Post your 4-month Schedules

I need to know how you do it... my life is chaos!

Thanks!!!

 

4 mo feeding schedule: when babies are hungry.

4 mo sleep schedule: when babies are tired.

Funny, that schedule hasn't changed a bit! :lol:

Or to be more specific: when one is hungry, feed both. When one is tired, put both down for a nap. They stay in sync with each other really well, for the most part.

 

Here's my schedule. It's not always completely on, but it's pretty close. We've been working on naps for a couple weeks and they've been doing a lot better. My mom, who is watching the boys during the day while I'm at work, can actually get them down for naps better than I can. I like to think it's because they have so much fun with me that they'd rather play with me than sleep. :8714bumper:

5:30am - Wake & Eat (it's early but I don't mind it because I can get ready for work while they are taking their first nap).
6:30am or 7am - Nap
8:30am or 9am - Awake and Eat
8:30am - 10:30am - Playtime
10:30am - Nap
12:00pm - Wake & Eat
12:00pm - 2:00pm - Playtime
2:00pm - Nap
3:30pm - Wake & Eat
3:30pm - 6:00pm - Winding down time (usually this is where I'll put Baby Einstein in. They always nap in their cribs but I will let them take a brief catnap in their chairs/swings during this window of time).
6:00pm - Baths
6:30 - 7pm - Final feeding (each baby gets 7ozs of formula and I always add a tsp. of rice cereal in each bottle).
7pm - Down for the night

 

QUOTE(fuchsiagroan @ Oct 19 2007, 12:17 PM) [snapback]457587[/snapback]
4 mo feeding schedule: when babies are hungry.

4 mo sleep schedule: when babies are tired.

Funny, that schedule hasn't changed a bit! :lol:

Or to be more specific: when one is hungry, feed both. When one is tired, put both down for a nap. They stay in sync with each other really well, for the most part.


This is sooo true (at least it was in our house). We really didnt get on much of a "true" nap schedule until closer to 5-6 months. The morning nap came first for us at about 9am and then the afternoon came about a month later. And I try hard sometimes like Superwoman to get those boys to nap at the same time. Once the napping became somewhat routine, the feedings times became more set in stone.

 

Here's mine (loosely):
7 am: wake and eat 7-8 oz each.
7:30-8:30 play. Sophie's up in her chair b/c of reflux
8:30-11-30: nap
11:45 - eat and up til about 1:30
1:30-3:30 or 4 nap
4 eat bottle and oatmeal
6:30 - start bottle and to bed.
hope that helps!
everything can shift - but this is generally what we do. Lyla sometimes wakes earlier than Soph- so I just play w/ her in the meantime.

 

If I read one more post about these 2-hour naps I'm gonna punch a hole right through this computer What am I doing wrong?!!! They will not sleep longer than 45 minutes...one hour TOPS. Hats off to you ladies. You're doing something right. My schedule bears a striking resemblance to *fuschiagroan*'s.

 

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If I read one more post about these 2-hour naps I'm gonna punch a hole right through this computer What am I doing wrong?!!! They will not sleep longer than 45 minutes...one hour TOPS. Hats off to you ladies. You're doing something right.


LOL! Me too! Occasionally they'll give me a nice 1.5 hr nap, but most of our naps are 45 min - 1 hr.

Personally I think the moms of 2 hr nappers have sold their souls to the devil. :lol:

 

I can't believe that I actually have some sort of a schedule to share, but here is what we are working on right now....

7-7:30ish, up
7:45 Bottle
PLAY/WALK
9ISH Nap
this is where things start to go wrong...DS sleeps a solid 1.5- 2hrs. USUALLY and DD does the following: fuss a bit, 1/2 hour sleep, wakes up and I leave her to play in pack n play which she does for exactly 1/2 more and then back to sleep for around an hour.
10:45 Bottle (which is usually late due to aforementioned schedule going out the window)
PLAY
12:30ISH I usually regroup everyone and try to get them down somewhere around this time, give or take 1/2hr. DS is pretty much good for napping after 1.5hrs. awake and DD needs to be pushed longer than that to actually nap at all.
1:45-2pm Bottle
PLAY
3:30 or 4 nap - I really try to push them (as long as it is not more than 2hrs. awake) to take this nap as close to 4 as possible so that they are not grump bags all evening and so that I do not have to put them BACK down for a forth catnap.
HOPEFULLY this nap goes to 5pm
5pm bottle
play/walk outside/sit on front porch (as much outside as possible) or go out to quick dinner.
6:45 start last bottle and sponge bath (if not regular bath night)
7:30 sleeping.

*I try to fit one meal of rice cereal and veggie in for DD somewhere but only if she is actually eating her formula bottles. DS is not doing solids yet.

Amy
That is what we are "working on" right now.

 

QUOTE(serranoboys @ Oct 19 2007, 08:32 AM) [snapback]457917[/snapback]
If I read one more post about these 2-hour naps I'm gonna punch a hole right through this computer What am I doing wrong?!!! They will not sleep longer than 45 minutes...one hour TOPS. Hats off to you ladies. You're doing something right. My schedule bears a striking resemblance to *fuschiagroan*'s.



me too, don't feel bad maybe we'll get there someday....maybe we wont? :huh:

the only thing that's set in their non-schedules is that they won't last more than 2-2 1/2 hours awake before they nap again, but like i said, it's usually about 45 minute respite and almost NEVER simultaneous....

our feeding times depend on what time they wake up, which can be anytime between 6 and 8 am and they are then each on their own schedule usually 30 minutes to an hour apart, but it's every 4 hours

Bear gets AM baths, Ally gets PM baths and Bear always naps after his bath

I think i'll stop cuz you probably got the picture by now that it's usually mayhem around here!! (but i love it! everyday is a surprise!)

