Since Izzy was about 3 month old she has been on a good routine for sleeping, which came from me thinking I was going to lose my mind. At the beginning she had Colic and would cry constantly. I was stressed to the max, so I wrote down a routine for her. Literally, I covered every hour of the day.
8 am-wake up
8:30 am-breakfast
9:30 am- Cartoons/"Your Baby Can Read" (yes we were those parents)
10 am- Bottle/1st nap
12 pm-wake up/lunch time
1 pm- play time/tummy time
1:30- Jumparoo/story time
2 pm- Bottle/2nd nap
4 pm- wake up/snack time
4:30 pm- play time/tummy time
6:30 pm- dinner time
7:30 pm- bath time
8:30- bottle/story time
9 pm- bed time
All day-Everyday! It took about 5-7 days and she was on the routine and like a whole new baby. She even started getting fussy if I was a minute or 2 late for her nap. She started sleeping 12 hours through the night about a week after I started the routine and she took 2- 2 hour naps during the day. I felt like a whole new woman. I was able to catch up on my 3 months of barely any sleep and I was starting to regain my sanity, not to mention I got to take a shower in peace and not rush, IT WAS AMAZING!
Izzy was on that schedule until she was around 18-20 months, now I am a little more relaxed with her routine, and she only takes 1 nap a day. But she will still sleep 12-14 hours a night, she loves to sleep in for mommy on the weekend (usually I have to wake her up), and she will take a 2-2 1/2 hour nap a day. I mostly just stick to the meals and bath time now. Everything else she just let me know what she wants to do.
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