I think I do prefer the term "routine" to "schedule" for babies. I decided to go ahead and brave Murphy's Law and document what our days seem to be like. I will also say that the boys didn't really start taking a full 6 oz in their bottles until 2 weeks ago when they started cereal.
5-7 AM - Babies wake up sometime during this time frame to have their first bottle of the day. They usually drink about 6 oz of soy formula at this time.
7 AM - Phoebe (our 3rd grade daughter) wakes up and gets ready for school.
7:45 AM - Get Phoebe on bus for school.
8 AM - I usually leave work at this time and the boys are still awake and playing with their Aunt Nicki. Sometimes they start their morning naps early, but most of the time their playing.
9-11 AM - morning naptime
10 - 11 AM - babies wake during this time for another bottle of soy formula after their morning nap. We setup 6 oz, but they may only take 5 oz.
11 AM - 12:30 PM - Playtime. Nicki sometimes takes the boys outside or for a walk in their stroller if it's nice outside.
12:30 - 3 PM - afternoon nap
3 - 4 PM - afternoon bottle - 6 oz soy formula
4 PM - Phoebe is home from school, has a snack and starts homework. Tuesday and Wednesday I have to be home from work by this time to get Phoebe to her afterschool activities (ice skating and CCD classes - Catholic education classes)
5:30 PM - other days I'm home around this time, get changed, start dinner and give the boys rice or oatmeal cereal mixed with the stash of frozen breast milk I have. They just started cereal two weeks ago.
This is where our routine gets fluid depending on how fussy the babies are. This is a horrible time of day. Hopefully the babies will do a small evening nap after their cereal so we can relax and eat dinner. Otherwise, we're trying to eat and hold fussy babies.
After our dinner the babies go immediately to a bath, bottle (usually a full 6 oz.), and bed. I try to do this as efficiently, but as fun as possible. It's hard for it to be fun if they are being fussy.
8 - 9 PM - Boys in their crib for the night.
9 PM - Phoebe's bedtime. We're trying to read New Moon from the Twilight series together before bedtime. She wants us to finish the book before the movie comes out in November.
9 - 10 PM - I try to get a few things done to make the morning easier - setup the coffee pot, make sure the kitchen is cleaned up, and pick out my clothes for tomorrow. This week with Leo out of town, I just want to curl up and go to bed, LOL.
Middle of night - I have found that Tommy (who is 15 lbs!) does wake sometimes in the middle of the night, but he's not hungry. He needs to be burped usually, or he's having a hard time settling back to sleep. I've been doing this quietly and hopefully quickly. Liam is smaller than Tommy (he's 13 lbs) may wake in the middle of the night because he's hungry every now and then. He's a good sleeper and even seems to be able to soothe himself if he wakes up in the middle of the night. BTW, I'm doing some vigorous knocking on wood here. I hope I'm not jinxing myself by making any statements here!
5-7 AM - Babies wake up sometime during this time frame to have their first bottle of the day. They usually drink about 6 oz of soy formula at this time.
7 AM - Phoebe (our 3rd grade daughter) wakes up and gets ready for school.
7:45 AM - Get Phoebe on bus for school.
8 AM - I usually leave work at this time and the boys are still awake and playing with their Aunt Nicki. Sometimes they start their morning naps early, but most of the time their playing.
9-11 AM - morning naptime
10 - 11 AM - babies wake during this time for another bottle of soy formula after their morning nap. We setup 6 oz, but they may only take 5 oz.
11 AM - 12:30 PM - Playtime. Nicki sometimes takes the boys outside or for a walk in their stroller if it's nice outside.
12:30 - 3 PM - afternoon nap
3 - 4 PM - afternoon bottle - 6 oz soy formula
4 PM - Phoebe is home from school, has a snack and starts homework. Tuesday and Wednesday I have to be home from work by this time to get Phoebe to her afterschool activities (ice skating and CCD classes - Catholic education classes)
5:30 PM - other days I'm home around this time, get changed, start dinner and give the boys rice or oatmeal cereal mixed with the stash of frozen breast milk I have. They just started cereal two weeks ago.
This is where our routine gets fluid depending on how fussy the babies are. This is a horrible time of day. Hopefully the babies will do a small evening nap after their cereal so we can relax and eat dinner. Otherwise, we're trying to eat and hold fussy babies.
After our dinner the babies go immediately to a bath, bottle (usually a full 6 oz.), and bed. I try to do this as efficiently, but as fun as possible. It's hard for it to be fun if they are being fussy.
8 - 9 PM - Boys in their crib for the night.
9 PM - Phoebe's bedtime. We're trying to read New Moon from the Twilight series together before bedtime. She wants us to finish the book before the movie comes out in November.
9 - 10 PM - I try to get a few things done to make the morning easier - setup the coffee pot, make sure the kitchen is cleaned up, and pick out my clothes for tomorrow. This week with Leo out of town, I just want to curl up and go to bed, LOL.
Middle of night - I have found that Tommy (who is 15 lbs!) does wake sometimes in the middle of the night, but he's not hungry. He needs to be burped usually, or he's having a hard time settling back to sleep. I've been doing this quietly and hopefully quickly. Liam is smaller than Tommy (he's 13 lbs) may wake in the middle of the night because he's hungry every now and then. He's a good sleeper and even seems to be able to soothe himself if he wakes up in the middle of the night. BTW, I'm doing some vigorous knocking on wood here. I hope I'm not jinxing myself by making any statements here!
Comments
Thanks for your supernice comment about my boys, made my evening!! And tomorrow too!!
LOVE that you read the Twilight books with your daughter. What a fun, cool ritual!
Also just a warning that the final book, Breaking Dawn, does have some more adult portions if you haven't read it yet.
Thanks for posting this - I am so laid back about the schedule which is fine now but not when I go back to work. need to get my act into gear!!!