Monday, March 10, 2014

Daylight (and sanity) savings time

From all the books and interwebs I've encountered, I've come to grips with the phrase 'every baby is different.'  Some friends, especially those who work, have babies that have had regular schedules since they learned the difference between night and day.  M, on the other hand, has a schedule reminiscent of Plinko (from Price is Right).  We do have a loose routine Eat, Play, Sleep.  It's loose because half the time he's too full from his last meal to eat when he wakes.  So it looks more like Play, Eat, Play, Sleep.  Currently, it's working for us since it allows for tummy time with less up-chucking.  And anything that makes the much-hated tummy time more palatable is welcome.

It's difficult because I'm o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d. with M's schedule and the number of hours he sleeps in a day.  It's all recorded and analyzed in my little Excel spreadsheet.  I have complicated, nested formulas that compile, average, analyze and display his eating, peeing, pooping and sleeping.  


The hardest part of not being able to keep to a schedule is that 3 out of 5 weekdays, the hard-working husband doesn't get to see him before he goes to bed at night.  M started putting himself down for the night at about 10 weeks old.  He just went to sleep like any other nap and he'd sleep for 5-6 hours.  And his preferred bedtime was 5:45pm.  It hasn't really changed much since. From months 2.5-5, he was usually asleep by 6:30pm.  So I decided not to do anything to change his schedule at all for this spring-forward daylight savings.  Last night, he went to bed at 7:30pm.  Even if it lasts only this week and he starts adjusting back to his preferred 6:30pm, it'll be a week where the husband will be able to enjoy his company when he gets home from work.  



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