The Schedule

The past couple weeks, Kayden has not been sleeping well and I just feel like he has been pretty fussy for no reason. I've been reading some different things and have decided to put Kayden on more of a "time" schedule rather than just a routine. Before, we were more on a routine where whenever he wakes up in the morning he gets a bottle, plays and then naps and we just do that over and over again throughout the day. It was working for a while but when I started watching other kids in our home every day of the week it was harder for me to make sure that Kayden was sleeping and how long he was sleeping since I was taking care of other children and not able to just focus on Kayden.

The past week I decided to try to get him on a schedule that is based more on time so that while watching the other kids I know that at this time Kayden should be doing x,y,or z instead of trying to remember how long it had been since he had eaten, when should he nap, how long he napped, etc. It seems to be working and over all I feel like he is starting to get the hang of it and be a little more content and sleeping better at night.

So far this is what we have been doing, we will probably have to tweek it a little since he seems to sometimes get up earlier in the morning but we will see what happens for a little while before we do a lot of changes

8:00- wake up and 6 oz bottle
9:00- nap for 1 1/2- 2 hours
11:00- wake up from nap- eat cereal
12:00- 6 oz bottle
1:00- nap for 1 1/2- 2 hours
3:00- wake up
4:00- 6 oz bottle
5/5:30- cat nap for about 45 minutes
7- 2 oz of baby food
8- bath time
8:30- 6oz bottle with rice
9- asleep
11:30- usually we wake him up for another 5/6 oz bottle. He still isn't eating enough ounces through the day to completely get rid of this bottle and if he doesn't have it he usually wakes up hungry. Once he starts eating more food around 8 months we are going to work on cutting this bottle out unless he acts like he doesn't need anymore earlier.