So Olivia did better last night--she woke up at 2am and I nursed her for a while and she went back to sleep. I tentatively wanted to move her back into her pack'n'play, but I guess John didn't want to risk her waking up several more times throughout the night because he wanted to just let her sleep in bed with us. I was too tired to argue (and, let's face it, he DID have a point...) so she slept with us until about 6am, when John got up to get ready for work. This whole thing kind of sets me up for my next post: Schedules, or (because people seem to prefer this word) "routines". Now, I know that babies and children thrive on routine and everything I've read online says Olivia is definitely old enough to have an established routine (she's 4 mos old). Every day I wake up and say to myself "Today's the day. I'm going to sit down and figure out a workable routine for her and me" and you'd think I'd be able to because I AM a SAHM, so it's not like I've got a lot going on to distract me from this. The problem is that she does things different everyday! The only thing we've totally established in her nighttime, go-to-bed routine (and that works fantastic), but she wakes up at different times each day. She wants to eat, nap, play, etc. different times EVERY DAY! I've looked at sample routines online for breastfeeding, SAHM's, but besides breastfeeding, we've also added solids, which aren't really part of a routine for 4 mos olds and also, I guess their babies nap a lot more during the day than Olivia does... I dunno. How the heck can I establish a routine for her when she wants to do her own thing every day? :-/
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