Our Schedule - toddler + 8 month old

Hi, friends! Happy Friday! I have been meaning to post this schedule for two months now because we have been on the exact same schedule since Judd was 6 months old. This schedule is so great, and we really love it! I think, though, Judd is ready to push his nap times back about 30 minutes (to 2 1/2 hours of wake time). But for now- this is our schedule!

7am - Judd wakes up, I nurse him

7:30-8am - Jacob wakes up, he goes potty and we have a dance party

8am - breakfast, all 3 of us eat at this time together at the table

P L A Y

9am - Judd goes down for his morning nap (usually 1.5 hours)

I pump during this time, clean up and tidy up the house. And P L A Y!

11am - Judd nurses

P L A Y

12pm - lunch, all 3 of us eat at this time together at the table

1pm - Judd goes down for his afternoon nap (usually 1.5 hours)

1:15pm - Jacob goes down for his nap (usually 1.5-2 hours)

Mommy's playtime! I usually catch up on DVR, blog or prep dinner during this time.

3pm - Judd nurses

P L A Y

4:30pm - daddy gets home!

5:30pm - dinner, all 4 of us eat at this time together at the table

P L A Y

6:45pm - bath with big bro

7pm - Judd gets a bottle of pumped milk, then I nurse him and rock him to sleep. He's generally in bed by 7:30pm. During this time, Josh watches a cartoon with Jacob while he drinks a smoothie before bed. 

8pm - Jacob goes to bed. We read 2 books, sing "Jesus Loves Me" and lights out. 

After the boys go to bed, Josh and I tidy up the house, one of us usually goes for a run and I pump. 

Then we watch a show, drink some wine or just go to bed. 

Zzzzz! Bed sounds good right now! :)

Our Schedule - toddler + 5 month old

Happy Friday, friends!! This week has been a doozy, with Judd going through what I think is a growth spurt (at 5 months? not sure?) and Jacob getting swimmer's ear and subsequently throwing up in the middle of the night. Owe! I am exhausted!

With Judd approaching 5 months (on Sunday! I can't believe it!), I wanted to share our current schedule. Not a lot has changed in the schedule department. Judd still can't stay awake for longer than 1.5-1.75 hours before he gets super fussy. I've found that's his optimal waketime. I'm still breastfeeding 5 times each day, but I have started introducing solids once a day, so that's in there too! And we've also bumped his bedtime up a bit.

 

7am - Judd wake & feed
7:30am - Jacob wakes up
8am - breakfast for Jacob
8:30am - Judd nap
I pump during this time, start laundry, clean, etc. and then play with Jacob.
10-10:15am - Judd wake & feed
11:30am - Judd eats solids
12pm - Judd nap
Jacob and I eat lunch during this time.
1pm - Judd wake & feed // Jacob watches Thomas
1:45pm - Jacob nap
2:30pm - Judd nap
This is my only "free time" during the day, so I try to do stuff I like to do. Catch up on DVR, blog, nap, day drink (haha! just kidding!)
4pm - Judd wake & feed // Jacob usually wakes up right around this time, too
4:30pm - daddy gets home, we play outside or I run a quick errand or go for a run
5:30pm - Judd catnap
6pm - Judd wake // we start dinner
6:30pm - Judd bath (I usually eat super fast and then start bath in the kitchen sink while Josh finishes up with Jacob)
6:45pm - Judd bottle // Jacob starts a Bubble Guppies episode with his smoothie
7:15pm - Judd to bed
7:30pm - Jacob bath
8pm - Jacob to bed
After both boys are asleep, I clean the house and either do a quick workout video or catch up on the DVR. Then pump and shower and we're generally in bed by 9:30!

Our Schedule - toddler + 4 month old

Judd is still eating every 3 hours and has only extended his wake time by 15 minutes since the last time I posted our schedule, so not a whole lot has changed. Except for the fact that he's sleeping through the night now (YEA!), so he gets all his calories during the day. Because of that, I try extra hard to give him FULL feedings each and every time. That is also why we're still on a 3-hour feed schedule.

This schedule was provided by Moms on Call and we really love it! We'll probably stick with this until Judd starts solids in a month or so. 

 

7am: wake and nurse

7:30am: Jacob wakes up

8:15am: Judd goes down for nap (still swaddled)

I pump during this time, clean up, start laundry and try to do some activity with Jacob. 

10am: wake and nurse 

11:15am: Judd goes down for nap

Jacob and I eat lunch during this time, I switch over laundry and sometimes we go play in the backyard for a bit. 

1pm: wake and nurse 

1:30pm: Jacob goes down for nap

Judd and I get some one-on-one time during this time, which I LOVE!

2:15pm: Judd goes down for nap
This is the only quiet time I get all day, so I try to do something I like to do (catch up on shows, blog, Facebook, shower, etc. I actually just bought 21 Day Fix videos, so I'm excited to start those, too!
3-3:30pm: Jacob usually wakes up around this time, and we sit on the couch and eat a snack while watching Curious George
4pm: wake and nurse
4:30pm: dad gets home! party!
I've started to go for runs during this time, or we'll go for a walk as a family or play in the backyard.
5:30pm: Judd goes down for his last nap, and I start dinner
6pm: Judd wakes up just as we're sitting down to eat, this is also when he gets his medicine, so we usually just give it to him at the dinner table
7pm: Judd starts bathtime in the kitchen sink while Jacob is drinking a smoothie and watching Bubble Guppies in family room
7:15pm: Judd starts his bedtime bottle (6oz of breastmilk)
7:30pm: Jacob starts bath
7:45pm: Judd is down for the night
8pm: Jacob is down for the night

Josh and I divide and conquer at bedtime. I give Judd a bath. Josh gives him a bottle, while I start Jacob's bath. Once Judd is done with his bottle, Josh hands him off to me to nurse a bit and put him to bed. Josh then takes over Jacob's bath and puts him to bed.

