No Morning is Quiet with Toddlers

Shane Beattie
3 min readDec 14, 2023

So stop reading those “tips for a productive morning,” articles because it ain’t happening with little ones.

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I am not a hater of the attempt to embrace the benefits of early mornings. But we need to be realistic with toddlers. They wake up anytime between midnight and 7am, meaning that the beautiful schedule you created to meditate, stretch, walk around the neighborhood, and soak in the early morning…

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Shane Beattie

Catholic, Husband, Father of Three, Brother to Four, Worker-Outer since 2009, Dysfunctional Crossfit Athlete