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New to 6-9 question on schedules

aadewittaadewitt member
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LO will be 6 months on Monday.  So far we have been going by his needs.  I mean that we give him bottles when hes hungry, we let him nap when hes tired.  He does have some what of a daily schedule, but of course its a REALLy rough idea of one.  At what age is it good to start getting them onto more of a routine/schedule.  Like between 8-9 morning nap, then bottle then 10-12 afternoon nap. 

or do I just go with the flow until hes much older? 

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Re: New to 6-9 question on schedules

  • E3A7AGGIEE3A7AGGIE member

    I'm a SAHM, and we're pretty flexible on his 'schedule'. I do the same thing as you and follow his cues. Some weeks we are on the go a lot (doing play groups, going on walks, running errands with my mom, etc), so it's kind of hard for me to stick to something strict without basically be bound to the house. 

    I'm hoping when he's more around 9 months to try for a "routine", but I'm not going to push it. It's kind of nice that's he's flexible, and is learning to go with the flow.

    We 100% have a bed time schedule/routine that we always stick to. Small bottle at 6:15, Bath time at 6:30, rock/nurse immediately after, bed by 7/71:15 (depending on how long he is in the bath and nurses). 

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  • khill86khill86 member
    Like the PP, the only thing set in stone for DS is bedtime. We eat dinner at 6, have a bath around 6:30, lotion, pyjamas, and nurse at 7pm, asleep by 7:30pm. That I do not waver on. The rest of the day we go with the flow.

    You'll find that if you have a strict bedtime, the rest of the day kind of falls into a natural routine. They'll wake up for the day around the same time, thus be tired for their first nap around the same time, etc.

    I actually tried to do a schedule early on because my one friend made it look so easy. But DS didn't work well with a schedule, and honestly, I found it stressful, too. In the same way that some adults need or don't want a schedule, some babies need one, some don't work well with one. I think it depends on you and your baby.
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  • Oliver715Oliver715 member
    Schedules are good from day 1 if you do it right and adjust as needed. It's more a routine. I used to be a teacher and number one rule is stick to a schedule. We have biological clocks for a reason. At least try to get baby into a sleep, eat, play routine. Babies do so much better with a routine. Many will disagree but if you try it you will see. ;)
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  • zbeesma86zbeesma86 member

    I've read so many things about scheduling and such and it's hard to do day to day.

    I don't have a set schedule. You cannot schedule life like that- too much happens that goes unaccounted.

    The only thing we have set is a night time routine.

    7:30 bath

    7:45 bottle and books

    7:50 rock

    8:00 bed

    As for during the day- she eats when shes hungry and sleeps when shes tired. 

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