I have just adopted a 8mo dd Katrina. She has been doing relatively well. She screams a lot, although I heard this is common for adoptees that were not placed at birth. (She had been with her birth mother until now)
My issue is trying to get her on a schedule. She was never on a schedule of any sort for anything. She seems fine in the am with what we've been doing. I'll post what yesterday was like. There's not much of a normal yet as we haven't even had her one week.
awake: 7:45am
nap (at church) 11:00-12:00
nap (at home) 3-5pm
asleep 7:30pm
My issue is that she gets extremely tired and fussy at about 6pm and will scream (and I mean scream not cry) until she goes to bed.
Today we tried things a bit different and we're not sure how they'll work yet. We are trying her with 3 naps. Today's schedule so far:
awake 7:45
fell asleep in Target at 10:00 for about 20 minutes
nap 11:45-1:45
nap 4:30 and is still sleeping
I am trying to aviod the total meltdown at 6 until she is in bed. BTW she sleeps usually through the night. Sometimes she'll wake once for a bottle, but the past 2 nights it has been straight through.
This baby was crying for a schedule. I am surprised it is coming along so quickly.
