Compiling Data: Please Post your 5 mos. schedules!

We are working towards getting some scheduling info together as a resource addition to our "sleep sticky" and would like to know what you 5 mo. olds schedules look like/looked like (roughly) Thank you!!!

example:

7:00 wake/bottle or bf
9:00 nap
11:00 feed
1:00 nap
3:00 wake


etc. etc. you get the idea. Thank you for your participation!!

 

Our schedule at 5 months wasn't much different than the one at 4 months, except that we added another ounce of formula and dropped one of their afternoon bottles.

 

7am wake
8am bottle
9am solids~fruit and oatmeal
930am nap
11am bottle
2pm bottle
230pm nap
5pm bottle
6pm solids~veggie, fruit, and oatmeal and bathtime
8pm bottle and bed

I only have 2 naps in there, but, they usually take a couple of catnaps, depending on how long their two main naps are.

In between feedings and naps, they get floor time, jumper time, and exersaucer/walker time. Emma is sitting unsupported now, and Jacob sits in his Bumbo.

Their bottles are 5-6oz. Jacob will eat 2 of the small jars of baby food, or 3-4 cubes of homemade baby food, and I am lucky to get 1 jar into Em, she loves her bottles!! Emma sleeps thru, and Jacob wakes a few times for a binky.

 

Close to what we have now...

Wake 6:30
Bottle 7:30 7 oz
Cat Nap 8:00
Solids 8:30
Nap 9:30
Playtime 10:30
Bottle 11:30 7oz
Nap 12:30
Playtime 2:30
Bottle 3:30 6oz
Cat nap 4:00
Playtime 5:00
Bath 6:00
Bottle 6:30 7oz
Bed 7:00

 

These are great! Anyone else?

 

I used Becky's as a model!

7am wake
9am solids (fruit and oatmeal)
930am nap til 1030 or 11am
1130am bottle
12-1230 catnaps in car to drop John at PreK
130pm bottle
2pm nap
430pm bottle
5pm solids~veggie
6pm bathtime
630-7pm bottle and bed

We have two naps but Kevin sometimes takes one in the late afternoon again. They usually take catnaps when we take John to school and if we had a bad nap day. We also don't always have a good nap schedule or even nap together some days

For play, we do floor time (play mat), jumperoo time, and exersaucer/walker time. Both still need some support to sit so we use Boppies.

Patrick eats 8 oz mostly, Kevin 6-8 oz. Patrick eats half a container of reuseable Gerber or 3-4 cubes of homemade baby food (he likes mashed potatos, turkey surprise and squash a lot, all leftovers from Turkey Day). Kevin doesn't like solids very much. He likes his bottles Patrick sleeps through pretty much every night. Kevin goes through some wakings for a few days in a row and usually goes back to sleeping through.

Hope this helps everyone!

 

wake & bottle 8:00
nap 8:30-11:30
solids (rice) 12:00
bath 12:30
small nap 1:30
bottle 3:00
nap(about an hour) 4:00
bottle- 6:00
mostly awake until 9:00, but maybe a 20 min nap
bottle- 9:00
BED

They are eating 5-6oz at every feeding, and sometimes they will eat 7. I also nurse once or twice a day so who knows then

 

Any more 5 month schedules to share?

 

if you can CALL it a schedule- no, we're getting there!

5:45-6ish- wake and BF (so early b/c i have to leave for work so early!)
8:00- nap (usually 45-60 min.)
playtime
10:00- BF or bottle (if at sitter)
play
11:30/12- nap (usually 45-90 mins.)
2:00- BF or bottle
playtime
5:00-catnap
6:00-BF or bottle
7:30- get ready for bed (bath 1-2/wk, books, quiet play, songs)
8/8:30- bottle before bed, then down after bottle.

DD is better napper, DS is still not very consistent! DD usually sleeps through night, though occ. wakes for binky. DS usually starts waking for a little TLC off and on from 4:30 or so- that time is SLOWLY getting later! phew!
for bottles, getting about 6.5 oz/feed. who knows from BF though!

 

Our feeding times are pretty set, but the naps are all over the place!

During the week...
6am - wake and eat 8oz bottle
7am - DH takes them to daycare
10am - eat 8oz bottle
Between 10am-2pm - eat cereal/nap, and Mommy picks them up from daycare
2pm - eat 8oz bottle
Between 2pm-6pm - eat veggie/fruit
6pm - eat 8oz bottle
6:30pm - bath
7pm - snuggles, night-night song, prayers and bed

On the weekends, we typically try to get them to go back to sleep after the 6am feed (yes, DH and I are selfish and want more sleep!). Then we follow the same schedule starting with the 10am bottle.

