Melody's Ten Month Schedule
Sadly, I only have a baby for one more month, then I will have a TODDLER! So the timing of Melody's schedule hasn't changed any from her nine month schedule, but what we eat surely has!
Workday Schedule
7:30 a.m. - Melody has been consistently waking up between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. most mornings. After she wakes up, I will change her diaper and let her play in her jumper while watching Mickey Mouse. Most mornings, I will do a chore or two of some sort during this time. Usually it is something in the kitchen [unloading dishwasher; washing bottles; prepping meals; etc.].
9:00 a.m. - I feed Melody her first bottle. While she takes her bottle, we watch the Today Show. After her bottle, we then start her first round of solids. In the mornings I either do rice cereal or oatmeal. She is one of those babies that loves both cereal and oatmeal. I have been increasing how much oatmeal/cereal I have been giving her. Sometimes she takes it all, sometimes she leaves quite a bit remaining. It really depends on her mood. After she eats, she will usually just hang out in her highchair and play with her toys long enough for me to eat breakfast.
10:00 a.m. - I will put Melody down for a nap the moment she shows any signs of sleepiness [rubbing her eyes, general fussiness, etc.]. It isn't always at this time, but it is within 15 minutes of it. She will usually nap around 45 minutes. I will usually try and shower during this time.
11:00 a.m. - Melody usually gets up around 11 a.m. I let her sit in her crib for about 10-15 minutes after she initially wakes up because sometimes she will put herself back to sleep. I will change her diaper and clothes, then she will play. Where she plays depends on what we are doing. But either way, she will play for the next two hours or so.
1:00 p.m. - Here is one of the changes we have made. I now feed Melody her solids first. This has been great for both of us. I usually eat whatever Melody eats, but a larger portion (of course). We may do grilled cheese, egg salad, ham sandwich, etc. She doesn't eat much, but she eats more this way than trying to get her to eat solids after a bottle. This also allows me to eat at 1:00 p.m. vs 2:00 p.m. After we both finish lunch (usually around 1:30 p.m.), I will feed her a bottle.
2:15 P.M. - Melody will usually nap at this time. Again, I put her down for her nap when she shows signs of sleepiness. This nap length varies. We have some days she only naps 45 minutes, and there are some days she will nap 90 minutes. On average, she naps about an hour, however.
3:15 P.M. - Melody usually gets up from her nap around 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. I will change her diaper and then we are back playing.
5:00 p.m. - I feed Melody her third bottle. We usually watch Gilmore Girls while feeding her this bottle. Brad gets home not long after this bottle has started. We then start dinner and eat. If we are lucky, we might get some TV in too.
5:45 p.m. - I think Melody napped maybe 5 times during this nap time this month. It really depends on how well she napped that day. I suspect this nap will be completely gone during month eleven.
7:00 p.m. - So depending on what we eat for dinner determines what she eats for dinner. If we eat something that we feel comfortable with her eating a small portion of, we will feed it to her. Otherwise, I might make her something similar to her lunch. On occasion we give her a container of baby food. This is rare, but it does happen from time to time. If it is bath night, we give her a bath directly afterwards. Otherwise, it is into the living room for playtime and TV time.
9:00 p.m. - Brad will feed Melody her last bottle. While he feeds her, I will usually prep things for the next day. I like to lay out her clothes and prep my diaper bag. Brad will change her diaper, attach her snuza, then we will sleep sack her. Most nights we will read her a book, then we put her to bed. She is still in a pack and play in our bedroom, so we will let her fall asleep before going to bed ourselves.
Weekend Schedule
So the weekend schedule is practically the same. We don't do quite as many, if any, chores, and we do adjust little things if we are going out for dinner or shopping at any point.
