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Scheduling visits for a baby with no schedule

*sparky**sparky* member
in April 2014 Moms
My dad and his Wife live close by and like to try to come visit once a week or so. Which is fine but we are still not on any sort of consistent nap schedule during the day so on any given day I don't know when she'll be napping or awake.

In other words, some days she'll take a 3-hr nap in the middle of the day, sometimes she will only take 45-minute naps. It is still very unpredictable.

The only thing I know about today is that I have to leave to pick DS up from camp at a certain time so if she is napping I have to wake her up for that. I don't want to disrupt another nap for visitors. At the same time I know my dad and his wife don't want to sit here with me while DD naps upstairs.

So WDYD or WWYD? Just pick a time and if she's sleeping when they get here just say oh well she's asleep? They just want to come by for an hour. What are some other options that don't include waking the baby up when they get here?

And it's pretty normal that we're not on any sort of schedule yet, right? She just turned 2 months.

 

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Re: Scheduling visits for a baby with no schedule

  • AmberLiz99AmberLiz99 member
    2 month olds don't usually have a timed schedule, Could you have them come over as soon as you get home with your ds? Since you'll be getting out of the car they would get to see her even if she is tired.
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  • J&NLJ&NL member
    They can still visit when the baby is napping. Your baby is still making its own schedule all scheduling around that is a pain. They can see awe her when she's napping and chances are she will wake up before they leave anyways.
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  • diamondtaurusdiamondtaurus member
    Since they live close, could you tell them you'll call them when she wakes up? That way they're pretty much guaranteed to see her awake....
    But I'm in the same boat with my MIL. She has sat here and just stared at DD before, lol!
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  • *sparky**sparky* member
    I just said they are welcome to come by whenever but she may be upstairs sleeping or I may be upstairs feeding her (I am not BFing in front of my dad).

     

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  • Jodash24Jodash24 member
    If she's sleeping then she's sleeping there's nothing much you can do about that, that being said my FIL sits talking to LO - when he's asleep until he finally wakes up, mil will leave LO sleep but as soon as I leave the room she will pick him up argh! Hopefully you haven't got that too!
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  • joyfullyfoundjoyfullyfound member
    It's totally normal that she's not on a schedule yet, that doesn't usually happen until 6-ish months... sometimes longer. 

    If people come to visit when DS is sleeping, we just chat until he wakes up. If he doesn't wake up, I just make my apologies and explain he's had a hard day and I'd prefer he keep sleeping. I feel bad... but I'd feel worse if I had a screaming, overtired infant. *shrug* 




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  • chichi589chichi589 member
    Can they hold her while she sleeps? That's what I would do she's only little once. That or call when she wakes up
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  • LaNorteLaNorte member
    I got in a fight with DH about this last week - our LO has a pretty consistent routine but not always at the same time. He'll usually nap after his morning feeding, which is usually around 9ish. Well, DH invited family over to visit at 11, and LO was late going down forms nap that day. So after he was only sleeping for about 45 minutes, DH went in and woke him up! I made sure to have him take care of the crabby baby that afternoon. I would NOT wake him up just so people could see him.
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