Back to school - routine?

Question

Do you change your child’s routine when back to school is approaching? For example, earlier wake up and bed times. If so, when do you start to adjust the schedule/routine? Or do you just let it go and get back to the school schedule when school starts?

Answer

My son goes to bed at 8pm during the school year. During the summer I upped it to 9:30. My son still went to bed between 8-8:30 during the summer. He slept in until 9:30 am-10am during the summer. He’s 8. We haven’t had to change anything. I get him up at 6:30 am, I make breakfast and we go to school.

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I’d start a couple of weeks before, especially if bedtime has been all over the place. It can take a while for the body to readjust. Pick up the morning and evening routine you’d like to have and start practicing it so that they can get used to it. With older children, you can be a bit more lax I guess. It depends on the child. My first is practically feral so she needs routine all the time. I’m hoping my second (due March 25), is a bit more relaxed and will give me the respite sometimes 😂

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We keep the same schedule all summer so we don’t have any issues.

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My little boy starts preschool in 2.5 weeks so starting tomorrow i will be waking him up at 8am to give him time to fully wake up, drink some chocolate milk, get dressed and brush his teeth before taking him to the preschool. He typically wakes around 9am or after so not a huge adjustment for him.

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I saw a cute post about getting your child up early, doing the morning routine and then heading out to a coffee shop for a juice/milk/breakfast or whatever before going to the park. Just to get used to getting up and leaving early.

Back to school - routine?

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