Baby's Daily Schedule

[wannabe_mamma]

Hi Mummies,

I'm a stay home mom to an almost 6 month old baby. Just started him on homemade rice cereal a week ago and so far he's been taking it well. I'd like to know what's your baby's daily activity and schedule like.

My baby's schedule is:

8.30am - Wake up and play with Daddy before he leaves to work
9.30am - Breastfeed (Direct latch)
10.00am - Morning Nap for 30-45 minutes
11.00am - Wake up and have lunch (Rice cereal)

After his feed, I give him 10 minutes to settle down (is this too short? Is it wrong to bathe baby after eating?)

11.45am - Bathe
12.15pm - Afternoon Nap for 45 minutes
1.00pm - Wake up and play
2.00pm - Breastfeed (Direct latch)
3.30pm - Afternoon Nap for 30 minutes
4.00pm - Formula Milk (5 ounces)
6.00pm - Evening Nap for 30 minutes
7.00pm - Breastfeed (Direct Latch)
9.30pm - Breastfeed (Direct Latch) and prepare for bed
10.00pm - Sleep

He wakes up about 3 times for feeds (2.00am, 5.00am and 7.00am)

Do any of you find anything wrong with this schedule for my baby? Also I feel that my baby takes many catnaps during the day. I would like to train him to sleep longer in each nap but cut down to 2-3 naps in the day. This way, it gives me more time to finish my household chores. I don't have any domestic help so his naptimes are the only times I have to cook, wash, bathe, etc and his naps for only 30 minutes which is hardly enough for me to get any work done.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Also if any of you are stay home moms, please share with me on how you manage your time juggling your baby and housework and finding some time to rest in between all of these as well...coz this is taxing!!! :embarrassed:

Thank you.

 

[diymummy]

Hi,

When my son was 6 mths, he had the following schedule:

8am - Wake and milk
10am - Nap
11.30am - Wake + Cereal
Then play + bathe
2pm - Milk followed by Nap
5pm - Wake + Milk
Then play + bathe
8pm - Milk
9pm - Sleep

My son slept thru the night by 3mths

 

[Ashbaby]

DS is 6 months old, below is his daily schedule.

630am: Wake up for milk (210ml)
800am: Nap for 2 hours
1000am: Wake up and Bath
1030am: Milk(210ml)
1130am: Nap 1-2hours
130pm: Wake up and play
230pm: Milk (120ml) + Cereal(1/3 feed)
330pm:Nap 1-2hours
530pm: Wake up and play
630pm: Milk (210ml)
700pm: Family time (cos Me n HB come back home)
830pm: Bath
9-930pm: Milk n Sleep thru the night

DS slp thru the night at 2 months old.

 

[candy_ian]

My sons schedule at 6 months

7am - milk (latch on)
followed by flashcards or reading books to him
830 - bath time
9am - cereal ( few tbsp at that time)
followed by music time or walk ard the neghbourhood
milk before he naps
10am - nap
11am - milk (latch on)
1200 - I usually bring him out marketing at supermarket
2 pm - milk (latch on)
230 - nap
4pm - cereal or fruit purée
5pm - milk
630 wash up
7 pm sleeping time

my son sleeps at 7pm till 7am waking up
2-3 times for milk.

 

[trine]

hi all,
It's my 1st post here, so glad i found this forum. I'd love to hear some ideas on fixing baby's sleeping schedule. now at 9.5 months, my boy still has a schedule like little baby :
6am - wake up, play time
8am - breakfast - cereal and fruit puree
9am - bath time
10am - nap, breastmilk 200ml
11am - wake up, play time
12pm - lunch, rice + meat + veggie
2pm - nap
3.30pm - wake up, fruit snacks
4.30pm - bath time
6pm - dinner - rice, meat, veggie
8pm - off to bed
10pm - breastmilk 200ml
2am - formula 200ml
5am - breastmilk 200ml

I wonder when he will sleep thru the nite.. Some nites he wakes up to fuzz every hour. I'm sooo desperate for solutions! If anyone with similar situation has a good advice for this problem, i'd love to hear it.. Thanks in advance!

 

[Porukadotzu]

hi just to share, this is how my girl's schedual when she's 6mth

6 / 7am milk 150ml / 180ml
8 / 8.30am wake up, water abit, play for a while n take warm bathe (sometime bathe later if raining), play/carry her around

10/10.30am take a nap, drink 150-180ml
11.30/12pm wake up for lunch, brown rice porridge, play time

2/2.30pm nap, drink milk 120ml / 150ml (always sleep with milk..otherwise can not sleep :001_302

4/4.30pm wake up,bathe again, play time untill hubby came back office

9pm bring her to sleep, drink milk 180ml ~ 200ml, sleep

4am cry for milk, drink 180ml, sleep again untill around 6am for another milk.



Now she's 9mth old her schedual changed:

- she skip the 10am nap (she dun want to sleep by tat time anymore, sometime she want tho)

- she takes longer nap in the afternoon around 2-2 1/2 hours but 1x only

- she dun wake up for milk at 4am and 6am anymore..now she wake up around 8.30/9am and i give her milk first thing when she up.

 

[meiteoh]

At 6 mths, Eva's schedule was somewhat like below:

530-6am - Dream feed (latch on) and then sleep again
8am - Wake up and play in the crib alone
930am - Latch on and breakfast
1030am - Go out with me (I was an SAHM then so mornings are when I run errands)
1230 - Come back, latch on, bath
1pm - Afternoon nap
3pm - Wake up and latch on
4pm - Nap
5-6pm - Wake up, go out for evening walk
7pm - Latch on and bath
8pm - Zzzzzz
1130pm - Dream feed (latch on)

And that's it. She was sleeping through already so I slowly cut out her after midnight dream feeds.

 

[trine]

At 6 mths, Eva's schedule was somewhat like below:

530-6am - Dream feed (latch on) and then sleep again
8am - Wake up and play in the crib alone
930am - Latch on and breakfast
1030am - Go out with me (I was an stay at home mum then so mornings are when I run errands)
1230 - Come back, latch on, bath
1pm - Afternoon nap
3pm - Wake up and latch on
4pm - Nap
5-6pm - Wake up, go out for evening walk
7pm - Latch on and bath
8pm - Zzzzzz
1130pm - Dream feed (latch on)

And that's it. She was sleeping through already so I slowly cut out her after midnight dream feeds.

wow she has so many naps and she still can sleep thru the nite? how can she do that?? any good tips to share? thanks