Shannon

 

Our days are looking like this now:

7:30am wake up / nurse / play

9:00 - 11:00 nap

11:00 wake up / nurse / play

1:00 - 3:00 nap

3:00 - 5:00 wake up / nurse / play

5:00 Beging bedtime routine (singing, bath, nursing)

Bed between 5:30 and 6:30

wake up around 10 or 11pm for a quick nurse

wake up anywhere from 2am to 4 am for a second quick nurse

7:30 new day starts

 

Our schedule goes something like this, most days...

830am wake/bf/play
10am nap
1130am bf / cereal w/fruit / play
1pm nap
230pm bf/play
4pm nap
445pm bf/swings
615pm bathtime
630-7pm bottle and bed

Hope this helps!

 

Thanks to Double Stuff Journal....

6/630 Wake
700 Bottle (6/8oz) Oatmeal/fruit
8/830 nap for at least an hour
9/930 playtime (sometimes power nap if am nap wasn't long enough)
1100 Lunch (bottle, rice/cereal and veggie
1230/100 nap
playtime/walks if weather is nice/pick up big sisters
3/330 Dinner bottle, rice/veggie
playtime, snooze in highchairs while mom/dad/big sissy's have dinner
730 Bedtime Bottle (we have baths every other night at a/b 7)
8/830 Bedtime!

 

Naps are VERY unpredictable at our house, but the rest is pretty accurate:

7-7:30 or so Wake & play in crib
8-8:30 or so 5-8 oz. bottle then play
9:30-10:30 hopefully this is a nap!
11:00 5-8 oz. bottle then play
12:30-1:30 again, hoping for a nap
2:00 5-8 oz. bottle then play
4-5:00 nap if we're lucky
5:00 5-8 oz. bottle more play
7:00 bathtime if it's a bath night
7:30 last bottle
8:00 down for the night!

I started out very strict about their start time, but have found it's better all around if they have 30-45 minutes in one of the cribs together to play, talk, and look at the mobile, they have a blast. I just make sure that they definately get their first bottle by 9 a.m.

 

700 wake and nurse
900 nurse then nap (1-2 hours)
1100 nurse
100 nurse then nap (1-2 hours)
300 nurse
430 nurse then nap (short)
615/630 nurse then sleep (wake 2-4 times each)

 

:rotflmbo: People had napping schedules at five months ?!?! :rotflmbo:

My post is for those out there who can't seem to get their kids on a napping schedule at this point - you're not alone!
(Thank goodness we're now 7.5 and napping great!)

 

Napping is just starting to take form in our home. However, night sleep is a whole different story. They still wake pretty frequently and am hopeful that will improve sometime in the near future

 

7:30AM -wake
8:00AM- bottle, play
9:00AM- Nap
11:00AM- Bottle, Play
1:00- Nap
3:00 -Bottle, Play
5:00 quick Nap
6:00 - Bath, Bed time routine, Bottle
7:30- Bed

For the most part our days go like that.

 

We are working on sorting out naps, solids, and all the milestones of this month, but this is sort of the schedule that has been emerging this month:

630 Wake
645 Nurse
730 Oatmeal and Fruit
8:00 Nap - usually about an hour to hour and a half, sometimes less, who knows
10:00 Nurse
11:15 Nap - usually longer nap, about an hour and a half to 2 hours, but again, who knows
1:00 Nurse
Typically a small nap in the afternoon, about a half hour or 45 minutes, or they nap in the car since afternoon is when we go out if we leave to shop, go to the
park, etc.
4:00 Nurse
5:00 Oatmeal and Veggie
6:15 Tubtime - bath, lotion, jammies
6:30 Nurse
In bed by 7:00
Still get up once to nurse, between 1:30 and 4 ... sometimes one will sleep through, but not consistantly yet, dangit

We just added solids after they were a little over 5 months, so we are working those into the schedule. I nurse all feeding sessions so I'm not sure what they get but if they are bottle fed it's usually about 6-7 ounces.

Playtime: They love to roll around so we get on the activity mats and I surround them with toys and they get on their tummies and rake all the toys in that they can get their paws on. We have a nice balcony with carpeting and I take them out there to play too, they love the fresh air. They also love the Jumperoo and Exersaucer, and love to practice "walking" with us holding their hands. I go out with them about 4x a week or so, to stores, my parents, the park, etc. They still love naked time in the crib and they love to watch "The Price is Right." Must be all the colors and excitement.

