The boys are on a new eat-play-sleep routine. They are doing really well with this one, and love the longer period of sleep during the day.
We call this a routine, and though I am including a time-table (just to show a typical day), we rarely are exactly on this schedule. Yesterday, for example, the boys were about +/- 10 minutes on this time table. That's about as close as we get to sticking to the plan. But today, the boys weren't really interested in their 6:00 AM bottles, so that meant that their 10:00 AM bottles actually came at about 9:00 AM, so we're running about an hour ahead of time. I'm pretty sure that sometime during the day, they will want a little extra sleep, so they'll probably get back on track by the evening.
Speaking of bottles, Cedric is taking 4oz every time he eats with few exceptions. He is about to get bumped up to 5oz each feeding. Ezra rotates back and forth between 3oz and 4oz. I'd wager that he'll be doing 4oz consistently by next week. They're growing boys!
All of that to say, that the schedule really isn't a schedule, it's a pattern of activity and the approximate times that the activities take place during the day. We do double feedings at night so that we can get back in bed ASAP, and single feedings during the day so that our daytime caregiver when we both go back to work isn't overwhelmed by having to feed both kids at once all day long.
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Ezra
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Cedric
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Eat
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Play
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Sleep
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Eat
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Play
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Sleep
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6-6:30 AM
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6:30-7
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7-9:30
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6-6:30 AM
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6:30-7
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7-10
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9:30-10 AM
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10-11:30
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11:30-1:30
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10-10:30AM
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10:30-12
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12-2
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1:30-2 PM
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2-3:30
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3:30-5:30
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2-2:30 PM
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2:30-4
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4-6
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5:30-6 PM
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6-7:30
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7:30-9:30
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6-6:30 PM
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6:60-8
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8-10
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9:30-10 PM
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10-2 AM
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10-10:30PM
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10:30-2
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2-2:30 AM
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2:30-6AM
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2-2:30 AM
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2:30-6
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We call this a routine, and though I am including a time-table (just to show a typical day), we rarely are exactly on this schedule. Yesterday, for example, the boys were about +/- 10 minutes on this time table. That's about as close as we get to sticking to the plan. But today, the boys weren't really interested in their 6:00 AM bottles, so that meant that their 10:00 AM bottles actually came at about 9:00 AM, so we're running about an hour ahead of time. I'm pretty sure that sometime during the day, they will want a little extra sleep, so they'll probably get back on track by the evening.
Speaking of bottles, Cedric is taking 4oz every time he eats with few exceptions. He is about to get bumped up to 5oz each feeding. Ezra rotates back and forth between 3oz and 4oz. I'd wager that he'll be doing 4oz consistently by next week. They're growing boys!
All of that to say, that the schedule really isn't a schedule, it's a pattern of activity and the approximate times that the activities take place during the day. We do double feedings at night so that we can get back in bed ASAP, and single feedings during the day so that our daytime caregiver when we both go back to work isn't overwhelmed by having to feed both kids at once all day long.
Thanks for the reality check! :)
ReplyDeleteA man after my heart...a spreadsheet outlining your children's days. I LOVE IT. No really, I do. I spreadsheet everything.
ReplyDeleteGreat update-those boys are gonna be chunky monkies before you know it!