Routines?

bamanichole

What time do you, your husband and LO go to bed? Get up? If all different times post them all. Also what time do you have to be at work or out of the house? I am trying to figure out what life is going to be like getting up and going with a newborn! I do know that a schedule or "routine" that I decide will most likely not work right away with feedings and all I am just trying to get an idea.

Me and DH usually go to bed at the same time, anywhere from 9 to 11 during the week. DH has to get up at 4:30 am for work most days, he leaves around 5:15 and has an hour drive getting to work around 6:30. I get up at around 7 am for work and have to leave my house at 7:40 and be at work at 8 am, my leave time will change depending on what daycare we decide on. I used to get up with DH and fix his lunch and see him off but I don't anymore. I am thinking after LO arrives I will go back to that so I will already be up and won't be so rushed in the mornings.

SeasideBride06

DD goes to bed at 7 and we go to bed at 10.  That was a little different when she was much younger because she would have a feeding around 10, and then we would all go to bed for the night.

I get up at 5:30 and DH gets up at 6:15.  He gets DD completely ready (changes clothes, fixes her sippy, brushes her teeth, hair, etc.) and then her and I leave at 6:30-6:40.  He then gets ready and leaves at 7:30.  

Like I mentioned last week...the key is to do as much as possible at night!  I pack her bag (included preparing bottles when she was younger), give her a bath, and lay out her clothes at night.  Have everything out and ready to grab in the mornings.

ETA: DD gets up when DH does, and when she was a baby he got up at 6 to do the morning bottle before we left.

ameliaandmatt

DD takes a nap from about 7-8 or 9 ish every night.  We wake her up from her nap bathe her, get her ready for bed, give her a bottle and she's in her crib at about 9 - 10.  I go to bed shortly after I put her down and DH comes to bed whenever since he's a night owl.  I get up between 5:15 and 6, depending on if I took a shower the night before or not.  I get DD up at about 6:30 change her, get her ready and feed her.  We're out the door by 7; at day care by 7:15 and I'm at work by 7:45.  I try to pack my lunch and DD's daycare bag the night before so that I have less to do in the mornings.

kc0721

First off let me say that I consider us pretty lucky, Miller STTN on most days.  If I feed him at 9:30-10:00, he'll sleep all night and usually wake up at 7:00.  If I feed him earlier than that, he'll get up about 5:00 for another feeding.  I'm of the mindset that since Miller is gaining weight and is healthy we don't wake him up to feed him.  Keep that in mind too that sometimes you have to wake your baby to feed them so all times/routines will be different.  So with all that said, If Miller is hungry about 7:00am I get up and feed him then we start the day.  Normally he's still sleeping and doesn't get his first bottle until daycare which is 8:30. Miller is a bigger baby, thus he gets more food, LOL.  He eats about 8-10oz before bed so that normally sustains him through the night. I seem to think that he's such a happy baby in the mornings that he doesn't realize he's hungry till he's been awake for a while. 

I don't have to be at work until 9:00 so we leave about 8:20 and he's at daycare by 8:30 and they feed him as soon as he gets there.  I used to leave a lot of time in the mornings open for playing/feeding, but here lately its not necessary.  He'd rather sleep/play than eat first thing in the mornings. 

Ryan and I carpool so we swap up duties in the mornings.  Sometimes he'll get Miller ready and I'll take care of the dogs or vice versa. 

I get everything ready at night.  Lay his clothes out, if anything has to be taken to the daycare it gets laid out the night before too.  So mornings consist of us getting him ready, changing his diaper and cleaning his face.  Sometimes I even load the car the night before if we have to be at work earlier. 

HTH, sorry it's so long. 

aubie96

Definitely do as much as you can the night before.  As soon as I get home with Lydia, I get her next days outfit out and I lay out something for myself as well.  Lydia has been VERY routine since about 4 wks as I did a modified Babywise (I don't agree with a lot of it but the routine helped so much).  Lydia feeds around 9:30 and we give her a bath every other night.  DH puts her down at night and I go to bed after her feeding.

I get up at 5am as I commute and it's on EST.  So I pump in the am, get everything else ready and it's all there for DH for Lydia.  He gets her ready and takes her to the sitter.  I pick her up.

DH LOVES this b/c it's his time with her when he's so busy right now with football.

The routine (I know that's not the right word) for us worked and has been good for Lydia and helped her transition to daycare/sitter.  I keep the same schedule on the wknds with her so she doesn't get "off".  However, we are flexible with each other. 

I'll say the best advice to give you is to have A LOT of patience and just be calm, don't let anything overwhelm you or get you stressed, they can feel/sense that.  I think that has been my saving grace.

HTH!!!