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Title: routine naps for five month old
Post by: kezzi78 on February 14, 2006, 20:07:17 pm

PLease can someone advise how and when to slot in naps for a five month old. At present her schedule goes like this.

7.00am get up - bottle
7.30am - solids - cereal/fruit

9.00am - nap - anywhere between 45mins - 1 hr

10.00am - activity
11.00am - bottle

11.30am - nap - 1hr

12.30 - solids - veg/fruit

3.00pm - bottle
3.20pm - nap - 1 1/2 - 2 hours

5.00pm - bath
5.30pm - solids

7.00pm - bottle
7.15 pm - bed - sleeps till 6.15am/6.30am

I wanted to know how many naps should she have and how can i fit them around her bottles and solids?????

Please help..............

Title: Re: routine naps for five month old
Post by: *Natasha* on February 14, 2006, 22:49:10 pm

At 5 months we just transitioned to two naps, so at 6 months this is how her schedule looks:

7-8.30am - Bottle then solids after an hour
9.30am - Sleep 1.5hrs
12-1pm - Solids then bottle
2pm - Sleep 1.5hrs
4.30/5pm - Solids
6pm - Bath
6.30pm - Bottle
7pm - Sleep.

Title: Re: routine naps for five month old
Post by: kezzi78 on February 15, 2006, 08:25:13 am

so just to clarify she only has three bottles in the day, rather than four. How much per bottle does she drink? and does she still have a dream feed...... So you stop doing the four hour easy

Title: Re: routine naps for five month old
Post by: *Natasha* on February 15, 2006, 09:26:53 am

Yes she dropped her 4th bottle when we transitioned to 2 naps so we are really on a 5 hour easy. This is because she was hardly drinking her 11am bottle, eating all her 3pm bottle then not eating alot of her night time bottle. She is getting more milk now on 3 bottles than she was on 4. She has about 27oz a day including what i put on her cereal. She is still putting on about 200gms a week and loves her solids.
You could try this if you still want to stick to 3 naps:

7.00am get up - bottle
7.30am - solids - cereal/fruit
9.00am - nap -1-1.5hrs
11.00am - bottle
12pm - solids - veg/fruit
1pm - nap 1-1.5hrs
3.00pm - bottle
4pm - nap -1- 1.5hrs
5.30pm - solids
6.00pm - bath
7.00pm - bottle
7.15 pm - bed - sleeps till 6.15am/6.30am

Title: Re: routine naps for five month old
Post by: kezzi78 on February 15, 2006, 10:49:19 am

Thanks so much will try the three naps and then move down to two...... much appreciated  :-*

Title: Re: routine naps for five month old
Post by: *Natasha* on February 16, 2006, 05:08:00 am

When you transition down to 2 naps just extend her awake time slowly by 15 mins at a time so you can cut out the last nap. Good luck  :)