 

7am wake
8am breastmilk bottle
9am nap
11am wake
Noon breastmilk bottle
1pm nap
2pm Megan wakes
4pm Melissa wakes/breastmilk bottle for both babies & Megan down for 3rd nap
5pm Megan wakes
6pm Baths
6:30pm BED


As you can see, one baby is on a 2 nap schedule and the other on a 3 nap schedule. I am hoping to get rid of Megan's 3rd nap soon in hopes of stretching out her afternoon nap to match her sister's.

I exclusively pump and feed breastmilk with an occasional formula bottle if I am low. We haven't started solids yet.

 

Our schedule isn't exactly set in stone by any means just kind of seems to be how our days go.

6:30 AM 4 oz bottle
8:00 AM wake for the day
9:00 AM 6 oz bottle
11:00 AM cereal
12:00 PM 6 oz bottle
1:30 PM 2-4 oz bottle to help get to sleep--nap
3:00 PM 6 oz bottle
5:00 PM 4 oz bottle and nap
7:00 PM fruit or veggie*
8:00 PM 6 oz bottle
8:30ish PM bed

Some nights they wake up around midnight (that is when DH gets home from work) and they will have 2-4 more oz to get back to sleep.
They will sometimes take a couple 10-15 minute cat naps but not everyday.

*We don't do a fruit or veggie every night.

 

Our schedule so far seems to go like this:
7:30 AM 6-8 oz bottle up for the day to play
8:30 AM cereal w/some fruit
9:30 Nap hour or so
11:00 AM 6-8oz bottle
12:30 PM Cereal w/veggie
1:00 PM Nap hour - hour and a half
3:00 PM 6-8 oz bottle
Between 4:30-5 Catnap Half hour
5:30 PM Cereal w/Veggie or Fruit
7:00 PM 6-8 oz Bottle (sometimes they take it all of it sometimes part bottle)
Bedtime

 

It's still the same so I'll post as a big Weissbluth believer ...

Scheduled awakening at 7.00 am
Small bottle at 8.00 - 8.30 am (now 4oz solids from 5 1/2 months)
Nap at 9.00 am until 10.30 am
Bottle
Solids at 12.30 pm
Nap at 1.00 pm until around 2.30 - 3.00 pm
Bottle
Solids at 4.45 - 5.00 pm
Bath at around 5.15 pm
Bottle at 5.30 pm
In bed by 6.00 pm
Wake up around 5.30-6.00 am, bottle and back down if they wake before 6 am (until 7 am at the latest in order to secure schedule).

 

We finally have some semblance of schedule:

7am nurse - back to sleep
8:30 wake up, play
9:30 nurse
10:30 - 11:30 nap begins, nap for 45 min or so
12:30 or so nurse, then baby food, play
rotate from Jumperoo, Tummy time, high chair, excersaucer, Mommy's lap....
1:30-2:30 or so nurse, nap anywhere from 1-3 hrs
4 nurse, play
6:30 maybe a short nap
7:00 nurse or bottle if I'm not home (2-4 oz)
8:00 bath
8:30-9:30 nurse and bedtime

They still get up 2-3 times at night to nurse. *sigh*

 

5:00 nurse--right back to sleep
9:00 wake, nurse/bottle
play
10:00 sleep
12:00 wake, play
1:00 nurse
play
2:30 nap
3:30 wake
play
5:00 nurse
5:45 split 2.5 oz jar of veggies
6:30 cat nap
play
7:45 nurse
bath
jammies
story
swaddle
8:45 bed

 

7 am wake
730 8 oz bottle
900 nap
1000 oatmeal and fruit 4 oz bottle
1200 nap
200 6 oz bottle
600 fruit, veggie and cereal 2 oz bottle
700 bed until 7 am

 

Okay here is ours .... again...hehe!

9am wake up change clothes and nurse
11am nurse and maybe nap 1 hour
12pm one jar baby veggies split (1/2 jar per baby)
1pm nurse nap maybe one hour
3pm nurse
5pm nurse
6pm 2 jars baby food one fruit one veggie split (1 jar per baby)
7pm nurse
8 pm cereal mixed with 1 and a half oz of formula split between babies
8:30 bath
9 nurse and go down for the night
Between 11pm-12am nurse very quickly and go back down
Betweeen 3am-4:30am nurse
8am-9am wake up and start all over

 

QUOTE(MichelleL @ Apr 15 2007, 07:55 PM) [snapback]220976[/snapback]
:rotflmbo: People had napping schedules at five months ?!?! :rotflmbo:

My post is for those out there who can't seem to get their kids on a napping schedule at this point - you're not alone!
(Thank goodness we're now 7.5 and napping great!)



