We live in London, and my mum in a city 2 hours drive away. She's a nervous (she says) driver, so wants to leave at 6am tomorrow so driving through London won't be too intense. She says she 'can't' work out a route that doesn't involve driving through the centre of town (she has a satnav!), so there's no other option. She says she not capable of getting the train as it's too scary (but driving through Central London apparently isn't).
I've asked her not to come up before 10am, but I know she'll be here at 8. DD is 14m, when she was a few weeks old she rocked up at 7:30. We were in bed! DH was livid.
So as not to drip feed, we've had a difficult relationship in the past. She was emotionally distant/abusive/neglectful during my childhood, and until just before I got pregnant with DD we hadn't had contact for 7 years as I've found her emotionally manipulative. This is the first time she's coming and staying the night (the time's she's been before she's made a song and dance about driving down and back in one day). Dreading it.