weekdays I wake up at 5 a.m

This is probably a dumb question: is the before school church meeting really necessary? That sounds like a lot for a kid.

Is there not a bus service? I'm sorry, that sounds like a lot.

I usually get up at 5am as well and go to bed by 10:30. I'm kind of wondering why your kids are at 3 separate schools. Are the schools divided by grade levels?

Yes, we have 2 kids in elementary. K-5. 3 in middle school 6-8 and 1 in high school 9-12.

And the before school meeting is it necessary not to anyone who doesn't believe or understand my fsith. But to me yes it is.

Being 23 weeks along I just exhausted all the time.

And the question about it being necessary is kinda silly. It's like asking other people who fast during certain holidays if that is necessary. It is according to your faith.

But what about school buses? I feel like it would save you a ton of time. Maybe arrange carpooling with some moms from each school with a less hectic schedule? Everybody needs a break at some point. Hopefully your high schooler can drive soon to help out lol 6am seems really early for a kid to go to church if it's daily. They don't have something in the afternoon?

You didn't specify what the meeting at the church was for. I don't know about your church, but churches in my area host more than religious services and instead host several clubs. I was looking to help you, by suggesting cutting down to not every weekday, but rather MWF or TT so that the kid could sleep in a bit later and you could too. Or see if you could do the religious teachings yourself or at another time with the church (since 6 am meetings or services are really early).

So I have a similar schedule. We are up at 5:30 (I'm up at 4:30 if I need time for myself) and out the door at 6:20 for the 6:45 drop off at the Jr high. Then to the line for the 7:45 drop off at the elementary.

I wake all the kids before we all head out and they sleep in the car.

My kids are 12, 6, 4,and 1.

Since they get to sleep until either they are dropped off or we get home, they won't need to go back to sleep. Baby will take a nap about 11 and sleep again in the pick up lines.

When I get home, we quickly do chores and just go about our days.

We have to leave again at 2pm to pick up everyone and get home by 4pm. If I spend that time sleeping, which I sometimes did last year I feel like I don't have any time to do anything at all.

Perhaps after church you could get all of the kids and go from there?

You poor thing! That's a lot to handle especially being pregnant..

I don't really have any advice.. I'm up at 430 every day to work out, shower, head to work, then pick my daughter up at 4, head home, make dinner, play time, bed time, then make everyone's breakfast and lunch for the following day.. it's exhausting and I only have 1 kid!

I have been incourging my oldest to find someone to take him from church to school as there are a few that can but he is really shy. I am in the process of setting it up for him. As in other schedules no they do one other it's a weekly class once a night but he would have homework and he works in evenings so adding more homework to his schedule is not an option. Plus it is farther away. But I told him before too long he needs to ask for help when needed. And this person has offered him a ride that he turned down before. So then my dh will take him again when we set up this ride. But up until now I have been doing ok.

School bus?

So you have time to take a nap, but does your child go the whole day like that? Aren't they super exhausted during school hours? There's no other times for the church stuff to be done like after school maybe?