a few questions - General Parenting

Nickschic · 12-10-2005, 11:06 PM

ok i have a few things I want to ask since I am a new mommy
first one is I know its important to have a daily routine but at what age should it be started? and how many of you follow one? and this one sounds crazy even to me but how do you keep up the routine everyday and still go to dr appointments and i love to be spontaiuos and just say hey lets go to the mall would that thow it all off? and those of you that do have one can you give me an example yours? Thanks

Frankie Lee · 12-10-2005, 11:13 PM

I try to keep a routine for Robby, it's easier! We try to wake him up at the same time, change his diaper, eat breakfast, play, have a snack or bottle, play, check diaper, eat lunch, take noon nap, change diaper when he has woke up from his nap, snack time again, playtime with big kids and Daddy, maybe go to the park, eat dinner, take a bath and put on jams, then another bottle snack and bedtime at about 8 or 9.

Jill · 12-10-2005, 11:16 PM

since trent is only 3 months old we on his schedule. which means he eats every 2-2 1/2 hours. between that time he either takes a 30 minute nap or plays the whole time. i try to plan everything i want to do the day before. i have not gotten the whole nursing in public yet so i try to leave right after he eats and be home for his next feeding.

~~Bex~~ · 12-10-2005, 11:24 PM

i kinda followed a "schedule" based on zoe's needs and what i felt was best for her... though allowing for some variance when needed.

to this day, she's very easily adaptable

Caimbrie · 12-10-2005, 11:42 PM

Getting them on some kind of schedule as early as possible is best. I have my kids on a schedule somewhat.. but we do screw with it on weekends or days my husband has off to go out and whatnot.. but they get right back on it when we are home.

airyn1 · 12-11-2005, 01:29 AM

The only schedule we have is at night and even that isn't 100% there all the time. Mara never had her days and nights mixed up so I have never really had a need for a schedule with her. When she was a baby we had more of a schedule with bottles and naps and everything, but now we're very spontaneous and do whatever we want, when we want.

Kaymara · 12-11-2005, 07:16 AM

Ethabn pretty much established his own schedule. I let him guide me and now its been great. We started young. Probably 4-5 months and I changed his schedule as he needed. like when he dropped naps etc. And we readjust as needed for appts, going out etc.

His schedule now is up aroynd 6ish
breakfast at 7:30
snack around 10:30
nap at 11:30ish or noon until 2 ish
lunch at 2:30
snack around 4ish
dinner at 6ish
bath at 7ish
bed at 8
(playtime, storytime etc inbetween those times)

His bedtime has been 8 since around 4 months. Now that he takes 1 nap a day I try to make sure I am home for it. So I schedule appointments around it. When he took 2 naps a day it was like at 10 and 2. I had read a book that babies shouldnt be up for more then 3 hours at a time and he held true to that for months. He dropped his 3rd nap early and his 2nd nap early. He has been on 1 nap a day since around 10 months. I am pretty much a schedule type person though and don;t like to go off of it too much. And his bedtime always remains between 7:30 and 8. Anything later and he seems to get over tired and doesn't sleep as well.

MichelleB · 12-11-2005, 09:19 AM

I think keeping them on a schedule is very important. When they are just tiny, it's hard, because they kind of make their own. But even when Taylor was tiny, I tried to keep some sort of orginization going.

Now she eats and sleeps around the same times everyday, and if I need to go somewhere during her nap times she just sleeps in the car or whatever. I swear that me keeping her on a schedule helped her sleeping through the night so early-3 months! Every night around the same time, I would give her a bath, read to her, rock her, and feed her before bed.

mara_jade81 · 12-11-2005, 05:00 PM

i let madison set her own schedule when she was a baby. as she got older i sort of made one for her but mostly i just try to keep meals, naps and bedtime the same. hayden is getting into a schedule and really he's just sort of adapting to what we already have set up.

12-11-2005, 05:50 PM

We have had a schedule for as long as I can remember. The main things are what time the kids get up, eat, take baths, and go to bed. That still leaves plently of room throughout the day to do things lots of things but I make sure that for the most part the kids will still be on their schedule no matter what we choose to do.

