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I need help/advice from you ladies!

LittleGusLittleGus member
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I know I don't usually post in this board, but I'm hoping for some advice or input.


DD is just over 6 months, and I love being home with her but hate the "at home" part.  For her first 5 months I did whatever and she did great on the fly with eating.sleeping.  Now that she's older we spend more time at home for play and whatnot, but I am struggling like whoa to get her on a schedule.


She is happy and healthy, but on absolutely no schedule.  Sometimes she naps 3x per day, other times its just once.  Sometimes she is awake 2 hours at a time, other times its 5 hours.  I am going absolutely crazy and feeling a slave to my house to try to iron this out.


Question is - do any of you NOT have schedules?  I don't know what to do anymore.  If I try to put her down at "naptime" she just screams in her bed, so I wait until she's tired.  If she is acting hungry but just nursed an hour ago, I'll nurse here again.  But lately I just feel like I've ruined her somehow and that she wants a schedule but I've failed her.

 Advice?  Support?  I feel totally lost.

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Re: I need help/advice from you ladies!

  • VrbkaVrbka
    im sorry hunny! im no help on the No schedule part as im a FIRM believer on schedule just makes things easier on baby and mommy!! i would work on getting her on one with a routine!! so she knows when its nap and bed time like lotion or a little rocking something!!! Good Luck!!
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  • sweetie645sweetie645 member
    At 6 months, neither of my kids were on schedules yet, but they were starting to develop...esp. with DS2.  I knew that about 2 hours after he woke up, he would be ready for a nap.   And that 2 hours after he woke up from that nap, he would need another.  And we just went from there. 
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  • nillian10nillian10
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    I think a set schedule is really difficult with a EBF baby, even at six months.  Does she seem happy?  If so, I'd keep following her cues and (hopefully -- what do I know) it will work itself out.


     



    I agree with this, and what I've found with DS. Hope it gets better for you!
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  • ilovelifeilovelife member

    Is there anything that gets her to take a nap? For my lo, he will only take a nap in his swing, watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and drinking juice/water from a sippy cup. It works for us, so that's what I'm sticking with.

    As for the schedule part, your lo will put herself on a schedule...once you get the naps worked out. My lo made his own schedule and I just followed.

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  • almostjenniferalmostjennifer member

    With my first baby, she ran the show and it was very tough.  So with my second I realized that i would be screwed if I let that happen again.   So I read "Babywise" which helped immensely.  "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" also helped.  He was on a solid schedule by 5 months which made him a MUCH easier baby.

     

    SAHM to DD1 (7), DS (5) and DD2 (1)
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