My DD is in her first term of reception. She was 4 in March, so not the youngest of the class.
but she is so tired, every weekday morning and after school is one long moan, dawdle, plead for TV, begging me not to make her go to school etc.
She gets up at 7ish and has a good breakfast. We then either walk 20mins or car to school. She has school dinners which I know she eats well.
When I pick her up at 3.15, we either or car home.
Snack and drink when she gets in and some days we do her reading homework, some days she is too tired to concentrate.
Tea at 5pm followed by bath and then bed at 6.30.
I'd rather walk than drive to and from school because I think it is better for both of us, but it takes longer each day and we have a falling out every single day. Today it took us 35 mins (with scooter!) and I was late for work.
She and I are both fed up of my nagging her "hurry up, come on, we'll be late" and yesterday she was absolutely horrid to me - so rude that I couldn't excuse it and she ended up with no TV and a in bed by 6pm. (obv, I gave her lots of cuddles and explained why I was so cross, still love her as big as the world etc.)
I've already decided that she needs to be in bed by 6pm at least for this week. She used to go at 7/7.30 before she started school. This was after an 8-6pm day at nursery, so its not as though she was inactive previously. n
Any tips to get me through the next few weeks until Christmas? I really am dreading them ...