Schedules

[alotofyarn]

Awesome, LadyM! I documented for the first few months, then I got lazy.

[SoonerTexan]

Oh Laurie!!! Haha

[OrionGrad]

Just for funsies (and to show you how insane I was about documenting...) Here's a typical week from my DD at about your DD's age.
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Whoa, what app is that?

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I documented the first few months and it made me CRAZY. Like legitimately bonkers. To each their own

[ladymoreta]

Whoa, what app is that?

Total Baby. I thought it was fun, but I can see how it would drive most people crazy. I got it initially when DS had lost a little too much weight, and his pediatrician asked me how often he ate and how many wet/dirty diapers he'd had, and I just stared blankly. I'd been doing the feed when hungry, change when wet/dirty system, and apparently I was supposed to know more than I did. I felt like such a loser, I got the app to keep track of it, and I just kept going. Unfortunately for me, DS deleted the app when he was playing with my phone when he was about a year old, so I don't have any of his data.

[Sheherezade]

It's a amazing to me that the chart looks like the baby is sleeping all the time. Anyone who has had a baby knows it feels like they are always awake!

We did schedules around naps and activities - like a walk in the stroller or tummy time on a mat. We fed on demand. Babies eat a LOT. Four times a day seems laughable.


Angie

[MrsC]

Four feeds a day sounds crazy. From what I remember, 26 to 32oz is average for a baby that age. My boy (7 months this week) is the size of a one year old and can't drink more than 6oz at once. He has about 5 bottles and 3 small "meals" a day. Once he reached 6 months I started giving him a little water before nap time because he wanted the comfort feed. he didn't like that and stopped looking for it after a couple of days. He takes two naps a day, gets a bottle every 3 to 4 hours and one after 5 hours of sleep at night. He goes to bed at the same time every night but that's as much of a schedule as we have.

ETA- I am the worst for falling asleep when I bring him into the bed for his early morning feed. The crib is in our room. I'm hoping that will change after we move and he has his own room. My only real concern has been cutting down his night time feeds. Sounds like you're doing a great job with that!

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[Pollyanna]

My 20 month old nurses more than 4 times/day....

I think she is doing great mama!

[alotofyarn]

Holy crap, you guys - she slept for 10 hours with no waking! I put her down around 7:30 and she fought it a bit, but finally she was passed out, on her belly. I didn't wake her for the dreamfeed because I was busy packing, and she was just so out. I figured surely she'd wake up around midnight, right after I went to bed, but she never did. And then she slept through her usual 3:30ish feeding. Naturally I woke up several times to make sure she was still alive. She finally woke up around 5:30, and since hubby was awake and still home, he brought her to me, and she nursed/slept with me until I got up at 6:30. I hope this is a new trend!!

[SuzySunshine]

Once my kids could roll over and sleep on their tummies they were MUCH better sleepers! Which I find funny because now when I check on them in the middle of the night 99% of the time they're on their backs. Hah!

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

#jealous

[alotofyarn]

She used to freak out every time she rolled onto her tummy, and she still gets a little annoyed at first, but if you let her fuss for a couple of minutes, she usually eventually realizes that it's not so bad, and she'll lay her head down and sleep. It's about 50/50 whether she sleeps on her back or her tummy.

[oceanchild]

Late to the game, but we got down to 4 liquid feedings by about 10 months. (Although we've mixed in formula since about 7 months.) At 7 months he nursed first thing in the morning (like 6am), had 6oz breastmilk bottles at like 9am and noon, a 6oz formula bottle around 3pm, and nursing around 7pm and 11pm. As we added more solids, I asked daycare to consolidate the bottles - he now gets two 8oz formula bottles during the day, plus two solids meals and a snack at daycare. We also worked to drop the last night feeding and finally succeeded at about 9.5 months. So now, at 10.5 months, it's two nursing sessions (beginning and end of day) and two big bottles of formula.

As I was doing this, I was sure it was never, ever going to work. And then one day it clicked. So maybe last night was your first sign of clicking.

[GrayMatterWife]

Just for funsies (and to show you how insane I was about documenting...) Here's a typical week from my DD at about your DD's age.

Oh.my.word. Seek help immediately. How did you survive the data input?

[ladymoreta]

Oh.my.word. Seek help immediately. How did you survive the data input?

LOL I loved it! I am a documenter, though. You should see my journal... It has almost no opinions or thoughts, just a list of what I've done each day, broken into morning, afternoon, and evening (overnight if the kids have any notable wakeups). Told you I was crazy!