Non-morning person with baby?

[BlanketBaby]

Newborn is 9 weeks and at the moment we tend to get up at about 9/9.30 am. Alarm goes off at 7.30, snooze till 8, then gradually wake up, do a feed, DH showers and makes coffee etc. So I end up getting up about 9.30, getting myself ready and then usually I'm getting baby dressed for the day at around 10am! I have always been a night owl rather than a lark, and DH is exactly the same, and obviously we don't have a really strict baby routine just yet, (plus wfh so not commute) but all my Mum friends seem to get up with the birds! At 6/7am latest!

So, am I making a rod for my own back?

They're more likely to continue sleeping late in the morning if they go to bed later (although that's not a guarantee of course).

But if my kids sleep 7pm-6am, I don't see why they couldn't feasibly just sleep 10pm-9am if that worked for us.

My argument is that woman have 9 months advance on men, so get your partner to get up for early morning feeds until he catches up.

@LBOCS2 you and I sound very similar in our body click preferences!

@squeekums I need to know your short cuts!

DD never grew out of the late wake ups (like a PP though she didn't sleep well, woke up frequently throughout the night but wasn't up for the day until between 10 and 12 usually). Lovely while she was young, absolute nightmare now she is school age!
She didn't go to sleep for the night until late though, between 10 and 12 at night. If your baby has a normal bedtime its pretty likely they will end up with a normal wake time soon enough.

[quote BlanketBaby]@squeekums I need to know your short cuts![/quote]
I'd have bags packed, lunch done at night, dd isn't a sandwich fan, more salami, cheese and crackers so that's made ready to grab from fridge with a fruit box. Lunchbox has all other snacks already
Enough sets of uniforms for the whole week, we have access to cheapish ones so not so bad on bank. They layed out night before. My clothes too, already taken out so no rummaging through through wardrobe
Hairbrush, hair ties, shoes, everything is layed out so there no hunting it down, notes and books in bag. I want everything grab and go before I wake up.
Have the schools app if they have one, I can pay on the go, even lunch orders now, also has cut down the notes we see sent home too
Even my coffee just needs water and milk in the morning. Sugar and coffee already in cup.

I'm more organised and on the ball at night, if I get that little mind crap out then, I have more chance of an easy morning, getting my coffee, not losing stuff, then my mind. I simply play to my bodies natural night owl strengths, it's literally just the stuff I'd have to do every morning just 12 hours earlier.

I also have no shame in bribing dd to get ready without stuffing around if she wants time to play her tablet before we leave lol
I also have no shame in doing a lunch order a few days in a row if lunch wasn't made night before, or using single serve convienence foods like say tiny daddies or yoghurt pouches

It’s ok when they are small
But when they get older you may find it’s better to get DC to bed early so you have an evening to yourself. Quiet adult only time is important after a full on day with small DC

It’s fine keeping a tiny baby up late while you sit and watch TV as they will sleep in bouncy seat / lie quietly in Moses basket etc.

Then when they become a toddler it’s completely different
A toddler awake and bouncing around chatting after 7 pm each night is not the same as a quiet baby

The people I know who kept their babies up late and slept in with them til 9 etc all now have toddlers and young children up til 9-10 at night then struggle to get them up for nursery.

We had early to bed and early risers from baby stage
A tough year of pre 6 am mornings has now become 730-730
So we still get adult evening alone time to either do hobbies or watch tv etc plus still up in plenty of time for nursery / school / work.

So yes I personally think it’s setting a rod for your own back for future routines.