Quote Originally Posted by kindredspirit View Post
I wake my 4yo to have breakfast with me alone before anyone else comes (7am). I drink my tea, we chat about the day, then she gets dressed before the first child comes at 7:30. She rarely naps, up to an hour if up late the night before, unless we do errands (loves to sleep in the car), so depending on the day, her bedtime is 6:45-7:45. If she's been emotional and cranky, we start getting ready for bed right after supper (5:30).

Any chance she could wake earlier to fit in the nap?
She's never woken before 8am in her life (even as an infant) so truthfully I don't know that I have considered waking her at 7 (or even earlier). I suppose she'd have to be waking around that time once she starts school so maybe this is a possible solution.

She unfortunately is like me and is just not a morning person. Neither of us can eat until awake for a good 1.5hrs so it wouldn't be us waking her early and sitting around chatting over food like you do but she could go off and play.

I need to ponder this. Part of me worries that if I start waking her and training her to get up before 7am, when she no longer is able to nap she will need to be asleep by 5pm, instead of 6pm. And that is even worse!!!