Haha, vic - I worry about being a pushover too... I can't help it when he looks at me with his cheeky little face. It's just too cute. Maybe when they get older it will be easier to be fair but firm with them?!
I'm curious what everyone's routines/activities are like atm? Nap times & for how long, what they're eating, what activities (play) they're enjoying atm. I'm feeling a bit lost with ds's sleep still, wondering if I tweaked his sleep, play or eating it would make a difference... I'm desperate!
Yeah, where did my post go? strange....I have a friend who's little boy refuses to sleep. He rarely does a 2 hour stint. It drives her mad, but she has a 5 year old too so has it perks sometimes like kinder drop off etc. Sometimes it's frustrating when I need to go somewhere and I have to wait for her to wake up!
DS is a pretty good sleeper. His wake up time is between 6.30am and 7am. We give him a bottle on the change table while we puts on a fresh nappy and his PJ's (he sleeps in a button up singlet with sleeves no pants and a sleeping bag). Then he roams around in his bedroom/ lounge room until breakfast at 8am (1 kids weetbix with cows milk). Then he gets dressed and we are out the door by 8.30am I drop him off at daycare 4 days a week. There he plays, has morning tea (it varies depending on the menu, usually fruit platter). He has lunch around 11.30am which I pack. Half a cheese spread sandwich, tub of yogurt (kids one) and some fruit (couple of strawberries or mandarin). He has a bottle just before bed and goes down around 12pm - 12.30pm for around 2.5 - 3 hours. I get them to wake him after 3 hours as he can sleep up till 4 hours. I say no longer than 3 hours and to wake up no later than 3.30pm no matter when he went to sleep. He has afternoon tea (again whatever is on the menu). Around 4pm he gets a bit grizzly so a bit of bottle (normally wont drink it all) and I pick him up at 5.00pm. He roams around home and dinner is usually 5.45pm. I make up batches of vegies and just heat them and add protein. Either chicken, tuna, home made spaghetti bog. He like chicken schnitzel cut up like little nuggets. He is trying to feed himself so he has a spoon and I have a spoon. Desert can be more yogurt, occasionally custard. I try not to give him more fruit if he has had heaps at daycare. We eat at 6.00pm. He plays while we eat/clean up kitchen. Normally one of us will play in his room with him from 6.30pm till 7.00pm, while the other finishes the kitchen/ makes phone call etc. I find he really loves that time of night. Then its bath, bottle and bed. Usually in bed by 7.30 at the latest. He pretty much sleeps through. Wakes me for a dummy if he cant find it himself. I watch him sometimes looking for them and can usually find them himself.
The 3 days he is home with me we stick to that routine pretty much. I take him to playgroup Friday mornings and Kindergym Saturday mornings. Sunday is a pj morning followed by visiting friends in the afternoon. We play a lot. We have an outdoor area and I have his CD player and get the music cranking. He is into opening and closing things. Cause and effect toys. Music, musical instruments. He loves his ride on cars and his red coupe car. Although mostly its opening and closing the door He like to draw, but is not really into playdough yet. He loves cooking things. Little pots and pans and fake food. He loves bubbles. His mini trampoline. Not really into snuggly toys.
Vic, is Jack not a big eater? Dd has 2 weetbix with milk, sometimes 3!! Or is she just a little piggy? Actually daycare said that the other week she finished her lunch and then grabbed the kid next hers and ate it
Re: Babies Born ~ July 2013 #1
He like to draw, but is not really into playdough yet. He loves cooking things. Little pots and pans and fake food. He loves bubbles. His mini trampoline. Not really into snuggly toys. 
Bookmarks