[beautifulboy]

I am a mom to a 6.5 month old boy. At our house we've been working on moving and cleaning and redecorating (we're going away fro the summer and subletting) and so I've been pretty distracted and I fear that the baby has had no regularity in his day. As a result he's been very grumpy and has no regular nap time anymore. Could you describe your day for me? What time do you wake up/go to bed/nap ususally? What about meal times (if you're feeding solids)? Do you go to any baby classes during the day (music, etc)? Help! I need some inspiration to get us back on track.

 

[my3pirates]

Well, my LO is 7.5 months old...

She usually wakes around 6:30.
Breakfast at 8:00 (nurses then some fruit or yogurt).
She goes down for a nap around 9:00 am.
We usually go to the gym after she wakes...sometime between 10:00-11:00.
She nurses again at 12:00.
Generally she goes down for a nap around 12:30/1:00.
She nurses around 4:00 and then has another nap until 5:00/5:15.
I give her some veggies when we have dinner.
Then it is bath at 7:00 and nursing to sleep between 7:30/8:00 pm.

Hope that helps!

 

[amberg007]

My dd is 7mo and we really don't have a "schedule" I just follow her lead and meet her needs as the day progresses. I can usually predict when her naps will occur based on her wake up time (which varies by an hour or so) and I can usually count on her nursing every 2 hrs. She has been exploring with solids but I don't consistently give her foods on any schedule. When I do give her something, it's around dinner time. During the day it's alot of floor play, reading, watching baby einstein (she LOVES it), walks, or other outings but we havent experimented with any classes as of yet. Bedtime routine begins b/n 7 & 7:30 (bath, sometimes a story, nursing, bed) and she is usually sleeping by 8.

 

[TripMom]

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Originally Posted by my3pirates Well, my LO is 7.5 months old... She usually wakes around 6:30. Breakfast at 8:00 (nurses then some fruit or yogurt). She goes down for a nap around 9:00 am. We usually go to the gym after she wakes...sometime between 10:00-11:00. She nurses again at 12:00. Generally she goes down for a nap around 12:30/1:00. She nurses around 4:00 and then has another nap until 5:00/5:15. I give her some veggies when we have dinner. Then it is bath at 7:00 and nursing to sleep between 7:30/8:00 pm. Hope that helps!

that schedule sure brings back memories. I think mine skipped the 5 pm nap by then though - and went down for the night at 6 or 6:30 . . . .

 

[metafisica]

My son is 6 and a half

he wakes up at 7, I nurse him in futile attempts to get some more sleep

, we are up around 7:30, 8, he will nurse again around 10 and then fall asleep for a half hour or so. This is a time for me to finish all the household duties (laundry, cleaning, cooking)Bath time at 11:30, followed by a bottle at 12, shortly after he will fall asleep until 2 o'clock, then wake up again, then play time, no reading (hes fascinated by books and keeps tearing up the pages

, bottle again at 4, short nap around 5:30, some tv time for me, maybe a short walk, cause then the weather gets cooler, and at 7:30 he gets the last bottle followed by vegetables/fruit mixed into the rice cereal, change of clothes, nightime diaper and then I nuse him off to sleep. He will wake up around 12 to nurse again, and that's it until he starts laughing and pulling my nightgown at 7 in the morning

Would just like to add that he came up witht his shedule all by himself

 

[Logan's mommy]

Ds2 wakes up between 10am and noon

Naps about 2 hours later for about an hour

We play around for a bit

Naps again for about an hour

Plays with dh for a bit

Last nap is between 7-9pm

He goes to bed for the night between midnight and 2 am (I'm a nightowl, and he's kind of fallen into a nightowl schedule)

Our day isn't very structured, I just go with the flow and follow his lead. We aren't doing any solids yet.

PS, he will be 7 months on the 23rd.

 

[Anissina]

DS will be 7 months on the 2nd of May. We really don't have a schedule. He never wakes up at the same time, but it's usually between 9 and 10am. He almost never takes naps. Sometimes he'll fall asleep nursing, but he'll only stay asleep for about 20 minutes. He spends the majority of his day on the floor exploring and learning (while mommy sews, cooks, and cleans). We'll play together for quite a while, but mommy does have to get some things done. He has a jumparoo that he loves. He plays in that when I have to do something that requires a lot of my attention.
Daddy comes home between 530 and 730pm and then it's major play time! He just loves his daddy. We usually go to bed around 9, he nurses to sleep and sleeps mostly through the night, waking up only once to nurse.

I guess I feel kind of bad for not having a schedule, but I don't want to force anything on him.

 

[asoulunbound]

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My baby will be 6 mths Saturday, and we really don't have a schedule. She gets up, eats, plays, sleeps, eats again lol. We aren't doing solids yet.

 

[Evelynmia'smom]

My DD is 8 months on Thursday. We don't have a "schedule" but I try to make sure her days are somewhat predictible.

