Melody's Eleven Month Schedule
Melody's schedule has been extremely crazy over the last month. We have done a LOT of transitioning I feel like. Two big things happened. One, around 11.5 months, we started the new schedule below. We reduced our bottle count to only 3 bottles! If you want to view the schedule for the first half of the month, it did not change from her 10 month schedule. Two, naps are in limbo. A lot of days in the last week of the month, she started only taking one nap a day. Most of the time it was a complete accident. Like we were out shopping during the morning, so she didn't really nap. So she passed out after her lunch around 1 and would wake up for her bottle at 3. The schedule below is going to be based on where she was at 11.5 months though...3 bottles, 2 naps!
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 now watch Let's Make a Deal (and we flip to the Today Show during commercials). After her bottle, I either do rice cereal or oatmeal. She is one of those babies that loves both cereal and oatmeal. I give her whatever the formula I have on hand will make. 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. After I finish breakfast, we both go to the living room and play until she is ready to nap.
11:30 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 an hour. I will usually try and shower during this time.
12:30 p.m. - Melody usually gets up around this time. 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, then I will put her in her highchair for lunch. Now that we are on full solids, lunch varies. I try to give her some sort of yogurt or a baby food packet. Then I will follow that up with goldfish or puffs. Then if she is still hungry, I may give her a cookie. I will also put some water in a sippy cup for her (although she prefers her drinks from a real cup with or without a straw). I will try and sneak in a lunch too. Once she is finished, I will clean her up and change her clothes. Then we play outside or in her room. Sometimes we will play in whatever room I need to be in for the chores I need to accomplish.
3:00 p.m. - Now I give her a bottle of milk. I started this to see how Melody would adjust to the transition to whole milk prior to going to our doctor's appointment for her one year checkup. Luckily she takes the milk just fine from a bottle at least.
3:30 p.m. - Melody will usually nap at this time or as soon as she finishes her bottle. She will usually nap about an hour or so.
4:30 p.m.. - Melody usually gets up from her nap. I will change her diaper and then we are back playing.
6:00 p.m. - Melody eats dinner with us around this time. I try and feed her whatever we are eating with some goldfish and cookies. If we are not eating anything she can have, we will give her yogurt or a food pouch.
7:00 p.m. - If it is bath night, we give her a bath. 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, then we will sleep sack her. Most nights we will read her a book, then we put her to bed. She is now in her crib in her own room.
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.
