SAHM's Schedule Question?

Do you any of you have a structured schedule that you go by?

Kinda like the ones you see Super nanny making =)

I am creating a schedule for my DS so when I am on maternity leave his days home flow about the same as his days at school. This way he is sure to get Mommy time and he knows what to expect (snack time etc) plus I am a little fearful of neglecting him so I need to know what to expect =).

I am hoping this schedule I implement will carry smoothly over to g-ma to make her life easier when I go back to work. I don't want her life to be too stressed with 2 kids.

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I never did but now with 3 kids, Im working on it!

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we didnt in the beginning, but around 12 weeks we had some sort of routine.. we never had a bottle schedule but meals and naps we did....

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I actually have a kinda routine for the kids everyday and it working out pretty good so far.....MOST days..... they are only 3 1/2 months old so I really dont expect to much from them.....

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DD is 5 months

6-7am she wakes up
8oz bottle rightaway
730am jar of fruit with oatmeal

Nap 830-10am ( everyday )

11am 8oz bottle
Swing to sit up and digest, while mommy has coffee.

1130 we play for an hour,
1230 we go out run errands, see gram, meet friends for lunch....doctor appointmens.. If not then she plays with her gym, bouncy, sassy doorway swing, we do educational cards and talk.

2pm 8 oz bottle

3pm-4pm she naps

Whatever we do we are home by 4.
I take her for a walk

5 pm bath time
530 cereal/fruit
6pm book/daddy time

7pm we lay her down and she plays for awihile in her crib, then she goes to sleep on her own.

Sleeps 12 hours

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We have a sort of schedule, but the times themselves vary, depending on what time he wakes up, naps, etc.

He will usually wake up anywhere from 7am-830am, have half a bottle, cereal, play a little, then the rest of his bottle, nap.

He will nap for an hour and a half. We will have lunch, then either go out or stay home and play until his next bottle & nap 2-3 hours later.

He will nap again for 1.5-2 hours, then dinner, and small bottle. More playtime, bath (on bath nights), read books, bottle, bed around 9:30-10pm.

So while the time itself varies, the intervals between are consistent, and he has grown to expect it.