Tuesday 25 January 2011

A year in reflection: August

8. August


Birth - 5 months old

* I nursed Logan anytime he was cranky if it had been 2hrs since the last time he ate
* His naps resembled nothing of a pattern. I tried to put him down or get him to rest if he had been awake for 2hrs
* Bedtime routine (bath, lotion, jammers & nursing) started at 6:30
* Bedtime 7pm
* I progessively eliminated feedings at night. At 4 months he was still nursing 3 times a night. At 5 months we quit cold turkey.
* Woke up for the morning between 5am-7am

5 months old - 10 months old

* I attempted (with success!) a 4 hour schedule: up for 2hrs, down for 2hrs
* He never really napped for the entire 2hrs but we stuck with the routine of him feeding every 4hrs
* Bedtime beginings (bath, lotion, jammers & nursing) started at 6:30
* Bedtime 7pm
* Slept until 6:30-7am :)
* I quit nursing him a month after we found out we were pregnant about 9 months and we made the switch to formula. It took 3 stressful weeks to make the switch....took him a while to take to the bottle
* We started solids at 5 months. At first it was just very liquid rice cereal after his morning feed. * By 7 months he was getting breakfast & dinner along with nursings and by 9 months we were doing breakfast, lunch/snack & dinner.

10 months old - present

* Wakes up at 7-7:30am
* Morning 6oz bottle of whole milk (started the switch at 11 months. At 11.5 month completely on whole milk)
* Breakfast at 8:30
* Nap 9:30-10am
* Up at 12pm
* Lunch at 12:30pm
* Nap 2:30-3pm
* Up 4:30
* Afternoon bottle 5oz
* Dinner 6pm
* Bedtime routine begins 7-730pm (bathtime optional, lotion, jammers, book, 4oz bottle)
* In bed 7:30-8pm

He is in a very predictable routine right now which I'm loving! During the week I have always tried my best to plan around his schedule because it's easy for me to do. On the weekends though we toss it up a little, which we pay for sometimes - but when Daddys home we like to do as much as we can :)

Our world is flowing well can't wait to rock it come May ;)

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