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How we get out of the house in the morning

April 27, 2015 by Kate Davis 4 Comments

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Three mornings a week we aim to have all four of us out of the house as close to 7:20 as we can. But we like to maximise our sleep time (by hitting the snooze button a few times). We got tired of battling and nagging the children to get ready quickly, so we now use a secret weapon – a teasmade. Yes a teasmade, just like your parents or grandparents had when you were young.

How we get out of the house in the morning

What is a teasmade?

A teasmade is a devise in the bedroom designed to make tea when you first wake up. According to Wikipedia they started becoming popular in the 1930s and started to decline in 1970s; although I remember my parents in the early 1980s. They generally work by having an alarm clock which starts to heat water when the alarm time is reached which is collected in a teapot once it is boiling.

I bought ours as a gift for my husband several years ago, although it was really a present for myself; when I was on maternity leave with our eldest I went downstairs and made a cup of tea for my husband every day, but was not keen to do this when I was on leave with our second, so decided to make tea in the bedroom instead. We have a Breville WakeCup (although it appears to have been discontinued) which works slightly differently as the heated water comes out of two spouts and can go directly into two cups instead of a teapot, this means you can make two different drinks. It also has a button to start it instead of setting an alarm (this is what we use).

Breville Wake Cup teasmade

How it helps us get out of the house

We get the children’s clothes out the night before and once they’re dressed they get their cup of milk and we turn Cbeebies on while they drink it – the quicker they get dressed the more television they are able to watch and the more milk they can drink (they have breakfast at nursery and breakfast club on these days). So basically, bribery works with our children, and the only pain for us is the occasional Postman Pat episode.

What are your morning’s like? How do you encourage your children to get ready?

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About Kate Davis

I'm a working mum of two children, and I'm keen to make the most of what is important to me. This starts by capturing information whether it is a photograph or a task list. I love a process and try to find the most efficient method of doing things from organising photographs to planning a house renovation. I believe everything benefits from being simpler.

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ha ha what a random coincidence! Did you know i don’t drink tea though?! blurgh. Makes me a proper outcast!
p.s thanks for the mention x

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I don’t drink tea or coffee either. Bleurgh. It does seem like the teasmade has had a resurgence recently!

I wish N would just have a drink before nursery. He eats there 3 days a week when he gets dropped off at 8, but because he wakes so early he wants a good breakfast before going…if I don’t get it, he makes hi own.

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