Over the last few weeks Alex and Tony have started to nap at completely different times and eat different foods in different ways. Alex has been sleeping through the night, but Tony has been getting up multiple times per night.
I've been rolling with their preferences, but couldn't figure out how to get Tony back to sleeping through the night. Yesterday I finally had an epiphany and all had a much better night of sleep.
To properly parent Alex:
-Wakes up between 6:30-7 AM
-Takes a morning and afternoon nap for a total of 2 hours...if broken up into smaller increments, he may take more to get his 2 hour total
-Goes to sleep at 7:30 PM
-Will only eat pureed/jars of baby food and MAYBE teething biscuits in addition to nursing...in other words...feed him
To properly parent Tony (if last night was the magic combo):
-Wakes up at 7AMish
-Takes a nap almost exactly 2 hours after waking up, for an hour. Another nap 2 hours after that for about half an hour. Then an afternoon nap for an hour-hour and a half. Then maybe a pre-bedtime nap around 7 for half an hour.
-Bedtime around 9 PM
-REFUSES to let anyone except Mommy feed him and even that is conditional. Will NOT eat jarred food.
It might sound like complete chaos, but it actually works well and gives each kid one on one time.
2 comments:
Love schedules :)
Either way they are very cute 9 month olds.
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