Growing up with Yash

The last few weeks I've come to observe that it's a bit difficult to get my 9 yr old son Yash, out of bed. He loves his school and doesn't want to miss it, but alas, he loves his sleep even more! In the morning, like every household, we are in a rush and it's like a whirlwind has passed through my house. At the end of those 50 minutes from the time he wakes up and boards the bus, I'm exhausted as I'm physically and more importantly, psychologically, drained. A greater revelation is that Yash is waking up irritated as he can very well sense the irritation in my voice as I'm trying to get him out of bed. He sleeps on time, gets about 10 hours of restful sleep. So I figured, what he needed was a better way to start the day. The last few days, I've brought the educator in me to the forefront and tried different approaches. They seem to be working and so I felt that I could pass these on to all you hapless mothers out there just like me :) S - Somethi