 

QUOTE(serranoboys @ Oct 19 2007, 10:32 AM) [snapback]457917[/snapback]
If I read one more post about these 2-hour naps I'm gonna punch a hole right through this computer What am I doing wrong?!!! They will not sleep longer than 45 minutes...one hour TOPS. Hats off to you ladies. You're doing something right. My schedule bears a striking resemblance to *fuschiagroan*'s.



One thing I figured out with my girls is that they will often (both) stir after napping for one hour. If I catch it quick enough and pick them up, they usually let out a good burp and I can slip them back in their crib or swings for another hour or so. It's funny how they both wake at almost the exact same minute with "a bubble" as we call it.

Otherwise my schedule is almost exactly the same as AimeeS.

 

QUOTE(kendall22 @ Oct 19 2007, 06:48 PM) [snapback]458246[/snapback]
they usually let out a good burp and I can slip them back in their crib or swings for another hour or so. It's funny how they both wake at almost the exact same minute with "a bubble" as we call it.

Otherwise my schedule is almost exactly the same as AimeeS.


This JUST happened to me! I knew he wasn't ready to get up!
BTW if any of you 2-hour nappers know where I can obtain that soul selling contract, let me know!

 

It's very rare that we get a two hour nap too. Ours looks somthing like this-

8am up for the day, bottles.
play
9:30 or 10 nap
nap for anywhere between 30 mines to 2 hours.
12ish bottles
play
2ish nap for one hour
play
4pm bottles
play
7pm 'nother bottle
catnap/play
9:30 bedtime routine and down for the night
between 3 and 4am, wake for bottle.
back to sleep and then it starts again


man I can't wait until they sttn like most of your kids.

 

Our schedule doesn't really exist, which makes me sad. Right now we try to get the boys into bed around 7:30, but even that this week that's been off.

BUT, I'm really curious about all your play time. What do you do with your kids? Three or four play times per day drive me nuts...I'm tired of all our toys and the boys don't really care for swings or bouncers.

 

[SIZE=10pt]Schedule??? What's that? :rotflmbo:

We still basically feed on demand ~ and sleep when needed. It usually works out that they eat every 3 hours during the day ~ and are awake around 2 hours then nap. Not much of a schedule though.

We're working on it

April [/SIZE]

 

Seems like we tweak our schedule every couple weeks, but currently it's this:



10am -- Wake and eat 6 oz.

11:15am -- Nap

1pm -- Wake and eat 5.5 oz.

2:15pm -- Nap

4pm -- Wake and eat 5.5 oz.

5:15pm -- Nap

7pm -- Wake and eat 5.5 oz.

8:15 to 9pm -- Catnap

9 to 10pm -- Wake and do playtime, tummy time, baths, lullabies

10pm -- bottle (6 oz.) and bed

 

Hi!! I am just starting to find my girls are in a nice routine which has been done by me and them. I really forced a schedule on my older ds and it worked but this has been more following their lead... With him I was rigid and he ate, and napped a the same time each day. Probably we will get there but for now....
We aren't on a set timed schedule at this point because they still wake at varied times during the early morning (between 4-6) so that leads to a different waking time for the day but...
Feed upon waking
1 hour and 15 minutes after waking: read a book or two, sing songs and to bed ( I stopped putting them to sleep asleep in the last week) Usually fall asleep within 15 minutes (this is usually between 8:30 and 9:00)
Sleep for up to 2 hours (on good days)
Wake and eat (if it has been 3 hours since last feeding)
Play, run errands whatever...sometimes we get a power nap in there...
Now in the afternoon, I am trying to get them to eat around 1:30 and go down for a nap by 2pm so even if it has been only 2.5 hours since the last feeding, I still feed them . This gives the best result for a long afternoon nap (today we are at 2 hours right now but I am pulling for 3) and wake up between 4:30 and 5:00.

6:20ish start baths, get dressed, books, nurse, to bed. In bed no later than 7:15.

I just started reading Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child. He recommends having the same wake up time daily but have to be honest, I can't do it! I tried. My plan was 7am to start the day but when my toddler and girls are still sleeping, I cannot make myself get up! I just wait until one of the girls or Aidan wakes. This makes things rather inconsistent for our mornings but that is okay with me for now. It is usually within a half hour of 7:30 though today no one woke up until 8:30 and frankly I needed that extra sleep .
Some mistakes I have recently fixed were putting them to bed when they were already overtired leading to trouble settling down. If i put them to bed a bit earlier,I find they go to sleep more easily and wake later and much more pleasant. Also, if they wake up crying, I assume that means they are still tired so I burp them and then try to settle them back down to sleep. We were doing 30-45 minute naps until a week ago and now things are changing. I think it may just be that they are more developmentally ready for a set nap...who knows!!!

 

Hi All,
Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was such a HUGE relief to read all your comments. I feel like such a failure since my daughters who are now four months are not on any kind of schedule. It was so different with my older daughter who was sleeping thru the night at 8 weeks and by 3 months, I could set the clock by her nap schedule. It's good to know that I am not the only one out there struggling with this. I am going to try to incorporate some of the suggestions made and I'll keep you updated. Thanks again. This is one topic I will follow very closely. Good luck to us all.