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4 mos: current schedule

TIMEActivity
6:00 AMFEED
Still asleep.
6:30 AMMommy gets up to take shower and fix breakfast for Daddy.
Baby WAKES UP. Sometimes she'll wake up earlier or a bit later but we make sure she's up by 7am to keep with the schedule. She also usually wakes up babbling and gearing herself up to POOP.
7:00 AMDaddy gives Baby a bath.
This is daddy's quality time with Baby. He gives her a bath, dresses her up, plays with her, and talks to her while he eats his breakfast.
We started to introduce solids so Baby gets a taste of whatever she has for the week. Only about 1/4 teaspoon, which she doesn't always finish. After eating Mommy cleans her tongue (we've been doing this daily since she was 2 months old, and then she takes her daily dose of 1ml Vitamin D)
8:00 AMBaby is terribly tired by now. So it's time to FEED and SLEEP. NAP #1
Daddy gets ready for work and leaves while Baby is asleep.
9:00 AMBaby WAKES UP. FEED if she wants to, I always offer when she wakes up.
It's play time from now until 10 AM. She will have a short book. Then she gets tummy time, lying down time while she chew on her toys, kicks at her piano propped on the side of the play pen. A lot of carrying around and letting her play with my face. Lots of Mommy talking to Baby.
If there's laundry to do (I don't have a "laundry day", I do a load every few days so it doesn't pile up) then it's time to take it out of the dryer. She either stays in her stroller with a toy or on the jumperoo while she watches me get everything out.
10:00 AMTime to (FEED and) SLEEP. NAP #2.
Depending on the mood, she might fall asleep on the breast. If she doesn't a few minutes of rocking her to make her drowsy is good. She's usually asleep within 15mins.
Mommy works from home so this is the perfect time to get things done.
12:00 NNTarget time to WAKE UP (and FEED).
If Baby wakes up before noon, I nurse her back to sleep. If that happens, she'll usually sleep past 12 NN then I wake her up before 12:15 PM.
1:30 PMBaby is terribly tired by now. So it's time to FEED and SLEEP. NAP #3
Mommy goes back to work on her laptop.
3:00 PMTarget time to WAKE UP (and FEED).
5:00 PMBaby is terribly tired by now. So it's time to FEED and SLEEP. NAP #4.
This is the most difficult nap for us. She usually ends up sleeping at 5:30 PM because she couldn't settle down.
Daddy is on his way home, just in time for Baby to wake up soon.
6:00 PMWAKE UP. No exceptions. If Baby couldn't sleep for NAP #4, then she stays awake.
6:30 PMWinding down. Baby gets a shower and we put her pajamas on.
We usually have dinner this early because Mommy stays in bed with Baby when she sleeps for the night.
This is also Daddy's time with Baby.
7:30 PMSLEEP.
10:00 PMFEED.
12:00 MNFEED.
2:00 AMFEED.
4:00 AMFEED.
Then repeat.
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