to stick to my routine on xmas day? (bit long)

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Im prob gonna get flamed alive for this but here goes.........

My dd is 6 months old. I had pnd seem to beover it now, tried to be a relaxed mum, no routine blah blah got myself it a right mess.

Dont quite know how it happened but got myself in quite a rigid routine, my dd loves her sleep and has 3 naps a day and bedtime is at 7. It works for us and she sleeps well (fingers crossed)

We are spending xmas day with my family, my mum, step dad, bro and his daughter (she is 15) at my house at 10am for breakfast, they will leave at 12 so dd can have a nap then meet at mums (only live 10 mins away) at half 2, xmas dinner at 3 then we will come home at 7 to put dd to bed. Me and dp have an evening to ourselves.

I wish I could be a little more relaxed about timings and while no-one is complaning I am aware we are running xmas day around my pfb.

Im scared to let dd miss her nap as she will be grumpy. I know mum wants me to stay later on xmas day but Im nrvous about the whole putting her to bed at mums then lifting her into car and getting her home in case we cant settle her. We have an early start boxing day to go to the in-laws 2 hour drive away.

I feel a bit of pressure (self inflicted)as my other bro wont be home for xmas so will be leaving just mum step dad bro and his daughter at mums in the evening. I would usualy stay late and have a few drinks, play games etc.

Does anyone else stick to their routine on xmas day?

Yes, we normally put her in a quiet bedroom. We generally give her a bath there too, so it is as much like her routine at home as possible.

It all depends on how good a sleeper your baby is. My DD would not sleep in her pram (but she may have done at 6 months, she is too aware now). I think to trial it at a friends might be a nice idea.

Like I say, for us on holiday it went wrong but DD is not the most easy sleeper!

She was 7 months old on holiday. To be honest I think pram to cot may have worked, but pram to car seat to cot was a disaster!

we did gf routine with ds and stuck to it come hell or high water for the first few months. We certainly stuck to it for his first xmas at 6 weeks old.

But after a while it was easy to change the routine for a special occasion and he would always settle at night and be back to normal the next day. At 6 months you should be pretty safe to tweak her routine a bit.