Wednesday, September 14, 2011

A day in the life of Pipes

**Just a warning. This post is more for my sake than anybody else's. (else's?  Is that not a word because spell check is showing it isn't. hm.)     In fact, it's gonna be downright boring to anybody but me.   But I wanted to use this blog to keep up with important stuff going on with Piper, so that's what this post is...   You've been warned.**

12 weeks old - a typical day:

6 am - Eat (goes right back to sleep immediately after).
8 - 9 - Eat. Up for the day. Plays for about an 1 - 2 hours.  SUPER happy and talks a lot during this time.  Wakes up smiling and laughing at me.
9:30 - 10:30 - Nap.  Mostly in her crib, swaddled with white noise machine going.
12 - Eat. Plays for 1 - 2 hours. 
1 - 2 - Nap off and on.  Normally out running errands so naps are not as consistent.
2:30 - 3:30 - Eat. Plays for 1 - 2 hours.
4 - 5 - Nap. (Mostly at home, in her crib.)
5 - 6 - Eat. Play and nap off and on until bath time.
7:30 - Bath time and Bed time routine starts.

I think she would go to bed earlier than 8pm but it's hard enough getting her to bed that early so she normally starts getting kind of fussy around 7.  I turn on some music and it plays in her room while I'm bathing, changing and feeding her.   Most nights she goes from being extremely fussy to very relaxed almost as soon as she hears that music.   She must know it means bed time is coming.    She loves taking a bath.  Doesn't really care or not care about having a paci at this point.  Will take one for a minute but it normally falls out and she isn't interested in it anymore.

Bed time routine is give her as much milk as she will drink, swaddle, pray, turn off all lights and turn on noise machine.  She isn't crying at all when we leave the room anymore and she sleeps until 6am (almost on the dot) without waking through the night.

Glory, Hallelujah and Amen. 

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