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My inlaws are coming to stay at our house in a couple weeks so LO can keep her routine while MH and I go out for a concert and then we're staying the night at the hotel/casino where the concert is at. LO is a very good baby and bedtime is usually pretty easy, but I expect some fussiness since it will be Nana putting her to bed instead of me. They'll be with her from about 4pm until about noon the next day.
I'm working on the list of her routine, and I am trying to decide if what I have so far is helpful, or crazy woman. Or should I not care that I might sound like a crazy woman as long as I am comfortable for the first time we leave her overnight? Here is what I have so far
-half jar baby food and 6 ounce bottle at 4pm
-Nap after bottle. She’ll likely sleep at least 30 minutes but no more than an hour
-Start bedtime between 7:15 and 7:45pm
-PJ’s and overnight diaper
-4 ounce bottle. She can have 6 if she wants it but usually only wants 4
- Rock her after bottle with lamp on. Ceiling fan on low and projector and music on
-You can rock her to sleep, or just put her in her crib with a paci. She likes to watch her mobile so crank that up once and leave the room with the door shut and she’ll usually fall asleep within minutes.
-Ryan keeps the house at 74, if that’s too hot for you feel free to lower it. If you do, you can put her in a sleep sack in addition to her jammies, but at 74 she’s warm enough in just her jammies. No blankets or stuffed animals please.
-6 ounce bottle (or 8 if she only had 4 at bedtime) around midnight. She usually mostly sleeps through it and goes back to bed very easily. She shouldn’t need a diaper change till morning
-6 ounce bottle whenever she wakes up, usually between 6am
and 8am. She usually plays in her jumper
when she first gets up but she’ll love whatever you want to do with her.
We’ll be home around noon 
My Pregnancy/Parenting BLOG TTC since 5/2011, BFP #1 12/3/11, M/C 12/7/11 @ 4wks 2d. Began seeing RE Sep 2012. October 2012 Metformin 1500 mg= ovulation on CD34 BFP#2 11/14/12 9DPO, EDD 7/26/13, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks, our angel born sleeping 3/24/13 @ 22wks 2d. BFP #3 7/4/13 8DPO EDD 3/22/14, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks. started insulin @16 wks. Our rainbow, born 3/19/14 @ 39wks 6d., we're so in love!
Re: overnight
I told her about it, showed her where it was, gave her a brief overview.
She never read it.
He survived.
She complained that some things she tried didn't work. After that, she read the notes I left.
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Good luck and have fun!!
My Pregnancy/Parenting BLOG TTC since 5/2011, BFP #1 12/3/11, M/C 12/7/11 @ 4wks 2d. Began seeing RE Sep 2012. October 2012 Metformin 1500 mg= ovulation on CD34 BFP#2 11/14/12 9DPO, EDD 7/26/13, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks, our angel born sleeping 3/24/13 @ 22wks 2d. BFP #3 7/4/13 8DPO EDD 3/22/14, DX Gestational Diabetes @14 wks. started insulin @16 wks. Our rainbow, born 3/19/14 @ 39wks 6d., we're so in love!
LO will be having her first sleep over at her grandmother's next weekend! It is my birthday and hubby and I are planning a much needed date night (haven't had one since early June). We are dropping her off, going to the movies (free tickets from his work), going to dinner ($75 in gift cards), then going home to try enjoy ONE NIGHT of not having to get up to feed & change baby. We will pick her up the next morning after we enjoy a warm cup of coffee together and maybe some breakfast.
Of course I will miss Sage but we really, REALLY need this and I know she's in good hands with my MIL.
Can. Not. Wait.