Sample EASY routines, 6-12 months

[i-wei]

Aidan is now 7.5mths.  We have managed to settle down into a good routine now.  The first 6mths was everywhere for us so really enjoying it at the moment!

9 - Wake.  Bottle feed and breakfast of  BB rice or porridge and fruit.
11 - Nap for 1hr
2 - Bottle feed and lunch of meat & veg congee and BB yoghurt
3 - Nap for 2hrs
6:30 - Bottle feed and dinner of meat & veg congee
9:15 - Bottle and then sleep

For the past month he has been crying/screaming in his sleep.  He doesn't respond to any comforting so I usually end up waking him.  He'll usually settle back down within 10mins so it's not too bad.  Mind you, he does this 3-4times per night so I'll be glad when this phrase passes!

[NKmommy]

Nathan is a bit over 8 mos.  Our routine normally goes like this:

5:30-6:30 wake and play in crib (the second the sun rises, he's up)
7:00 - bottle
8:30 - breakfast (cereal with formula and fruit, cheerios)
9:30 - nap (1- 1.5 hrs)
11:30 - bottle
1:00 - lunch (yoghurt and whatever else, maybe toast)
2:30 - nap (1 - 1.5 hrs)
4:00 - bottle
5:30 - dinner
7:00 - bath
7:30 - book, bottle, and bed

The past few weeks, he also wakes 3-4 times a night screaming, inconsolable.  Took him to doc - no problems.  Hope this ends soon...   

[zauberin]

Here is my DD's general routine at almost 7months. We'd like to ideally cut out her 3rd nap but as she often only naps for 45mins at a time, she needs the extra afternoon/early evening nap.

7-8am - DD gets up for the day
Once DD is awake and her nappy changed we then have breakfast (cereal/oatmeal or yoghurt + fruit) and then bottle after her solids.

 PLAY

9-10:30am Nap as little as 45min or possibly 1.5hrs+ if lucky

11am-12pm lunch solids (vegies and fruit) followed by bottle.

play

1-2pm or thenabouts Nap as above

3-4pm bottle as snack

optional short nap around 5pmish

5:30-6pm dinner (vegies and fruit)

6-6:30pm bath, brush teeth, dress etc

quiet time with mum and dad read book etc either here or after dinner

7-8pm bottle and then bed.

[janet&p]

I struggled big time with the whole solids thing.  When to give solids, why am I putting DD to breast even more times than before, how much solids, am I creating a snacker - the self doubt was endless.

Thanks to this website I was able to see the logic in practicing solids an hour after a breastfeed.  Tracy states in her books to bf again for 10mins after eating solids, I tried that for a little while, but thought it was pointless when DD wasn't even attaching.

So this is was my schedule at seven months:

6.15     DD wakes and spends time quietly, probably sucking her thumb.
6.45     Get DD up and bf
7.30     Solids breakfast (2 tspn of rice cereal + water, 2 fruit cubes, 1 tspn of new food given first)
            play
8.30-9.00     Wind down then nap (1.5 - 2 h)

11.00     bf
             Pram walk
12.00     solids lunch (3 veges cubes, 2 fruit cubes)
             Play pen solo play
1.00       Wind down then nap (1.5 h)

3.00     bf
           play then bath
4.30     catnap (30m -1h)
5.30     solids dinner, stay in high chair while we eat.
            quieter play
6.30- 7  bf, book, nappy change, bed

dream feed at 7 mth was 10.00pm.  Plan to phase out by 8 month b'day.

[thitz]

DD is now 6 months & 3 weeks.  We're struggling with trying to extend nap#2 and lose catnap.

6:00 Wake and plays in crib
6:30 I turn on lights and change
7:00 Eat solids and bottle
9:00 Nap #1 (1.5-2 hrs) almost always a very good nap
11:00 Eat bottle
12:30 Eat solids lunch
1:30 Nap#2 (45 mins) can't seem to extend
2:45 Eat bottle
5:00 sometimes catnap for 30 mins max.
5:45 Eat solids and bottle
6:30 In Bed for night
8:30 Df bottle

[Meg's Mom]

I think our schedule is going to change so here it is at 12mo, 2wks:

7:15am wake up play in crib
8.00am get up, 6oz bottle whole milk
8.30-9am Breakfast: Grain, Protien or yogurt & fruit
 
10am - snack: small grain, then nap (till 11.15-12.15 varies greatly)

12.00 Lunch: grain, protien & veg/fruit - followed by 6oz whole milk
3.00 - snack of grain, then nap (till 4.00-4.15)

5.00 - Dinner: grain, Protien & veg/fruit w/ 4oz whole milk
6.45 bath followed by small snack  grain and veg and 4oz whole milk
(she doesn't eat well at dinner and since starting this she is happy to play in crib till 8am  )

7.30 bed

[momofgrace]

Here's Gracie's schedule now that she is 8 1/2 months old give or take 15 minutes.  She bf's 4x a day, but sometimes seems like she might be ready to go to 3- the 11am feed only lasts about 5 minutes.
(sometimes she wakes earlier, plays and falls back asleep until 6:30-6:45-- unless she has a really poopy diaper!!)