12-10-2005, 11:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nickschic I love being Mommy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fargo,ND Posts: 3,996 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 3% Longevity: 98%	a few questions ok i have a few things I want to ask since I am a new mommy first one is I know its important to have a daily routine but at what age should it be started? and how many of you follow one? and this one sounds crazy even to me but how do you keep up the routine everyday and still go to dr appointments and i love to be spontaiuos and just say hey lets go to the mall would that thow it all off? and those of you that do have one can you give me an example yours? Thanks __________________

12-10-2005, 11:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Frankie Lee Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 7,293 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 75%	I try to keep a routine for Robby, it's easier! We try to wake him up at the same time, change his diaper, eat breakfast, play, have a snack or bottle, play, check diaper, eat lunch, take noon nap, change diaper when he has woke up from his nap, snack time again, playtime with big kids and Daddy, maybe go to the park, eat dinner, take a bath and put on jams, then another bottle snack and bedtime at about 8 or 9. __________________ Living life, enjoying Dad's Retirement from the Navy!

12-10-2005, 11:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Caimbrie MilitarySOS Jewel Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Goose Creek, SC Posts: 40,116 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 74% Longevity: 69%	Getting them on some kind of schedule as early as possible is best. I have my kids on a schedule somewhat.. but we do screw with it on weekends or days my husband has off to go out and whatnot.. but they get right back on it when we are home. __________________

12-11-2005, 07:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
Kaymara Behind every keystroke is a real person Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 27,350 Classifieds: (7) Activity: 40% Longevity: 99%	Ethabn pretty much established his own schedule. I let him guide me and now its been great. We started young. Probably 4-5 months and I changed his schedule as he needed. like when he dropped naps etc. And we readjust as needed for appts, going out etc. His schedule now is up aroynd 6ish breakfast at 7:30 snack around 10:30 nap at 11:30ish or noon until 2 ish lunch at 2:30 snack around 4ish dinner at 6ish bath at 7ish bed at 8 (playtime, storytime etc inbetween those times) His bedtime has been 8 since around 4 months. Now that he takes 1 nap a day I try to make sure I am home for it. So I schedule appointments around it. When he took 2 naps a day it was like at 10 and 2. I had read a book that babies shouldnt be up for more then 3 hours at a time and he held true to that for months. He dropped his 3rd nap early and his 2nd nap early. He has been on 1 nap a day since around 10 months. I am pretty much a schedule type person though and don;t like to go off of it too much. And his bedtime always remains between 7:30 and 8. Anything later and he seems to get over tired and doesn't sleep as well. __________________ Surviving deployment #5 Last edited by Kaymara; 12-11-2005 at 08:14 AM.

12-11-2005, 09:19 AM	#8 (permalink)
MichelleB With faith we can achieve all that we believe! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 16,362 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 1% Longevity: 77%	I think keeping them on a schedule is very important. When they are just tiny, it's hard, because they kind of make their own. But even when Taylor was tiny, I tried to keep some sort of orginization going. Now she eats and sleeps around the same times everyday, and if I need to go somewhere during her nap times she just sleeps in the car or whatever. I swear that me keeping her on a schedule helped her sleeping through the night so early-3 months! Every night around the same time, I would give her a bath, read to her, rock her, and feed her before bed. __________________ Playing The Grocery Game since 7/12/2008 57% savings

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12-10-2005, 11:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jill It must be nice to live in your world Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 6,086 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 16% Longevity: 87%	since trent is only 3 months old we on his schedule. which means he eats every 2-2 1/2 hours. between that time he either takes a 30 minute nap or plays the whole time. i try to plan everything i want to do the day before. i have not gotten the whole nursing in public yet so i try to leave right after he eats and be home for his next feeding.

12-10-2005, 11:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~Bex~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: san diego, ca Posts: 30,189 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 99%	i kinda followed a "schedule" based on zoe's needs and what i felt was best for her... though allowing for some variance when needed. to this day, she's very easily adaptable

12-11-2005, 01:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
airyn1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Killeen, Texas Posts: 2,729 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 67%	The only schedule we have is at night and even that isn't 100% there all the time. Mara never had her days and nights mixed up so I have never really had a need for a schedule with her. When she was a baby we had more of a schedule with bottles and naps and everything, but now we're very spontaneous and do whatever we want, when we want.

12-11-2005, 05:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
mara_jade81 Cheeseburger in Paradise Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Monterey, California Posts: 16,104 Blog Entries: 3 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 12% Longevity: 98%	i let madison set her own schedule when she was a baby. as she got older i sort of made one for her but mostly i just try to keep meals, naps and bedtime the same. hayden is getting into a schedule and really he's just sort of adapting to what we already have set up. __________________

12-11-2005, 05:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
Danielle Guest Posts: n/a Activity: 0% Longevity: 0%	We have had a schedule for as long as I can remember. The main things are what time the kids get up, eat, take baths, and go to bed. That still leaves plently of room throughout the day to do things lots of things but I make sure that for the most part the kids will still be on their schedule no matter what we choose to do.