Tresillian Daily Routines For Babies

[Trish]

As some of you know Tehya and I just spent a week at Tresillian. I though some of you might like to look at their suggested routine for bubs.

* Tired signs are rubbing eyes, tugging at ears or hair, grizzly or fussy behaviour.


4 - 6 Months *Settle according to tired signs

Early Morning (5-7am)
Milk Feed on waking
Sleep

Mid Morning (9-11am)
Milk feed
Play
Sleep
Play (optional)

Midday (1-3pm)
Milk Feed
Play
Sleep
Play(optional)

Evening (5-7pm)

Milk feed
Bath
Quiet time
Sleep

9-11pm Milk feed

2-3am Milk feed
(optional)

6-8 Months

Early Morning (5-7am)
Milk feed on waking
May return to sleep

Breakfast (7-9am)
Milk feed (optional)
Solids
Play
Sleep
Play

Lunch (11.30 - 1pm)Milk feed
Solids
Play
Sleep

Mid Afternoon
Water
Play
Short sleep if needed (wake by approx 4.30pm)

Dinner (5-6.30pm)
Milk feed
Bath
Solids
Quiet time
Sleep

Optional evening milk feed prior to midnight


8 to 10 Months

Early Morning (6am)
Milk feed on waking or after breakfast

Breakfast (7-8.30am)
Solids
Milk feed (if not given at 6am)
Play
Sleep

Mid Morning (if awake)
Water/ snack optional
Play

Lunch (11.30 - 1pm)
Solids
Milk feed
Play
Sleep

Mid Afternoon (if awake)
Water/snack optional
Play
Short sleep if needed (wake by approx 4pm)

Dinner (5-6.30pm)
Solids
Bath
Milk feed
Quiet time
Sleep (6.30-7.30pm)


Take care
Trish

[Debbie Lee]

That's interesting, Trish. Gabby follows a very similar routine but she got herself into it. The 6-8 month guide will be handy for me to refer to once she is starting to eat more food.
Thanks for sharing that!

[heather]

Thanks Trish for the info. Hendrix is also doing this routine by himself but ill copy the routine for later when solids are introduced.

[{sarah}]

Zander sort of has a similar routine except he gets up & stays up later.

[Gemma]

Thanks for the info Trish.

[{sarah}]

Hey Trish, just wondered - they say 3 solids meals a day for 6-8 months, but Zander isn't starting until next week - are you supposed to go straight into 3 meals?

[Debbie Lee]

I was wondering the same thing, Sarah. Gabby's only on 1 meal a day atm. Maybe it's just what you build up to over those 2 months. I've heard they start to look for more food pretty quickly.

[christy]

I went to a similar place in QLD called Riverton where there are nurses who work at both Tresillian & Riverton, they told me that these routines can vary depending on when you introduce solids, so bubs who have been on solids from 4mths, by the time they are 6 months they are having 3 meals a day, but when you are introducing foods etc you start with one meal a day until you have a few standard foods you are feeding & can introduce a second meal. So when Matilda was 6 months she had 2 meals a day with rice cereal in the morning & vege paste stuff in the arvo.... then within 2 months she was on 3 small meals a day.

[Trish]

What Christie says is right. Unfortunately they just didn't write that on their forms. I bet it confuses alot of first time mums.

Tehya was only on 1 meal of solids a day before we went in. After having her milk feeds cut back to 4 hourly I upped her solids to 2 a day as she was hungry. She will eat pretty much most things that I give her now, including bits of toast 8-[

It does say on the forms that the routine is only a guide as all babies are different.


Take care
Trish

[Trish]

OH look what I found.

Thought I might bump it back up

[Beach Mama]

Thanks Trish!!! Izzy is in this sort of routine too that she sort of got herself into -(with a little nudge from mwa ) and has even gone back to feeding in the middle of the night - aawwww nice for her !! Hehee hopefully by the time she starts solids at 6mths that feed will drop off again!!

[Ozziehoffy]

Wow... Oskar is in a routine very similar to the 4-6 month (without the early morning feed) and he did that himself... amazing. I never knew there was a pattern so to speak.