Share with me your typical day-to-day routine!
We don't really have one but I would like to get a more regular nap time routine going. I demand feed though so I find it hard to work out when exactly she's going to want a sleep coz it all depends what time she wakes up and has her first feed of the day which can vary!!
we have no routine except at nighttime!!
during the day it all depends on what time DD wakes, she feeds around the 3 hr mark i demand feed so can be 2 hourly! she still only lasts around 75-90 mins before needing sleep, so thats our pattern!!
i work around her as much as i can, she can nap right up until 6pm when its bath time, book boob and bed by 7pm, thats the only part of the day that is routine!
I find she roughly has feeds within half hour of same time. Generally wakes 12:30am-1:00am at night then in the morning anywhere between 6-7:30 so then after that its 10, 1, 4, 7 or just after.
Sleep times vary, bedtime is always the same between 7-7:30pm but during the day it varies, usually she sleeps not long after feeds, depends on how long her previous nap was for, lately been 30-40mins.
When I had DD1 a friend gave me a spreadsheet she'd made on the computer to fill in feed, sleep, awake and unsettled times and you will actually find after a few days of doing it there is a rough pattern there. Maybe try writing down and see what pattern you have going and try work a little routine into her already existing pattern.
We don't have a day routine but we do have a night routine. I've let DD fall into her own routines because as they grow and develop their routine/times they do things change so I tend to just go with the flow of DD. I don't get stressed about times or anything then. I see so many ppl trying to stick to strict routines (during day) and they seem so stressed about it all as baby changes etc.
Our typical day starts at 7am. DD wakes usually 630 - 7am. Boob, then solids then play.... around 0930/10am she shows tired signs so i put her down to sleep.(although today she wanted to sleep at 830!) Will probably sleep about 45mins. Then boob again she feeds about 3hrly too. And then playtime she is usually then tired again around 130pm so i try to be home then and she has a 1hr sleep around that time and then sometimes feeds to sleep. Depends what she needs that day. Play in the afternoon until about 430pm when she gets grizzly and i put her down but she only sleeps 20mins this time of the day usually. She has 3 day sleeps. this is her routine she fell into herself.
Bedtime routine starts 515pm boob, 530pm solids, 545pm cuddles with daddy, 6pm shower with daddy or bath with mummy, 615pm boob again 630pm into bed. asleep by 7pm.
(i know DD is 6mths but she isnt much older than Grace lol)
I try not to do things by the clock, but DD ends up napping around the same time generally,so
7am wake up and generally have boob in bed with me and we go back to sleep untill
9am get up have solids, boob then play and hang about... around 11 its sleepy time(ongoing battle generally cries for about half an hour) sleeps for half
11.30-12 DP gets home so we will hang out then solids,boob then play... then will have her arvo nap at about 2 or 3...
She only sleeps for half an hour at each nap, then depending on her mood bed time goes..
5-6pm- Solids, bath, boob, book and then in bed between 6 and seven.
Thanks guys, you all sound like you're doing the same as us anyway. I guess we do have a kind of a routine if I think about it her feeds are usually 6.30, 9.30, 12.30, 3.30, 5.30, 7.30. It just feels like I'm so disorganised and never know what's going to happen during the day but I guess I'm not! Yay! Just wish the amount of sleep was a little more predictable!!
The only routine I have for my 5 month old is feeds during the day. 1st one is between 6-8am (he has fed at 5am as well, so not really first feed) and then 11am, 3pm and 6.30pm. Bed by 7pm. I am strict with that.
Have just introduced solids and am giving him one meal at 5pm. keeping milk feeds the same. The next meal I introduce will be breakfast, prob about 7.30 as he usually goes down at about 8am for a sleep.
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What's your 5-month old's routine like?
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