Sunday, September 19, 2010

Schedule, not Pattern

Ok, the more I read about Babywise scheduling- I realize that I have not had her on a schedule, but rather a pattern.  I have been worried about 2.5 or 3 hours, instead of what time of day she eats.  Realizing that I only have 16 days left to be with her consistently, I want that schedule set!

Recommendations I have read suggest the following steps... Here goes!

Pick a Waketime: Considering my work schedule- I will have to be at work at 7:40.  This means I will have to get her to a sitter around 7:30, leaving my house around 7:15. SO- I am thinking that I want to feed her, lay her down for independent play on a blanket, then start her first nap of the day in the car seat on the way to the sitter.  For this to be an hour of wake time, I will need to wake her up at 6:00 and begin nursing at 6:15.

Pick your bedtime: Bedtime should be 10-12 hours before wake time... so, 12 hours would be 6:15pm.  10 hours would be 8:15.  Considering I don't even get done with cheerleading until 6- let's go with 8:15.

Set your feedtimes: I want her to nurse her before she goes to bed, and I would like nurse her when I come home from work, but I don't know if that will work during cheerleading season because I wont even get home until after 6.  So, let's say one feeding at 7:15pm.  Back that up 2.5 hours and she can eat at 4:45pm.  That should be right after one of us gets her from the sitter, if I have a good understanding of the way these sitters work. Now, I want to work forward from the morning feed... They say the first nap is usually a good one, so let's say she can eat at 9:15, which will be 3 hours after that first feed.  Two more feedings should go in between that 9:15 and 4:45... So, 12:00 and 2:30??? Dreamfeed sometime between 10 and 11.  Let's start with 10:30

Figure waketimes: At this point, Addison is generally awake for exactly one hour after she STARTS feeding when she starts yawning and fussing a little.  So, I will set naptimes (next step) based on how long she will likely stay awake.

Figure naptimes: Instead of writing it down, I am going to just type up the whole schedule based on what I have done above:
6:00 WAKE
6:15 nurse
7:15 nap- leave for sitters
9:15 bottle @ sitters
10:15 nap
12:00 bottle @ sitters
1:00 nap
2:30 bottle @ sitters
3:30 nap
4:45 nurse or bottle
5:45 nap
7:00 nurse
bathtime & bedtime routine
8:00 bedtime
10:30 dreamfeed
Middle of the night feed until she starts sleeping through the night

Let's see how it goes!

Having Second thoughts about those late afternoon/early evening times!  Maybe 5:00 and 7:30.  That way none of htem are less than 2 hrs.

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