Mommy News

So Bryn and I have joined a Mommy and Me group that is based in Frisco. It is so much fun! We also started our own so we can try to meet more mommies and babies that are in Prosper surrounding area. Since joining I am around a lot of new moms. I have noticed how many of us have questions about baby schedules on food and sleep and all things in between.

This blog is partially for me (soes I can remember if we have another how I managed to it the first time) and partly for any mom who has questions on what other people have done that worked.

Here we go!

Bryn started rice cereal at 4 months. We did 2 tbsp at 9 am and 5pm. It was after her 7 am and 3pm bottle and the pedi told us to do this so that she wasn't hungry when we feed her. About 2 weeks after just having cereal we added a veggie. No fruit yet because they worry that your babe won't want veggies if they know it could be sweeter. I was going to try the "make my own baby food route" but with the move it was no possible. I got her Gerber step 1 foods. Sweet potatoes, squash and peas to start. She ate about half the container at first. With more practice she started eating it all a few weeks later. Introducing them one at a time with a 3 day period in between to check for any allergies.

This was the same time that we dropped night feedings. I was still giving her a dream feed bottle at 10pm but not feeding her if she woke in the middle of the night. We also went from eating every 3 hours to eating every 4. Sometimes we just made it to 3.5 hours in the beginning.

We have a bath time routine and so she got used to when it was night time. This helps. When I started noticing she would doze off around 9 and not really wake up again I stopped her 10pm bottle. That was 4.5 months old. The cereal helps keeps their tum tums full!

Now this babe is 7 months old! She eats 4 bottles and 3 meals.
7am/ 8am bottle
9am oat meal and veggie
10am nap in crib
11 am bottle
12:30 snack- veggie and rice cake or solid food i.e. avocado
1:00-3/4 nap I don't worry about where this nap takes place. Since sometimes we are on the road or running errands as long as she gets it I'm not concerned where it is.
3pm bottle
5pm rice cereal and veggie
7pm bath time routine
7:30pm bottle
7:30/8 bedtime

Usually during the last bottle she crashes and is out for the night. I try to not let her nap after 4:30. If she doesn't then she will be ready for bed at 7:30. Also we noticed if her Daddy comes home after her bath time then she gets a second wind and won't go down 'til 9. So NEW RULE- Daddy has to be home before 7 or he has to stay gone 'til babe is down for the count :)
She usually goes to sleep while we hold her. If not she sometimes lays and watches the mobi and she'll crash on her own. Sometimes she wakes looking for the wubby. On occasion she can't find it and we have to go in and help her. She sleeps in a sleep sack which I love because I know she stays warm and she cant suffocate herself. But she is not crawling or standing up so who knows how long this will work for us.
*We have a family rule that Miss Bryn can't come to bed with us until 6am. This is because I am willing to get up at 6am if need be so if it becomes habit that would be okay.

This schedule works great for us! Hopefully it will come in handy for another go round if Bryn has any siblings later!