Post by Bernadine on Sept 12, 2016 12:15:12 GMT -5
Has going back to work helped dd get on any kind of schedule? Mine is all over the place with sleeping and eating. One thing I can generally count on is a longer nap in the morning. The rest of the day are generally short little cat naps. And she sleeps anywhere from 5 to 8+ hours at night.
Not Elsa, but my kid is on a much better schedule at daycare than he ever was at home. That said, he was also 9 months old when he started. If your ticker is right and your DD is 3 months old, I'm not sure how successful you'll be getting on a schedule that young.
Not Elsa, but my kid is on a much better schedule at daycare than he ever was at home. That said, he was also 9 months old when he started. If your ticker is right and your DD is 3 months old, I'm not sure how successful you'll be getting on a schedule that young.
Yup, she's still tiny. I'm not trying to force a schedule, just wondering (and hoping, lol) if it might naturally come.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Sept 12, 2016 13:29:59 GMT -5
My son was a terrible sleeper in the infant room. He'd do long naps at home on the weekends, but at daycare, he'd do as little as 15 minutes some days. He stayed a good overnight and weekend sleeper despite this.
He wasn't a good sleeper there until he moved to the ones room, where they nap as a group from 12:30-2:30.
With both it helped their schedules, and they both started around 2/3 months. There's not a firm "he'll nap at X time" with DS right now, but we know that about 2 hours after he gets up he'll take a small nap, and he'll want another about 3-4 hours later. He takes pretty long naps at home, but it's about 30-40 minutes at daycare. He does need white noise though, I'm sure because of how loud it can get at daycare.
Yes, it definitely has. We have also been much more schedule and routine driven, and that has really helped.
We weren't on ANY kind of routine/schedule previously, so this was an improvement. She is up for the day at 630- I change her diaper, but leave her in her sleeper. She goes to school in her brace, and they take her out at 9am, so I just have them get her "dressed" then....into another sleeper. lol She eats about every 2.5 hours. I am sending 3oz, though am going to reduce that a smidge because she is spitting up a lot and that says to me she is getting too much. She has been taking super short naps at school- none longer than 30 minutes so far. Mostly because she falls asleep in their arms and then when they transfer her to the crib, she sleeps for a few min and then wakes up. So she is exhausted when she comes home and just wants to be held and sleep. We maybe get 30-45 minutes where she is awake, not eating and not fussy before its time to get her ready for bed.
I get her ready for bed at 8pm, and she is down by 815/830. I usually put her drowsy but awake in her swing and she falls asleep on her own.
AS far as MOTN schedule....we don't really have one yet. Most nights she is up at 12-1 to eat. Then up again about 3-4. Then I am up for the day at 545. Its rough, I'll be honest. Last night she was up at 1130, then up again at 4, then wouldn't go back down. I kind of slept in a chair with her. I'm beat today. Most nights aren't like that though.
Yes, it definitely has. We have also been much more schedule and routine driven, and that has really helped.
We weren't on ANY kind of routine/schedule previously, so this was an improvement. She is up for the day at 630- I change her diaper, but leave her in her sleeper. She goes to school in her brace, and they take her out at 9am, so I just have them get her "dressed" then....into another sleeper. lol She eats about every 2.5 hours. I am sending 3oz, though am going to reduce that a smidge because she is spitting up a lot and that says to me she is getting too much. She has been taking super short naps at school- none longer than 30 minutes so far. Mostly because she falls asleep in their arms and then when they transfer her to the crib, she sleeps for a few min and then wakes up. So she is exhausted when she comes home and just wants to be held and sleep. We maybe get 30-45 minutes where she is awake, not eating and not fussy before its time to get her ready for bed.
I get her ready for bed at 8pm, and she is down by 815/830. I usually put her drowsy but awake in her swing and she falls asleep on her own.
AS far as MOTN schedule....we don't really have one yet. Most nights she is up at 12-1 to eat. Then up again about 3-4. Then I am up for the day at 545. Its rough, I'll be honest. Last night she was up at 1130, then up again at 4, then wouldn't go back down. I kind of slept in a chair with her. I'm beat today. Most nights aren't like that though.
Dd slept from 9-2:20 last night, but I have the worst time falling back asleep after her wake ups, so I probably feel back asleep around 3:30. My cat woke me up at 4:15, and my alarm was set for 4:30. Ugh.