Just curious what your typical daily routine's are like?

By Amy~moderator on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 02:59 pm:

Well I have an 8 month old. I don't know if this is what you are looking for.

He wakes up between 8 and 9am. I nurse him, then feed him infant cereal with applesauce or some other fruit. I sometimes give him half a slice of toast afterwards with some diluted juice in a sippy cup. Then I lay him down on the floor for playtime. His brothers and I take turns playing with him. His brothers play with him or he plays alone while I serve breakfast and make beds, do laundry, etc. He then takes a nap around 11am or so. Wakes up around 1pm, eats lunch - vegetable and fruit, biter biscuit, etc. with diluted juice. Then I nurse him. More playtime for about an hour or so. Sometimes we bring him outside while his brothers play. More juice and a snack. Daddy comes home and plays with him for awhile. Then another nap. He wakes up about 4 or 5pm. I nurse him. Brothers and Daddy play with him or he plays alone until dinner time. We give him some of what we eat for dinner. He eats in his highchair that we pull up to the table so that he can eat with us. Then I give him whatever he didn't have of our dinner, i.e. jar veggie, fruit, etc. He plays a little while longer, and then I nurse him and put him to bed in his crib at about 9pm.

Is that what you were looking for?

By Robyn on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 09:25 pm:

Yes, thank-you so much Amy!

By Amy~moderator on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 12:33 am:

Your welcome, Robyn!

By Dawnk777 on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 09:10 am:

That sounds about right for what I did with kids when they were babies! I always felt like I got them up, got them dressed, fed them, and then they were ready for that first nap already. With my first one, I would get her up, dressed and fed, run to the grocery store for groceries, come home and she would fall asleep in her car seat. With her, I would be able to lay her down on the ground, carefully pull off her snow suit, pick her back up again and lay her down in her crib without her waking up!

Of course, when she was little, I was still working full-time, and she didn't nap much at the daycare, so she made up for it on my days off.

With the younger one, she would always wake up when we got into the house.

By Robyn on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 10:35 am:

Thank-you so much Dawn!

By Melana on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 04:20 pm:

I have a 9 month old and the day starts out with getting up at anywhere from 6-7 in the morning, then getting changed, eating a bottle and some cereal, playing in her walker or on the floor. Daddy comes home to change into his BDUs, she'll play with him for about 20 min then when he leaves she's down for a nap at nine. That usually consists of a lot of crying, then up again anywhere from 9:45 to 11. then up to play some more and maybe have another bottle and a snack. She'll play till two or three then nap again till around 4 or five. She gets up, eats again and plays with daddy when he gets home at night. Goes to bed at around 7:30 or 8.

By Robyn on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 09:35 am:

Thank-you so much Melana!

By Debbie on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 10:32 am:

I remember with my oldest ds we had a really set schedule. He would wake up around 6 or 7am. I would feed him and we would play. He would nap at 10am until noon and then I would give him lunch. When the weather was nice I would try and take him outside to play or we would play inside. He would then take another nap at around 3 until around 4:30 or 5. I would then feed him dinner with us. He would play with dh and then he was in bed around 8pm. Now, with my youngest, it was hard to get him on a schedule. He would always take these short cat naps. It was really hard until he was around a year old.

By Boxzgrl on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 11:04 am:

It seems like we all overall have the same routine for our DKs

With Kaitlyn she wakes up at 5:00 or so and immediately wants a bottle then she likes sleeping for another hour or so. We actually get out of bed between 6-7 am. I change her diaper and she plays with her toys. I feed her breakfast which usually consists of cereal and a jar of food. She plays more and takes a nap about 10:00. (Thats when I clean the house) She wakes up around 11 and has lunch and we go run whatever errands I have that day and were home by 2 (just in time for Passions!!) and I put her down for another nap. Shes up about 3 and by that time Dads home so they play while I figure out whats for dinner. DH goes to job 2 for 2-3 hours and I entertain Kaitlyn while cooking. DH is home by dinner, we all have a family dinner and DH and I sit down and talk while Kaitlyn plays with her toys. Shes in bed by 8 and were in bed by 10. The next day.... same thing....over...and over....!!!

By Robyn on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 01:52 pm:

Thank-you so much Debbie and Boxzgrl!