I honestly didn't start a routine until I went back on Monday. I find it easier to let her sleep while I get ready and I'm only waking her 30/45 minutes before we leave. I get up, make a bottle, get myself ready and then I wake her, dress her, give her a bottle. She has breakfast at nursery. If you want to start before I would do as above and wake him a bit earlier each day until you're at least closer to 6am. Or you could bring bedtime earlier each night meaning he'll wake earlier - mine has been so shattered after nursery she's gone to bed at 6.30pm this week (previously between 8-9pm).
We’re having to rethink our routine with nursery coming up too (and I’ll have 2 of them starting a new nursery 😬) Do you need to wake them so early? Assume they’ll have breakfast at nursery so can you get yourself and everything ready and wake baby at 7 (or later if you can push it). My daughter would always be starving after nursery so we’d have to do a massive second dinner for her when we got home and she’s a slow eater (back just before 6:30) so bedtime ended up being quite late so I’d wake her up as late as possible in the morning just so she’d get enough sleep. Plan what you can but whatever happens, you and baby will fall in to routine easily enough once you’re in it so try not to stress too much before. Xx
Maybe start waking him up a bit earlier and keep getting earlier until you are waking him at 6. I start back to work in March, but only 2 day a week and I have done a few practice mornings of waking him up at 6.30 and having both of us ready for 8am as that is when we will need to leave. It’s making me less anxious as I’m practicing it before I start back