Tresillian Daily Routines For Babies

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

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!

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

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

Thanks for the info Trish.

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?

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.

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.

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

OH look what I found.

Thought I might bump it back up :D

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!!

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.