Once the kids go to bed, Josh and I try to reconnect, talk about the day or anything important, we watch a show together and drink wine, then I pump and shower and we're usually in bed by 9:30pm.

Our Schedule - toddler + 2 month old

Something I always enjoy reading are sample schedules or other people's daily schedules, so I want to share that with you today.

I started a pretty strict schedule with Judd around 1 month, because I could not function without it. Jacob and I have grown so used to knowing what to expect that it was strange and, quite frankly, not working for us to not have a schedule anymore.

I also felt like I was spending all my days rocking Judd to sleep for naps and only getting 30-45 minute naps out of him. That wasn't working either, mostly because I cannot spend 30 minutes rocking him to sleep while Jacob plays in the living room by himself. God only knows what he could (and did) get into! Plus I'm a firm believer in the effects of overstimulation and overtiredness.

I had already done loads of sleep research with Jacob, so I kinda refreshed myself and decided what path we were going to take.

I love the adjustable schedules from Moms on Call and have heard tons of success stories of babies sleeping through the night by like 9 weeks, so I knew I wanted to go with that schedule. And I respect and understand the sleep training methods of Babywise, especially since I saw firsthand what bad sleep habits can do to a baby (ahem, Jacob). 

So with that little background, here's our current schedule. This is best case scenario. Some days we follow this to a T and other days I'm tapping out when dad gets home at 4:30. I've also noticed that Judd is ready to extend his feeding times to 3.5 hours, so we'll be changing things up very soon.

2am: Judd wakes up for the first time to eat. I feed him, change his diaper, re-swaddle him and put him back down.

6am: Judd wakes up again to eat. Like before, I feed him, change his diaper, re-swaddle him and put him back down.
7:30-8am: Jacob wakes up. After waking up myself, cleaning up and changing clothes, I go in and get Jacob up, change his diaper and clothes and bring him out to the living room for breakfast and milk.
8-8:30am: Judd wakes up. I change his diaper and bring him out to the living room.
(If Jacob has school, I try to feed Judd a little bit during this time before we leave. Otherwise, we play with Judd for a bit.)

9am: feed Judd while we watch cartoons (I try very hard to keep Judd on a 3-hour feed schedule)

9:30-10am: playtime with big brother, either on the playmat or in my arms

10am: Judd goes down for his first nap. I always change his diaper and put on lots of butt paste before naps. Swaddle + white noise + dark room = recipe for success!

10:10am: I pump, get Jacob to finish his breakfast, and clean up breakfast

11-12am: one-on-one playtime with Jacob. I also try to make Jacob's lunch at the end of this time, so he can graze on it for the hour.

12pm: Judd wakes up (or I wake him up, I only allow naps to go 2 hours). Diaper change and bring him out to the living room. 

12:05pm: feed Judd while we watch cartoons and Jacob eats lunch

12:30-1pm: playtime with big brother

1pm: Judd goes down for another nap. Diaper, swaddle, white noise, dark room. 

1:10-1:30pm: Jacob and I watch Thomas while he finishes his lunch. This is something we've done for almost a year now, good cuddle time!

1:30pm: Jacob goes down for his nap.

1:35pm: I make lunch for myself and do anything I need to do that can't be done while Jacob is awake (crafts, blog, etc.)

2:15pm: Jacob is usually up after 45-60 minutes, so I get him up, change his diaper and we come back out to the living room. I continue doing things I need to do (laundry, cleaning, etc.) and then make him a snack. 

3pm: Judd wakes up. I change his diaper and bring him out to the living room. 

3:05pm: feed Judd while we watch cartoons

3:30-4pm: playtime with big brother

4pm: Judd goes down for his afternoon nap

4:10-4:30pm: I am usually drained by this point, so I'll throw the iPad at Jacob or attempt to clean up all his toys.

4:30pm: dad gets home! Party! Jacob usually tags along with Josh for awhile and I sit on the couch and recover from the day. Haha!

5:30pm: I wake up Judd for his "supper" feed. Josh usually starts dinner. 

6-6:30pm: playtime with big brother and daddy while mom finishes dinner and plates it. Jacob starts eating dinner. 

6:30pm: Judd goes down for his last nap of the day, this is usually a catnap (unless he's slept bad all day).

6:30pm: we eat dinner 

7pm: start a Bubble Guppies episode with Jacob while he drinks a little smoothie (we've been doing this for over a year)
7:30pm: Judd wakes up
8pm: both boys start bathtime (I bathe Judd in the kitchen sink, while Josh bathes Jacob in the tub)
8:15pm: bedtime feeding in Judd's room
8:45pm: both boys are down, and Josh and I clean up the house
9pm: I take a shower and get in bed...e x h a u s t e d

I'm exhausted just reading this! Gah! This really puts things in perspective.