Cooper’s Schedules
Posted: March 19, 2009 Filed under: Cooper | Tags: Cooper 2 Comments »I thought it might be interesting to post the schedules that I have kept with Cooper. Prior to 11 weeks old, I tried to have him on a schedule, but he was a chronic 45 minute napper and hit so many growth spurts that it is not really worth me typing out his schedule prior to week 11.
Three books I recommend reading if you are interested in developing a schedule for you child are: Baby Wise, The Baby Whisperer Solves all your problem, and Good Night Sleep Tight. Click on the title to read more about each book.
I typed these schedules out for a good friend of mine, but I thought other people might benefit from them…So here you go:
Three Hour Schedule
11-18 weeks old (Then Cooper got sick and had colic issues from week 14-18 so the schedule stayed the same, but we had some issues)
*** I should also add that Cooper would wake 45 minutes into a nap and cry for 5-15 minutes before falling back to sleep to complete his nap. This continue until he was 4 months old***
8:00 Feed
9:30-10:30/11:00 Nap – if Cooper woke early, I would just entertain him until at least 10:30 or 11:00 and then feed him
11:00 Feed
12:30-2:00 Nap
2:00 Feed
3:30-5:00 Nap
5:00 Feed
6:30-7:15 Cat Nap
7:30 Feed
9:00-10:30 Nap/ Nighttime sleep
10:30 Feed & Put right back to Bed for nighttime sleep
Cooper woke between 4:00 or 6:00 am for a short feeding. He stopped waking up in the early morning hours around 19/20/21 weeks old. Just thought you might want to know this. I stopped feeding him at 18 weeks old in the early morning hours. It was a weaning process. I would only allow him to feed for a few minutes each morning, until we were down to just a minute total. Then I started to let him cry it out. It took until he was 21 weeks old when he no longer cried at the early morning hour consistently.
4 Month Schedule (3.5/4 hours)
7:00 Feed
8:30-10:30 Nap
10:30 Feed
12:30-2:30 Nap
2:30 Feed
4:30-6:30 Nap *** He stopped taking a good nap here at around 20 weeks old so I began to shorten it to a cat nap
6:30 Feed
9:00 Feed
9:15/ 9:30 Bed
5 Months Schedule #1
Starting around 21- 22 weeks
7:00 Feed (milk & solids)
8:30- 10:30 Nap (he could only stay up 1.5 hours in the am)
11:00 Feed (milk & solids)
1:00- 3:00 Nap
3:00 Feed (milk only)
5:00-5:45 Cat Nap
5:45 Feed (solids only)
8:30 Feed (milk only)
9:00 Bed
5 Months Schedule #2
Starting around 23 weeks to current
7:00 Feed (milk & solids)
9:00-11:00 Nap
11:00 Feed (milk & solids)
1:00- 3:00 Nap
3:00 Feed (milk only)
5:00-5:45 Cat Nap
5:45 Feed (solids only)
7:45 Feed (milk only)
8:00 Bed
6 Month Schedule
7:00 milk & solids
9:00 nap
11:30 milk & solids
2:00/2:30 nap
3:30/4:00 milk
5:30 solids
6:30 bath & milk
7:00 bed
I wait 15-30 minutes in between milk and solid food. This helps Cooper eat better.
Nap= 1.5-2 hours each
Morning wake time is 2 hours, afternoon wake time is 3 hours
7:00 milk & solids
9:00 nap
11:30 milk & solids
2:00/2:30 milk** & nap
3:30/4:00 snack (Gerber puffs 10-20 pieces)
5:00 solids
6:30 bath & milk
7:00 bed
I wait 15-30 minutes in between milk and solid food. This helps Cooper eat better.
Nap= 1.5-2 hours each
Morning wake time is 2 hours, afternoon wake time is 3 hours
** I started to breastfeed Cooper before his nap because he was waking early out of his naps from hunger. This solved the early waking from his nap.
Is this supposed to be a deterrent? I thought you wanted friends for Cooper? And you aren’t Chris anymore!
Mikey, deterrent? You should thank me for paving the way for you! And yes, I have my own identity at last!