Wake around 6ish...sometimes 5:30
nurse
breakfast (fruit/oatmeal) around 7ish
floor time/play with dog/listen to music
nap between 8:30/9 (nurse)
10/10:30 up from nap
play....walk, playdate, run errands, etc.
12/12:30 nurse....lunch
nap around 1ish
usually a very short nap...30 minutes
2-5:30 play, walk, run errands etc. (nurse around 4)
5:30 start getting ready for bed...bath, massage, story nurse sleep by 6:15

 

[skolbut]

Neither of my kids were/are on a schedule at this point. I actually kindof like it this way, it's actually hard to have to land somewhere for ds1 to take his one afternoon nap, I'd rather have more flexibility!

Let's see... we're up by 8 at the latest. DS2 usually is up by 7 for a bottle then plays with dh while he gets ready for work. Ds1 gets food, baby gets a bottle around 9, some cereal or avocado or banana if he still acts hungry. DS2 takes a morning nap around 10, sometimes earlier sometimes later. 45 minutes max. We eat lunch around noon, baby gets a bottle. Sometimes naps around noon for an hour and then again at 4 for an hour... or will go down at 2 and then again at 5 or 6. DS1 is asleep around 1 or 2 and will sleep for 2 hours almost to the minute. We do a round of diapers/snacks/bottle at 3:30/4ish, then dinner at 6. Baby gets rice and something to munch on in the mesh feeder. Last round of diapers/snack/bottle at 7:30 and bed by 8. Sometimes baby wants a midnight bottle too.

Of course if I have any playdates or errands this gets thrown out the window.

At this point for ds1 he slept through the night 8pm to 7am, and took 4 or 5 20 minute naps throughout the day. We never really got on schedule until closer to a year, and now with 2, I just don't worry about it.

 

[Yiskah64]

DD is 6.5 months old (almost exactly).

She is ALL OVER the place for me. For instance yesterday morning she slept for 1.5 hours (I was so floored I didn't know what to do with myself) and today she had a 5 minute morning nap, was wide awake, went down for a 25 minute nap hours later and it's almost 5 and she's has just gone down for her 2nd or 3rd (more like 2nd) nap.

She goes to bed when I do (in between 10 and 11 PM) and wakes up anywhere in between 8-10:30 AM. That's probably why her naps vary so much. But normally she will have a 30 minute nap around 11, another 30 minute nap at 1-2, and MAYBE a third 30 minute before DH gets home. Once DH gets home she'll be up 'till we all go to bed.

She'll nurse to sleep every time and will generally have 1 or 2 feeds where she's not nursing herself to sleep. So she eats maybe every 1.5 hours.

We haven't started solids yet.

I wouldn't worry about it unless, like you said, you notice a difference in DS. But that may just be him adjusting to not having a schedule. HTH!

 

[Honey693]

DD is 6 months and we don't have a schedule per say, but this is how our day plays out.

Wake up between 930-1110am.
Diaper change, I shower, she plays, we play.
Errands, playgroup or bumming around until 1.
Between 1-2 she falls asleep.
She sleeps for 30-90 minutes.
Wake up, play, run more errands if we need to.
Nap around 5.
Solids around 6.
Nap around 8.
Playing until 11.
Final diaper change, into our bed, reading for me playing for her.
Nurse to sleep between 1130pm-1230am.

I didn't put most diaper changes or feeds on there b/c those vary sooo much day to day.

 

[sgmom]

My daughter will be 7 months in a few days. I still go by her schedule (feed on demand, watch for tired cues, etc), but I try to keep her on a rough schedule.

She's just starting solids so there's a lot of "bites of my food" where food is concerned. There's also a lot of breastfeeding, as my milk supply is low so I offer every couple hours to make sure my supply stays up. She doesn't always take it though, which is fine.

7am She wakes me up
8am Breastfeed
9-ish Cereal (sometimes)
10am Breastfeed or formula (if she didn't feed well at 8)
10-11 (ish) Nap
12 Share with her whatever I'm eating for lunch
1:30 Breast and/or bottle (usually breast)
2-3or4 Nap
5 Breast or formula (hubby gets home from work around now)
6 Share whatever I'm eating for dinner
7 Bath, then breast or bottle... sometimes not in that order
8 Bed

And some time in there, we try to get outside for at least 10-15 minutes (2-3 times per day) to play with the dog and get some sunshine. Go for a walk, play in the yard... anything to just get away from the "routine".

We're also renovating our entire house (upstairs floor, downstairs, well, everything). AND I'm a WAHM.

My day is pretty damn boring, really... More of the same. Over and over and over...

I value the times where I can get out of the house for several hours at a time. Even if that means going shopping at night, and letting her sleep in the sling (or sometimes shopping cart). She's SUCH a good girl when we're out.

Point being, aside from the breastfeeding every couple hours, we go by her schedule, but we also try to keep it (her schedule) as regular as possible... even when we're not at home.

 

[beautifulboy]

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Originally Posted by my3pirates Well, my LO is 7.5 months old... She usually wakes around 6:30. Breakfast at 8:00 (nurses then some fruit or yogurt). She goes down for a nap around 9:00 am. We usually go to the gym after she wakes...sometime between 10:00-11:00. She nurses again at 12:00. Generally she goes down for a nap around 12:30/1:00. She nurses around 4:00 and then has another nap until 5:00/5:15. I give her some veggies when we have dinner. Then it is bath at 7:00 and nursing to sleep between 7:30/8:00 pm. Hope that helps!

