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slave to the schedule and don't care!
Anyone else really not care that their schedule controls their life. I don't know if it's me just being an older first time mom, but there is some comfort in knowing that when we stick to the schedule, everyone is happy. I don't care if I'm mostly homebound when I'm not at work. I enjoy just relaxing at home with my babies. I've had many years to be living it up prior to babies.
I guess I started thinking about this when we were out last night for a wedding. We had the sitter until 11pm, but we were home by 8:30pm. We just couldn't hang anymore and after a couple glasses of wine, I was ready for bed! There were two couples there, both with one month old babies and they actually brought those babies and they were there longer than we were! I couldn't imagine bringing mine out when they were that age, during cold and flu season and that late at night. For one, I wouldn't want to be out that late when they were that little. I would be sleeping. But those little guys just slept the whole time!
Maybe I'm just old, but I like my schedule :-)
Oh, and I have to add, that everyone at our table was complaining about how much they dread bedtime for their older kids and how much of a fight it is. Ours go down so easily and I know things will change at every stage, but I like to think that we are at least starting things off right so we aren't in their shoes 5 years from now.
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Re: slave to the schedule and don't care!
I loved having a schedule- it allowed me TO get out of the house- b/c i knew when to expect to have to feed them, etc.
my boys are all great sleepers- go to bed easily, nap easily - and I credit babywise and them being on a schedule from day 1. I truly believe giving them good sleep habits sets them up for a happier life all around. I know I'm happier when I sleep well!
My guys buck any schedule we try so we wing it every day. We have a loose routine during the day. It works for us. If we're going out, we just go out and drag the babies along with us regardless if they need to nap or not or eat at whatever time. They seriously fight any schedule we try so H and I said "fvck it". It was stressing us out worse trying to force them to do things they clearly didn't want to do. It pains me as an "A" type personality that thrives on schedules but that's how the babies like it.
As for bedtime and naps we're lucky too. They go down for both without a fight. They just go to sleep -- no intervention. Just swaddle, soother, walk away. I feel pretty damn lucky for that.
I have a love/hate relationship with our schedule. It's frustrating to be a slave to it, but, just the same, it's always nice to know when the babies will eat, when they should sleep, and that if we follow that, things will generally be okay. For me, the hard part is the anxiety about any deviations from the schedule and what will happen if we don't follow it. I worry that they'll be 5 years old and will have never left the house because of my fear of messing up their schedule.