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5+ month schedule

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Since 4 months C has had a weird schedule.  It has gradually gotten so that he will sleep through the night--in our bed, nap--in my arms, and his final fall asleep is getting later and later each night.  I am looking to nip these habits this week, and am already putting him in his crib once he falls asleep in an attempt to get him to nap there, and will be putting him in his crib at night as well, even if I have to get up several times for a few nights until he gets the picture (which I hope I don't!)  Whereas he doesn't get up until 8:30/9:00, I'm thinking of waking him up around 6 or 7 so that he will start going to sleep earlier at night.  In the midst of this, I want to start him on his cereal.  I know if I do all this in one week it will probably overload him, so I guess I'd like to have it situated by the time he's 6 months.  So my questions are: when does your baby wake up and go to bed at night, eat bottles and eat cereal.  Is this as simple as moving his wake up time earlier?  You'd think I'd have this down by now...sheesh!

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Re: 5+ month schedule

  • Linds21Linds21 member

    Everyday seems to be different with my DS but typically, this is what his schedule looks like...

    7:30 - wakes up/Bottle

    9:30 - Breakfast (Cereal and sometimes a fruit)

    10:00 - Nap

    11:30-12:30 - Wakes up/Bottle

    1:30-2:30 - Lunch (Veggie)

    4:30 - Bottle/Nap

    5:30-6:00 - Wakes up

    7:00 - Bath Time

    8:00 - Dinner (Either veggie & fruit or veggie & cereal)

    8:30 - Bottle

    8:30/9:00 - Bed Time

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  • pastaladypastalady member
    I am eager to hear the responses. DD has been going to bed at 11 or so which is okay but would be great if she went down earlier so we could get a break. She did start cereal last week and did wake up alot the first 3 days but now seems to be STTN again. She does not nap at all! Good luck, I have not had luck putting her down for the night earlier. 
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  • jacksjerseygirljacksjerseygirl member

    I think schedules are developed both by the gentle push of the parents with the child's own developmental ability and clock. But I think schedules are first shaped by routines. If you have a fairly consistent, steady daily routine YOURSELF, then your child will gravitate with you IMO. 

    I'm a firm believer in early routines and early development of schedules (not forced, military style scheduling for those that go to the extreme definition of 'schedule').

    If you have a developed routine of how your LO goes to sleep, wakes up and eats then you CANNOT except them to just change what they have learned FROM YOU to be acceptable over a course of a week IMO.

    I think you pick one thing and you work on it. Consistency is the key. So it might take you 2-3 weeks before they understand that this is the new norm.

    Our schedule has been about the same since 6 weeks (the flow of it, some of the timing has changed - in particular with nap times):

    7a: wake up/eat

    8:30: eat/nap

    11: wake up from nap/eat

    12: solids lunch

    1: eat/nap

    3:30: wake up from nap/eat

    4:45: snack

    6p: bedtime routine/eat and STTN 12-13 hours

    In between all those times is playing, reading, walking, errands, etc. He eats 40-44 oz per day plus about 3-5oz of solids. He's an eater. 

     

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