6:30ish wakeup and bf
7:30 solids
9:30 Nap for 1 1/2hours

11:00 bf
12:00 solids
1:45 Nap for 1 1/2 hours

3:15 bf
5:00 solids

7:00bf and bed for night

Amy

[NKmommy]

Here is our new schedule at 10 mos.  I am hoping to drop a bottle soon; I guess I keep putting it off.  It is just so convenient to give a bottle when he wakes and then lunch on the road while running errands, instead of the other way around (hard to warm formula on the road, etc).  Hmmm

7 - bottle (5 oz - all he will drink)
8 - breakfast (cereal with fruit and 2 oz milk mixed in)
9:30 - nap
11 - bottle (5-6 oz)
12 - lunch (usually fruit and dairy)
2 - nap
3:30 - bottle (5-6 oz)
5 - dinner (usually veggies and meat)
7 - bottle (6 oz) and bed

[NKmommy]

Yeah!  We successfully dropped a bottle!

7 - breakfast
9 - bottle
9:30 - 11:00 - nap
11 - lunch
1 - bottle
1:30 - 3:00 - nap
3 - snack
5 - dinner
7 - bottle and bed

[tallblondamy]

Sophia will be 7 months old this week. Here's our current schedule:

E 7:00am - wake and bf
A
E 8:15am - breakfast (rice, fruit, cheerios)
A
S 9:30am - (in crib by 9:15; usually asleep by 9:30)
Y
E 11:00am - wake and bf
A
E 12:15pm - lunch (vegetable, fruit, cheerios)
A
S 1:30pm - (in crib by 1:15; usually asleep by 1:30)
Y
E 3:00pm - wake and bf
A
E 5:00pm - bf
A
E 5:45/6:00pm - dinner (oatmeal, vegetable, fruit, cheerios)
A 6:15pm - bedtime routine (bath, massage, pj's)
E 6:30pm - bf until very relaxed and then into crib
S 7:30pm - asleep
Y

Sophia's napping schedule really started to solidify around 6 months, at which point she gradually dropped the late afternoon catnap and started taking 2 longer (1.5 hr) naps each day. I was never successful at extending 40 minute naps when she was younger, so I gave up on it. The good news is that she worked it out on her own--yay! I tried eliminating the 5pm bf around 6 months, but she seemed pretty grumpy about it, so I added it back in. Since we don't do a dream feed, and she sleeps through the night, I think we'll hang on to this bf for a while longer.

[thitz]

DD is almost 8 months. We've dropped the catnap but still have a 45min afternoon nap. Almost always sleeps thru night but some days wakes as early as 5:30 and may or may not go back to sleep.  Overall, a very happy baby and mommy:)

6:00 DD Wakes and plays in crib
6:30 I turn on lights and diaper change
6:45 bottle (6oz)
8:00 breakfast (1 cube fruit mixed with 1 tbsp rice cereal)
9:00 Nap #1 (1.5-2 hrs) almost always a very good nap
11:00 bottle (6oz)
12:45 Lunch (two cubes veg with 3 tbsp mixed cereal)
2:00 Nap#2 (45 mins) can't seem to extend
3:30 bottle (5oz)
5:00 Dinner (2 cubes apple with 4 tbsp oat cereal)
5:45 bottle (2-6oz)
6:30 In Bed for night
8:30 Df bottle (2-4oz)

[Debprins]

Here is our schedule at 6/1/2 months It seems to be working very well at the moment!
7.15 Wake and play in cot
7.30 Breakfast cereal + bottle
8.00 Activity ending in a book quick cuddle.
9.05 Sleep
10.35 Awake
11.15 Lunch yogurt with fruit + bottle
12.30ish sleep
1.30 awake
3.15 bottle(snack)
3.30 short nap
4 awake usually go for a walk
6pm dinner
6.15 bath
6.30bottle (small)
6.45 Bed and sleep.
The afternoons can vary a little especially if her naps are short then she will have a few mor of them!

[ForeverHopeful]

Here is our schedule at 10 months 

7.00 Wake and 6oz milk
8.00 Breakfast, cereal and fruit or toast
9.30 Nap of 1hr
10.30 Snack, fruit with cup of water
12.00 Lunch, fish or chicken with pasta or potato and veg, yoghurt
1.30   Nap of 1.5hrs
3.00   6oz milk from cup
5.00  Dinner anything with a tomato based sauce Spag Bol usually 
6.00  Bath
6.30  6oz milk from cup, toast and Bear in the Big Blue House 
7.00  Quiet time with book and some music
7.30  Bed

[HeatherC]

This is our schedule at 9 months, and it has been this way for awhile now.
8:00 wake and 4 oz fruit, 6 oz bottle
10:00 juice in sippy
10:30 nap, usually 1.25-1.5 hrs
12:00 work on  table/finger foods, 4 oz lunch (fruit/meat or veggie/meat combo), 6 oz bottle
2:00 juice in sippy
2:45 nap, usually 1.25-1.5 hrs
4:00 6 oz bottle
5:30 finger foods, 4 oz dinner (veggie/meat or fruit/meat combo) with juice in sippy
7:15 6 oz bottle
7:45 bed

[Leah's Mom]

Here is our schedule at 10 months.

6:30-7 - Wake
7 - Breakfast
9 - Bottle - 6 ounces
9:30-10:30 - Nap
11:30 - Lunch
1:30 - Bottle - 6 ounces
1:30-3:00 - Nap
3:00 - Snack and sippy with formula - 3 ounces
5:00 - Supper
6:30 - Bottle - 6 ounces
7:00 - Bed