How soon to start getting back into a school routine?

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We are having late nights and late mornings and meals at later times to accommodate our day.

Do you start (if you need to) getting into a routine the week before they go back? Or sooner? Or do you not get into a bad summer holiday routine to start with?

Our summer routines are always all over the place.

The DC snap back into their routine during the first week back and have a lot of very early nights to achieve that

Depends how old the kids are and how out of routine you are. If your talking going to bed at midnight instead of 7 then it may take more time than going to bed at 9 instead of 7. My biys are 14 and 11, the 11 year old is going to start comp in September so we will get him into routine in the few days before he starts as will have to get up a lot earlier then when he was at primary. The 14 year old will be told what time he has to set his alarm for, after that its up to him.

We carry on with our summer routine until school starts and they soon get knackered and normal bedtimes resume but about day 3.

Mine are going to bed at 10 and sleeping until 9am most days so it will take some adjustment going back to normal.

Tempting. But they will struggle that first morning without getting back into routine. I think.

I start a week before school goes back, so this year, probably the Tuesday before they go back I'll get them up early and run them all day and sleep for 8pm

Mine are 11 and 13. One goes back to school on a Thursday, one on a Friday. From that Monday, I’m going to get the younger one up progressively earlier each day as she’s waking up 3 hours later than she’ll need to for school (!). Hopefully then she’ll be tired and go to bed without faffing/delay tactics. The first full week will be hard, I’ve said that they might just need a couple of earlier nights in the middle.

We’re still away, but DS1 will start revising ;year 10) on Sunday, back 7th. Early nights and no computers for all 3 from Sunday 5th.

I hadn't planned this, but 2 short breaks away camping and a few long days out have left my 2 DC tired, so this past week I've been trying to get them in bed earlier. They were sleeping in a bit for the first few days but are getting up earlier now so assume they have caught up on sleep.

I think I struggle with their later nights more, lack of time without them!

I get them up ‘early’ a few days before to get them into the right patterns. I don’t think it’s fair to little ones if they are essentially jet lagged on their first day back. It’s already tiring enough for them.

They are 9 and 12. The 13 year old isn’t so bad. 9 and 12 are staying up til 10 or 11 and getting up between 9 and 10 in the morning. Quite out of sync. They are loving spending their evenings together reading and watching a film and chatting. Think we will do it slowly over next week or the first day back they will never get up.

We've kept a similar bedtime of 8 or thereabouts.
But it will be hard to get them going in the morning.. Dreading it really. They like mooching about so much and rolling around the floor wrestling with teddies

I just started the night before school, but we never go that far out of line anyway tbh. The youngest could never sleep the first night before anyway.

I started today. Dc12. Back to school on the 1st. But we’re working with ADHD, possible ASD and melatonin so I want him properly in the routine well before school starts or if he’s all out of kilter when he goes back it could be disastrous for him.

@MrsRobbieHart

I started today. Dc12. Back to school on the 1st. But we’re working with ADHD, possible ASD and melatonin so I want him properly in the routine well before school starts or if he’s all out of kilter when he goes back it could be disastrous for him.

Bless him.

He had rough time at end of school last term so I’m trying to cover all bases for a good start this term.

My 9yos are going to go to bed at their actual bedtime on the Saturday and Sunday, school starts Monday (6th so we have time). 13yo will need to readjust a bit to get up on time but not massively.

Teachers know they’ll be out of sync and tired. They’ll be eased into the routines.

Mine are both at activity camps this week and the first part of next which means that they're at least back in a routine of setting the alarm, showering, having breakfast and having to get out of the house at a particular time, even if that time is at least an hour or more later than school!
I still think this will be enough as, like a PP, one DC is back on a Thurs and another on a Fri so they don't have to survive for too long before having the weekend to recover and get fully back into routine.

My ASD/ADHD boy has been up at 6:30am every day so far this holiday. He is intense and sometimes I'd quite like him to sleep in a little more, however, he likes routine so bedtime has been normal school time whatever day of the week it is.
DD (age 16), up every day at 7am...she's not keen on sleeping.
Back to school week will not be much different to holiday norms.

On the other hand, I will relish in the silence once they are both out the door!

On the other hand, I will relish in the silence once they are both out the door!

Amen to this!

My ten year olds are going to bed at ten at still getting up at seven. I fully expect the first week to be utterly horrendous.