Morning routine help

[Eisley]

I posted this in the step parenting group but I think it's relevant here too.

We have my step daughter every weekend and half the holidays. She's 6. When I first joined their little family the routine was that when she woke up she'd get into bed with her dad. When we moved in together we had a rule that she could play in her room until we got up (regular time, not massive lie ins lol). My partner is temporarily sleeping in the spare room as we have a newborn and since then she's been waking up at 7:30 and going into see him and asking to play on the PlayStation, then she's on there for hours. Which I'm uncomfortable with, he does know this. I was wondering what morning routines you have for your children at the weekends and holidays?

When mine were little they used to join us in bed, we would put on children's tv and we would get a lie in! Now they are older they get themselves up, go downstairs and can watch tv or play on technology and we still get a lie in! They still occasionally come for an early morning cuddle in bed. I think it is a lovely part of childhood and miss those times.

The technology use is a completely separate issue. We let them on tech in the morning for a couple of hours and then in the late afternoon. It suits us as those times we are busy either having a lie in and then having breakfast and then sorting out tea in the evening. In the day and after tea there is no tech allowed.