No school means the family routine is all out of whack with breakfast at midday – Hayley Matthews

With talk of the schools not going back until mid or even late January, I'm going to have to pull my finger out to get my son back into a routine.
By Hayley Matthews
Published 1st Jan 2021, 16:45 BST
The lockdown and the festive period has played havoc with Hayley and family's usual routine (Picture: PA)The lockdown and the festive period has played havoc with Hayley and family's usual routine (Picture: PA)
The lockdown and the festive period has played havoc with Hayley and family's usual routine (Picture: PA)

In fact all of us could do with trying to get back in to some sort of routine because we're all over the place.

It started on Christmas Eve, staying up late for the countdown. Our nine-year-old had asked if he could stay up until Christmas Day and we agreed.

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The boys were getting up later, not going to bed until much, much later and then it was topped off with pleas to stay up for the bells.

We were also all out the other night with our nine-year-old (whilst the wee one was sleeping) having a snowball fight at 1am so, breakfast time has slowly crept up to midday.

I know most parents out there will be out of their routine because we've had 12 months like no other and have had to roll with the punches, but if there's one bit of good advice an old friend gave me it's that kids and babies need a routine.

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So no resolutions for me this year. I'll just be happy if I can get both kids in bed by 8pm and have my dinner by 9pm.

However, if the schools don't go back in a few weeks as "loosely planned" then I can see us all rolling about outside in the snow again until 1am.

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