Our kid's on a schedule ?!

Those of you that know Brian and me, know that we are pretty laid back people. We usually have a plan as to what we are doing, but rarely is it set in stone or have much of the details flushed out. For instance, driving across the country to Yellowstone. We knew when we had to get there and I knew what roads we were taking. However, every day we decided spur-of-the-moment where to eat, what to visit, and where to stay the night. This habit has continued to today. We have our work schedule, but the rest of the time we sort of "wing it". Pre-baby, we were usually up by 9am and our dinner late by 9pm.

Then along came Tam the Spam . . .

After reading several baby books (Dr. Spock, What to Expect the First Year, Nursing Guide to Children), I have found that Tam is very, very, average and predictable! Whenever the books say "your baby should be doing this"...Tam is usually spot on with this. With the exception of having no interest in rolling over :-)

AND the Goober has self-regulated his own schedule! Little dude's internal clock is way more rigid than Brian or mine's. He's up in the morning 'tween 6:30 and 7am (Gawd help us!). He's hungry by 7:30-8am. Down for first nap by 9am. Up and playing between 10-10:30am. Lunch better be on time between 11:30 and noon or we here the screams. Down for 2nd nap by 1pm for which he sleeps 1-2hours. Dinner by 4:30. A third nap most days by 5:30ish. Bed routine started 'round 7:15 and last bottle and bed by 8pm. He's still waking once during the morning for a 4-5am feed...but otherwise sleeps pretty peacefully. The bugger gets more sleep than Brian and me combined! But it makes him such a happy baby when he is awake and we rarely have scream fits (knock on wood).

I have found that deviations from the schedule are severely frowned upon by Tam. I have fed him a breakfast bottle late (9) and he still wants lunch by 11:30! Just like if he hasn't eaten just a couple of hours ago! Oh, please do not let this be the beginning of anal-retentive tendencies...which is SO not like his parents :-)