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ACTIVITY => E.A.S.Y. Forum => Topic started by: cheinzel on January 16, 2006, 21:49:11 pm
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Hi all. I've been a lurker around here for a few months. This website has been so helpful to me in trying to figure out my ds.
DS is 9 months (4/4/05). He just cut his top two teeth and made a major sleep transition. Because it occurred with the teething, I thought it would be temporary, but I can see that it is not.
He had a nice routine that went like this:
7:00-wake bottle
8:30-breakfast
9:30-nap
11:00-bottle
12:30-lunch
1:30-nap
3:00-bottle
5:30-dinner
6:45-bottle
7:00-sleep
Now, he has pushed his morning nap back to about 10:00 and his afternoon nap to about 2:30/3:00. From what I read else where on this site, I think it's normal for his age. He is a textbook baby, afterall.
So, my question is this, should I transition to 3 bottles instead of 4 at this time too since he is sleeping during a normal bottle time and not finishing all of his 4 offered bottles? If so, I was thinking of this:
7:00-breakfast (he's done this before with no problem)
9:30-bottle
10:00-nap
11:30-lunch
2:00/2:30-bottle
4:00 (whenever he wakes)-snack
5:30-dinner
6:45-bottle
Sorry this is so long. I really wanted to know what you other moms of March/April babies thought. If it's a good routine, what should I give for a snack? I haven't given juice yet, should I give that at snack time or continue holding off on the juice? I guess my only concern with the new proposed routine is that he would get used to having a bottle before sleeping all of the time. Maybe he's old enough that I shouldn't worry?
TIA
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I think your plan sounds great. Dropping a bottle due to a later nap is exactly what happened with my dd. One day she went down later and slept through a bottle time and it stuck. Of course, you may have a few days that don't always go according to plan, and that's okay. I don't think you should worry about him having a bottle before a sleep as long as he's not taking it to fall asleep. As for juice, if give it watered-down. I make a cup of 4 oz water and 2 oz juice and she sips on it after playing and when she wakes from a nap, and during lunch and dinner. As for a snack, you could give crackers, Gerber veggie/fruit puffs, fruit pieces, some toast, cheese, yogurt. The possibilities are only as limited as your child's preferences. You ought to join in on the March/April moms chat group in the EASY forum.