Great... because mine rarely nap on schedule... thanks for sharing!!

 

We are 1 weeks shy of 5 months but I do nt see things changing any time soon.

7:00 Wake
7:30 Nurse
8:45 nap
10:30 wake
11:00 nuse
12:30 nap
2:30 wake
2:30 nurse
4ish.. cat nap
5:00 nurse
6:15 try to nurse byt they are not interested
6:30 bed
10:00 nurse but they are losing interest.
Of coarse we play alot during all the inbetween times..

 

QUOTE(MichelleL @ Apr 15 2007, 07:55 PM) [snapback]220976[/snapback]
My post is for those out there who can't seem to get their kids on a napping schedule at this point - you're not alone!
(Thank goodness we're now 7.5 and napping great!)


THANK YOU!! We have a solid routine, but not a schedule. And it's all being shaken up by very weird night time waking...here's my ideal day - rarely happens but it's beautiful when it does:

5:00 - Nurse and right back to sleep
7:30 - Wake for the day, cuddle and play
8:00 - Nurse and play (will add solids in here next time they actually do it!)
9:00 - Nap
10:00ish (Naps range from 30 minutes to 1.5 hours, but the day works best when at least two of them are 1 hour plus) - Wake and get dressed.
10:30 - Nurse, play or go out for a walk or errand
12:00 - Nap
1:00ish - Nurse
3:00 - Nap
4:00 - Nurse, play, second opportunity for a walk if we missed out in the morning
5:30 - Bathtime
6:00 - Nurse and sleep

 

7:45am Wake and get washed, lotioned and dressed
Tummy time until

8:15am Bottle
Exersaucers until

9:30am Nap until

10:30am Tummy time and jumperoo or playmat

11:00am solids and prevacid

12:15pm Bottle

12:30pm nap

1:30pm more Saucer time for one and mommy time for other and then we switch

2:00pm Solids and random play on floor

2:45pm Nap

3:30 Tummy time

4:00 Bottle and play saucers until Daddy gets home

5:30 some Daddy time

6:00 nap

6:30 bath

7:00 solids

8:00 bottle and bed

Our day is very busy. Little time to relax.

Also we do a lot of saucer time to help with the reflux. Often during this time I play with them while they are in it and we listen to music and sing.

 

In the past 3 weeks, we've come to something like this, with waking at either 7 or 8:

7:00 Wake, BF
8:15 Nap - 40 minutes (making me crazy!!!)
Play
9:15 Solids (Rice & Veggie)
Play
10:00 BF
Play
11:00 Nap - 40 minutes (making me more crazy!!!)
Play
12:30 BF
Play
1:30 Nap - 40 minutes (making me more crazy!!!)
Play
3:00 BF
Play
4:00 Nap - 40 minutes (making me more crazy!!!)
Play, Baths, Lots of Fussing
6:00-6:30 BF, Bedtime


They wake about 3 times per night. Twice on a very good night. I'd do anything for longer naps!!!

 

My beebs are 5.5 months now, and our schedule is pretty darned firm.

They wake between 7-8 am. I go in and get them changed and dressed about 7:45 am (they play/talk in their cribs until then).
Bottle 8:15 am
Play 8:30-10
Nap 10-12 (often times at least one of them only naps an hour, and I bring the awake baby out to the playpen to have some independent play time while the other baby sleeps)
Bottle 12
Play 12:15-2:00
Nap 2-4 (again, it seems that the other twin then only wants to nap an hour, so I bring the awake baby out to the playpen)
Bottle 4 followed by solids (right now oatmeal and a fruit or veggie, this is very new to the program)
Play 4:45-6
Swings 6-7 (this is when my husband and I try to eat dinner, we are going to be very sad when they outgrow the swings!)
Snuggle time or bath time (alternating nights) with mommy and daddy 7 pm
Bottle 8 pm then off to bed.

They don't tend to wake in the night. If they do it is only for a pacifier and right back to sleep.

Rinse, repeat.

 

7am- wake and nurse
play
800am-nap (usually longest nap of the day)
10am-wake and nurse
1030am-rice cereal/fruit
baths/play/get dressed
1130-nap
1pm-wake and nurse
play
230-nap
4pm-wake and nurse
play
530-nap
7pm-wake and nurse
730-cereal and veggie then get into pj's and play
830-nap
10pm-nurse and put to bed

They basically nursed every 3 hours and took 1-1/2 hour naps after each feeding. They would sleep pretty well from 10pm to 7am. Some nights were better than others.