Our Daily Schedule!

People without kids, this will most likely bore you to tears. I won't be offended if you close the page. It may actually bore everyone to tears but that's okay.

As has been requested in the past, this is my complete daily schedule with Nelly.

These times are to the minute if we are at home. I kid you not, to the minute.

7:30AM  

Time for Nelly to wake up.

               

She usually wakes up on her own between 7 and 7:30 but I won't get her out of her bed until 7:30 as she is happy to just talk to herself in there for awhile and I like to get that extra few minutes of sleep.

As soon as I get her up she comes into bed with us for a nappy change, breastfeed and a play until 8am.

8:00AM 
Play time in the living room and I might have breakfast now, otherwise I will eat at the same time that she does and we will share my food. 

8:30AM

Time for Nelly to have her breakfast which is usually two weetbix made with formula and fruit.

It will take her anywhere from 10 -30 minutes to eat her breakfast and straight after breakfast it's back to play time.

9:15AM

Change nappy, whether it is wet or not (this rule goes for every nappy change you see written here). Now that she is crawling at a rapid rate, nappy time is a hard slog. She loves la on her back and act all placid and calm but will flip as soon as the nappy is off and crawl away as quick as can be so it can take awhile.

9:25AM

Read Story

9:30AM

Bed Time

This is probably the easiest sleep of the day where I do not need to settle her as she goes straight to sleep.

It's now that I make the hard decision on what I am going to do for the next two hours, housework or put my feet up and catch up on all of my shows that are recorded on Foxtel.

I don't need to tell you what I usually choose. I don't really have the TV on during the day if Nelly is awake though as I just don't see the need for it and she gets too distracted from it.

11:30AM 

Wake the kid up. Nappy change. Breastfeed. Play.

If we are going to go for a walk, we do it now and I take a packed lunch for Nelly to eat at the park while we are out. 

12:30PM

Lunch. As with breakfast, this can take anywhere from 10 min to 30 min. Usually also involves redecorating our house with her food. She considers herself quite the artist. 

1:15PM

Change Nappy

1:25PM

Read Story {Keep books short and sweet, the 'that's not my...' are a favorite in our house}

1:30PM

Bed Time!

If she is going to resist any sleep, it's this one and she will resist it with all her might.
We know if she is going to sleep or not within 10 minutes of putting her down. It's possible that I will spend an hour settling her (10 minute intervals) if she is playing up. She never cries though, just grizzles and talks and bangs around.

If she sleeps, this is the two hour break where I will get the housework done since I was a slacker in the morning. 

3:30PM

Time to wake up, nappy change and breastfeed. 

We might go and get the groceries in this wake time if she has actually slept as I am not as fussed if she misses her cat nap, and as she only has maximum 2 hourly wake times it can be a bit impossible to do the grocery shopping any earlier in the day.

She also doesn't have a meal during this wake time as it's a snack period only which she is happy to munch on in the car or trolley. 

We don't have any set times on our schedule between 3:30 and 5PM but if we are at home in time for her catnap it looks like this:

4:50PM 

Change Nappy

4:55PM 

Read Story

5:00PM

Cat Nap Time

If she has actually slept:

6:15PM

Time to Wake Up

If she has just played in her cot:

5:45PM

Time to Get Up

6:15PM

Nappy change

Dinner Time

6:45PM

Bath time

7:00PM

Breastmilk or bottle time

7:25PM

Story Time and check nappy (as nappy only went on at 7PM I won't usually change it unless obviously needing a change)

7:30PM

Bed Time! She will always go straight to sleep now as well, you can practically hear her breathe a sigh of relief. 

10:30PM

Dream Feed.

The Husband usually does this feed but we are going to attempt to phase it out shortly. I'm scared that she won't sleep through the night without it though. Argh.

We wont hear a peep from Nelly until 7am-ish. Thank you Masada. THANK YOU.

Anyway. That's what our standard day looks like.

It also makes it easy for anyone who is babysitting her as they know exactly what to do and when.