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Am I missing anything in this schedule?
My mom and dad (mostly dad) is going to be watching both kids in a few weeks for a few days, so I had to type up some sort of schedule for him.
Could you please look it over and tell me if it looks okay or if I'm missing anything? Thank you!
Preston and Harrison?s schedule
Wake up between 7:30-8:00am (Let them each wake up on their own)
Preston: Give him a glass of juice and breakfast (cereal/oatmeal/toast/yogurt). Put him in his outfit for the day.
Harrison: Change his diaper and put him into his outfit for the day. (make sure you put a bib on him and grab a burp cloth). Warm up a bottle. (do not force the entire bottle. Let him eat what he wants).
Harrison: Morning nap is usually 1.5-2 hours after he wakes. (give him some bottle before his nap). Change his diaper before putting him down.
Harrison: Offer him some bottle when he gets up from his morning nap.
Lunch: Preston: around 12:30pm.
Nap: Harrison: around 1:00pm (depending on when he got up from his morning nap). Make sure it has been at least 2 hours. Change his diaper and offer him some bottle before putting him down.
Nap: Preston: between 1:00pm-1:30pm
Harrison: Offer him a bottle when he gets up from his nap
Preston: give him a snack with either milk or water when he gets up from his nap
Harrison: Offer him a bottle 2.5 hours after he got up from his nap (or if he is being cranky). He is always cranky from the time he gets up from his afternoon nap, till the time he goes to bed. Sometimes he nurses every hour until bedtime, so you may need to offer the bottle more often.
Dinner: Preston: around 6:00pm
Bedtime: Harrison: Change him into his jammies around 7:00pm. Give him his last bottle at 7:30pm. Rock, sing and burp him a bit (if he doesn?t fall asleep on the bottle). He should be in bed by 8:00pm. He has been giving us a hard time with going to bed lately, so??If he cries after putting him down, I will go in, pick him up burp and shhhh him until he calms down. Also, check and make sure his burp mat isn?t icky. If it?s wet then flip it over. Put him back down. If he starts to cry again, then try feeding him some more (like if there is anything left in the bottle), rock him and burp him until he is sleeping and then try putting him down again.
Bedtime: Preston: 8:30pm. Let him know that he may hear the baby, but to just ignore him and go back to sleep. Eventually the baby will fall asleep too.
Harrison: He will wake up between 6-8 hours after finally falling asleep for the night. Change his diaper and give him a bottle. (make sure the room is very dimly lit). Put him back down to sleep. He may fuss, but usually goes right back to sleep. He will probably sleep another 4-5 hours before getting up for the day.
Notes: make sure the room is dimly lit when putting Harrison to bed and when he wakes up each time.
Harrison usually eats between 3.5-4.5ounces per feeding. This may vary. You can use what he doesn?t eat out of that bottle for the next feeding.
Make sure you get a burp out of him after he eats each time.
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Re: Am I missing anything in this schedule?
Who raised you? Clearly, it wasn't your parents. If they had, they'd know some of this stuff.
If someone gave me this list, I'd scan it, throw it away, and then keep the kids alive and fed my way. Geebus.
Oh gibs, I can always depend on you.
My dad is the one who requested this schedule. I tried making it as simple as I could.
I think you got a little carried away - kid gets fussy, grandpa will try food diaper and sleep and figure it out, ya know? ?LOL ?
When I had my mom watch Sam a few times all she wanted was vague times for food and naps, and the bedtime routine. ?Little booger slept better for her than she had for us. ?And it was at HER house.
I'd simplify it to feeding and bedtime routines. ?They'll muddle through and likely find their own routines anyway.
He may have requested *a* schedule. He didn't request *this* schedule.
I pretty much had the same notes written down when we left the kids for the first time. The second time, I could not run out the door quick enough yelling, "Just don't kill them!"
I think your list is fine.
I would separate out the schedules to make it easier to read. Preston's should be pretty basic and easy for your dad to just skim.
I'd probably keep Harrison's more basic too. Say how often his bottles usually (every 2-3 hrs) are or what times he usually gets them. Give him approximate nap times. Maybe add a paragraph with pointers at the end.
I tend to like short bulleted points to make things easier to follow.
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I agree. I'd probably respond with "how do you think we managed to keep you alive??" Your list sounds like you think your dad is a little slow... and can't figure out the obvious.
How many wipes should be used at each changing?
What should the EXACT temp of the house be at all times?
You are BSC. I wouldn't even leave a list like this for a first time sitter. Let alone the people who have raised you. (I would say successfully, but I am not to sure they did a good job with you)
Oh, yeah, forgot this one. Thanks! :-)
Wipes: Sometimes up to 3 wipes for a poop change and one for pee
Temp: they say the temperature should be between 68-72 for a newborn.
I thought you said I wasn't paying enough attention to my kids in another post that you replied too and now I know too much about their schedule. Make up your mind please.
Like I said before, HE requested "a" schedule and since you don't really know my Father, he is an extremely detail oriented kind of person and prefers to have a schedule like "this" one.
Thank you for the "helpful" suggestions. You make some good points. I will change it to be a little more "easier" to follow for him.
I think its a little over the top. Haven't your parents watched the boys a lot before? They had Preston for two weeks when you went on vacay before, so I wouldn't even include anything for him.
I think part of the fun of being at grandma and grandpa's is getting to do things a little differently. I would just include a general schedule for the baby and let them figure out the rest.