maintaining a schedule and getting out

[halloweenmommy]

Hello all,  Here is a little background on our situation:

I have just started a 4 hour EASY routine with my dd.  We are less than a week in and so far she is doing pretty well.  Her naps have increased from 30 minutes to 1h45m - which is a great improvement.   She is exclusively bf.  She has gas (which wakes her up at night anywhere from 2-9 times) that we are starting to treat with Zantac.

My question is:  How am I supposed to get out of the house while maintaining her schedule?  If I deviate from her new schedule at all will I ruin the progress that I have made thus far?  I have mommy groups and swimming lessons that we normally attend during the week, but fail to see how I am supposed to attend these events with her new schedule.

Any advice that you can give would be most appreciated.
Thanks.

[*Natasha*]

What does your routine for the day look like?
Well done on extending the napt time that is a great start 

[halloweenmommy]

Thanks for the congrats on the nap time extension - I'm feeling pretty good about that.  It's so nice to have more than 30 minutes to do other things or just veg during the day.
This is what our schedule looks like thus far:

7 a.m. - wake and bf
7:15 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. - activity time
8:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - nap time
11:00 a.m. - bf
11:15 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. - activity time
12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - nap time
3:00 p.m. - bf
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - activity time
4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - nap time
6:30 p.m. - bath
7:00 p.m. - bf
7:30 p.m. - bed
11:00 p.m. - dream feed

I think I got it all in there.  My question involves trying to get out of the house at times other than activity times.  How critical is it that she naps in her crib all the time?  How critical is it that she not have the pu/pd if we are in the car, or in the stroller, or at the mall?  If I change her schedule one daya week to allow for a swimming lesson will it wreck the schedule?  I don't want to have to be a slave to the schedule and have to be confined to my house every time she has to have a nap, but at the same time I am very committed to making the schedule work.

Thanks

[Minibird]

With my lo, after we had been on easy for a few weeks, I found that we could deviate from the routine on some days without affecting her the rest of the week, but it seemed to depend on the activity. 

We were booked in for a set of swimming lessons that fell right in the middle of nap time.  She is fine for these, and it doesn't seem to disrupt other days or naps at all (she has a really good sleep in the afternoon though!).  But I had to give up a mother and baby group that fell in a nap time as she was grisly and wanted to go to sleep rather than socialise...

I usually don't worry too much now if she loses a bit of one nap during the day (she's not great at sleeping in the buggy - too nosy!).  She will make it up on the next nap, and on the whole EASY makes Daisy more content, meaning that I have more freedom, not less.