Addison's Six-Year-Child Observation

I observed my six-year-old daughter, Addison to implement the seven-step problem-solving guidance plan. She is a well-behaved child and I usually do not have any behavior issues with her. However, whenever her father is gone, she likes to test her limits with me and I have to remember she is only a child. The time of day she seems to have the most difficulty following directions is in the morning. I try my best to spend as much quality time with her as possible, but it is hard when you are the only one caring for your children. I thought to myself do expect too much out of her in the morning? Before I decided to use this observation as our behavior issues I talked with two other parents with children the same age. I asked them, “Am I expecting too much out of my six-year-old to get out of bed; and get dressed in a timely manner without having to ask her more than twice”? I mean this she shouldn’t be a fight every morning. What am I doing wrong? When her father was home she woke up on her own, happy and ready for the day. Then I thought maybe it is just a phase and after a few weeks, she will snap out of it. I was wrong, she would go back in forth with having good mornings and bad mornings. Don’t get me wrong, we all have bad mornings, but she was having too many and
I can relate to this issue because I have trouble falling asleep myself when he is gone. I ask her how I can help her fall asleep faster or comfort her. She suggests she sleeps in my room a few nights a week to feel closer to her Daddy. I tell her I think we can work something out, but it will only be while Daddy is gone. I tell her she has to sleep in her own bed when Daddy comes back. That night she carried her blanket, doggie, and five other stuffed animals to my room. I am thinking to myself, where am I going to sleep with all these stuffed animals she has? I guess it’s a good thing we have a king size