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I think this is my dream routine, or the one I'm shooting for this week at least.

I think part of it is that my Ped has been messing me up. I'm surprised to read that there are so many babies that aren't really doing solids 3x a day. My ped says I should be feeding him solids 3 meals a day. We're mostly BLW (and happily nursing away), so baby is eating a chunk of apple/pear/banana/avocado 3x a day. But now I see that maybe I'm pushing it too much because he's really tired and fussy at the end of the day, so 2x a day will be fine for us.

Mostly I'm just shooting for some regularity. If the baby is tired he naps too early in the day for too short of a time and then wakes up tired and needs another catnap in an hour or so, which he then wakes up from sometimes tired again....so for us waking at 6am and then a nap at 8:30/9 until 10-11 is great and then another nap at 1 and then another one around 4 and then bedtime at 7-8ish. That's what I'm thinking anyway.

thanks everyone!

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[CrunchyChristianMama]

My DD is 7 mo today! woo hoo! Here's what our days look like...

7ish - wake up and nurse
9-9:30 - nurse and go down for a nap
sleep about 1 1/2 hours
nurse
1-2ish - nurse and go down for another nap
sleep another 1 1/2 - 2 hours
wake up and nurse
nurse
nurse
nurse
(She likes to eat but refuses to swallow solid food)
8 - down for the night
She eats once in the night as well.

I like that I know the general times she does things, it helps me plan my day.

 

[hdmum]

DS is 7 and 1/2 months old and a quiet day at home is usually like this- he wakes up between 5 and 7:30 for nursing and a sleepy snuggle. We get up about 8:00 and he eats something (fruit? Sweet potato? Cereal?)around 9:00. Then he plays or whatever, until he is tired and nurses again. Sometimes he then naps, or sometimes continues to play and then naps later, at about noon. He sleeps for 1 or 2 hours, then nurses, plays, etc. Sometimes he naps for 1/2 hour to 1 hour in the late afternoon. Then at about 6pm he eats something (Split peas? Sweet potato? Banana?) and plays until the bedtime routine is started at 7:30. This takes a long time in our household, so he is usually asleep by 8:30 or 9:00.

*However* On a day when there are visitors around or I have stress or the day after a big day out, he isn't on this usual track, so I just have to follow his lead. Sometimes it can be interesting, like a nap from 9am-12pm, or fussing all afternoon.

In terms of how many times a day I feed him solids, I have learned by trial and error. I offered food at random times of day when I thought he was hungry, but morning and early evening have simply worked the best, and he usually sleeps through the midday anyway.

 

[crosscat]

Times vary a bit, depending on when she wakes up, but here's a typical day for my 6 month old and me:

6:30 Wake
7:00 Breakfast (we do BLW, so I just give her a banana or something to play with while I eat)
7:30 Nap 1
9-9:30 Wake - Play, go for a walk, read, hang out, etc
11-11:30 Nap 2
1:30 Wake - Play, go for a walk, dance to music, read, hang out, etc
3:30-4 Nap 3 (short nap - I usually wear her or hold her during this one)
4:30-5 - Play, watch Daddy cook while being worn by Mama
6-7 - DINNER and clean-up. Low-key play, read, bath with Mama (if needed)
8-8:30 - Bed

We used to do Itsy Bitsy Yoga once a week, but it always seemed to interfere with her naptime, so we're setting a few sessions out until she gets a little older.

Different children have different temperaments, and regularity is one facet of temperament. My daughter happens to be very regular (in the sense that she sort of has her own regular routine; she chose this schedule, not me), but some babies might not enjoy a schedule like hers. Also she's reaching an age where I expect a transition to less daytime sleep and more nighttime sleep soon.

 

[my3pirates]

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Originally Posted by beautifulboy : I think this is my dream routine, or the one I'm shooting for this week at least. I think part of it is that my Ped has been messing me up. I'm surprised to read that there are so many babies that aren't really doing solids 3x a day. My ped says I should be feeding him solids 3 meals a day. We're mostly BLW (and happily nursing away), so baby is eating a chunk of apple/pear/banana/avocado 3x a day. But now I see that maybe I'm pushing it too much because he's really tired and fussy at the end of the day, so 2x a day will be fine for us. Mostly I'm just shooting for some regularity. If the baby is tired he naps too early in the day for too short of a time and then wakes up tired and needs another catnap in an hour or so, which he then wakes up from sometimes tired again....so for us waking at 6am and then a nap at 8:30/9 until 10-11 is great and then another nap at 1 and then another one around 4 and then bedtime at 7-8ish. That's what I'm thinking anyway. thanks everyone! :

I am definitely a Momma who operates better on a schedule. Kudos to those who don't need one, but my brain is hard-wired for scheduling and list making

. To be honest, I started with the eating schedule and the rest kind of fell into place. My dd eats 4x/day during the "day" hours (nurses 4x, solids 2x) Obviously, with 3 older children enrolled in various activities, there has to be some flexibility, but this has become a schedule that I can rely on.

Of course, I say that and it will all change.