When to start shifting C's day back?

[cuckoochick]

So C has always been a late riser and a night owl. She's currently sleeping from 7:30-8pm until 8am in the morning but she starts nursery in January and she will have to be up earlier so she can have breakfast etc plus the nursery is a good 20-30min drive away because of traffic. So I think she will probably have to be up at about 7 maybe 7:15 so that there is enough time. I'm a bit worried really because it takes her an age to eat her breakfast. She's never really that hungry in the mornings and obviously while I've been on maternity leave we've all been enjoying the less rushed mornings.

So when should I start shifting her routine? When we're all working BT really won't be able to be earlier than 7pm and that's going to be a rush really. She's fairly LSN but I guess we can allow her to lie-in a bit on weekends? Is that ok to do at this age? Usually in terms of clock changes I just do the switch straight rather than incremental and she is fine with it. So should I just do that nearer the time or start getting her used to it now?

Thanks

[Buttonbobs]

If she usually switches well I would personally just do it nearer to the time. If it's working for you now it's nice to keep that for a while longer. Especially with Christmas holidays from work things always get a bit more relaxed around here and I would probably work on changing things in the new year if I were mum.

[cuckoochick]

Thanks hun! I will do. G is usually up anywhere between 7 and 8 so if we can lie in a bit then it's nice after the sleepless nights!

[Buttonbobs]

^^^ my thoughts exactly

[cuckoochick]

[Shiv52]

We had to do similar with M and we just waited. It was easier to do when there was something to get up for YK?  And if breakfast is an issue I used to make toast as we were going out the door and she'd eat it in the car.

We still get a later wake up at the weekends and it doesn't effect things other than going to bed a bit later those nights.

[cuckoochick]

Thanks that's good to know. She is sometimes up at that time but that's usually after a shorter night. She's not good at going to bed early so it's always a bit of a worry with her. Last night DH put her to bed UT and so there was all this carrying on that it was almost 9pm before she was asleep!

[Shiv52]

You'll find she'll be tireder after she starts nursery too. R only goes 3 afternoons for 2 hours and she is SOOOO tired after it!,

[Buttonbobs]

Yes E is the same - we always have to go for BT being the same and then waking her earlier in the morning. She's a little OT for the first day or so but being at nursery always helps to distract her and she slots in to the new time fairly easily and with fewer BT struggles.

[cuckoochick]

Thanks! Shiv she's going to be doing 3 full days She'll be wrecked but boy does she need the stimulation lately. I'm going back to work in February and am going to miss them so much

[cath~]

I agree with PPs and would wait until much closer before shifting her routine. L does three full days at nursery now and is quite tired at the end of them but then just has a slightly longer catchup night after her three days at nursery and she's fine.
I am finding we can be much more flexible like this now she's older and don't have to have exactly same routine every day.

[cuckoochick]

Great to hear cath. She is really flexible and I know I am so lucky. We'll have a month of tan easier routine when I'll be home still and then when I'm back at work most of it is going to fall on poor DH to get both girls where they need to be.

[cath~]

and then when I'm back at work most of it is going to fall on poor DH to get both girls where they need to be.

That sounds like some good delegating