I can not stress enough how important routines are in our house.
Yes babies at times causes things to be chaotic and not everything always happens when it was planned to, but the overall routine still needs to be the same.
About two months ago, G was about 6 months and nap time was atrocious.
We took away his pacifier, since he has a big mouth and could fit the entire thing inside of it to the point where it became a safety issue, and after that we couldn't get a nap to save our lives!
At that time G would only go down for maybe a 15- 20 minute nap 3x a day.
We had a great evening routine, but that is when I really came to the realization that the whole day needed to be routined.
Kids crave routines. They like to know what they are doing and they like to be scheduled.
Now I am not talking about doing the same boring thing everyday.
No, that is not what I mean, but I am talking about doing the important things near to the same time. Eat, sleep, play, learn, bath etc.
Once I realized that it was most likely our erratic nap schedule causing the issues. We got to planning.
We now have a set time for when we wake, eat, nap, play, run errands, take a bath and go to bed.
Little man went from 15- 20 minutes naps to 1 - 2 hour naps!!
So to any mama's out there struggling with naps, eating, bed time etc, if you are not trying a routine, give it a shot!!
routines are everything!! Being a mom of three, that's what I depend on, one wrong move and it throws you all off!
ReplyDeleteIm a new follower! I found your name in a comment and was drawn to it because we just named our baby girl Roury :)
your son Is absolutely precious.
I totally needed to hear this. My little Natalie is 10 weeks old and we are NOT on any sort of routine and I just don't know what to expect ever during the day OR night - but from most of what I read..schedules and routines don't really start to emerge until babies are 3 months so I don't know if I should start trying a schedule yet..?! sigh..I bet everyone has a different opinion on that though.
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