 9.00, another comes at about 10.30 (Mum is on maternity leave) and another will come at 11.30 after school nursery, and he is brought to me by his Mum. The latest I usually have any of them is 5.30, so my hours worked some days are not very long compared to some of you, although it is hard work as two of them are quite severly disabled and have complex problems.
Anyway after almost 25 years of it I think I deserve some easier times.
Although saying that my waiting list for next year is for 3 babies (at the moment) and when they all start they will all be around 13,14 months old so that will be fun, but the hours will be almost the same as now.
Lets hope it lasts and works out as I hope it does, but as we all know, looking after children is never a 9 - 5 job especially with irresponsible parents who like to use us as skivvys some times.
Sorry for the long post and I am not gloating honest.:blush: :blush:

Rubybubbles
21-10-2008, 05:35 PM
you lucky thing teacake!!


I get up at 6:45 for a 7:30 start! need a cuppa and shower to wake me! My kids wake up around 7 and I throw their breakie at them and go up for my shower:o

little lizzie
21-10-2008, 07:35 PM
i get up at 6.30 mindee supossed to arrive at 7.15 but most days its 7.30 could do with extra half hour in bed

Helen Dempster
21-10-2008, 08:43 PM
I have to pick mine up at 8am from their home, and drop them back home at 7pm as mum's on a driving ban!

sharons
21-10-2008, 09:51 PM
Up at 7am as first two mindees arrive at 7.30 always on time, get them to school with mine by nine :laughing: :laughing:

breezy
22-10-2008, 05:30 AM
I am up at 6.15am but don't start till 7.30. I am up so early just so that I can wake up before my youngest gets up & have a cuppa in peace.

shirl

thats me, only it's coffee, i need space in the morning!
this morning Iwas up at 4am as ds on school trip to france and had to be at school at 5.30am

donnahay0
22-10-2008, 06:54 AM
We have quite a lot of early birds then.

My first one arrives at 7.15 - 7.30 depending on who drops him off.

It is getting more and more difficult to get out of bed in the mornings now it's dark, cold and damp.

sue m
22-10-2008, 07:09 AM
Like teacake, I start later, I don't get my lo's till 9:15. They go home at 2:45 and it's 3 days a week. It's exactly how I like it. I've been doing this for many years now too and I just don't want the school run, I've done my bit with my own kids and the lo's I looked after since 1987. I see other cm's going past my house in the cold and pouring rain and I feel so sorry for them.:(

Denise
22-10-2008, 02:06 PM
My first are due to arrive at 8:00 so I usually get up between 7:00 and 7:15. Invariably they always arrive 5 or 10 minutes early though.

ChocolateChip
22-10-2008, 04:02 PM
My first ones now arrive at 8.00 or 8.10 depending on the day, so I set the alarm for 7.00, but it's usually 20 past before I actually get up ( sound familiar! :laughing: )
Used to have one whose parents sometimes had an early start, like 6.30, which I didn't mind except when they booked it and then didn't turn up :angry:

buildingblocks
29-10-2008, 07:27 PM
Depends on the day. mindees can arrive any time from 7.30 - 8.30 and I get up an hour before the first one arrives.

Scarlett
30-10-2008, 01:14 PM
My first is at 8 but often arrives at 10 to. I get up at 7.15 to sort myself and own children but the house is normally ready for the next day before I go to bed. I don't like getting up!!! :laughing:

Monkey1
30-10-2008, 01:21 PM
I'm up at 5ish to get several coffees inside me, first one arrives at 730. Used to be 6.30 before his mum died