{"id":1311,"date":"2011-12-31T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2067.temp.domains\/~atinytri\/routine-6-months\/"},"modified":"2021-02-21T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T20:57:00","slug":"routine-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atinytrip.com\/routine-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Routine (6 months)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Do you have a 6 month old baby? Wondering how to set up a routine for your day? Then this is for you! Here’s what a full day looks like for us with a six month old baby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little bit of solids, a lot of nursing, keeping busy playing and more! Read on for the hour by hour detail of a daily schedule for a six month old!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Daily Schedule for a 6 month old<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

7:33- Baby Boy wakes up. If I’m lucky I take him out of his crib, if not then he’s already in our bed by our side. He has his first milk feeding in the bedroom, a diaper change and some hanging out in our bed, until I can muster myself to go downstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8:15- Baby Boy hangs out in the kitchen in his chair, or in the doorway jumper, while I make my breakfast. Then we move to the living room for some play time in the activity center and on the floor, until he seems tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:15 ish – Nap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:45\/10:00- Baby Boy wakes up, has a milk feeding, and we begin our day. If I have errands to do out of the house or social gatherings then this is the time. I get us ready, which is a whole production: diaper change and “real clothes” for Baby Boy. I get dressed; I pack up the diaper bag\/ stroller\/ car, and we’re off. If there are no plans, then we play at home: singing songs, reading books, tummy time, playing in the Bumbo etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:15- A short nap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:45- Baby Boy is up again, has another milk feeding and hangs out while I get us some real food ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14:00- Time for solids, while M and I have lunch. Baby Boy joins with some fruit or vegetables, and we’re happily amused to have some entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14:45- Another nap time; hopefully it’s a long one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16:00- Up again and another milk feeding. If we had been on a long walk in the morning, then we just go for a short walk around the neighborhood. Otherwise, it’s time for our long walk, where I pick up a few groceries or do some other errand. Baby Boy loves staring up at the trees on the walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:00- Tickle Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:20- Bath time: I turn on the water, M moves the full bath to the sink, while I finish undressing Baby Boy. M does bath time, while I lay out a towel, diaper and pajamas on our bed. M dries and dresses Baby Boy while I finish up some random task (collecting laundry from the dryer, or putting clothes away, or tidying our room).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:40- When he’s all set, M hands over Baby Boy for a final milk feeding in our bed. When done he gets a serious burping, I put him in the sleep sack and give him my nightly speech (Cliff notes: It’s night time, everyone goes to bed at night, sweet dreams, I love you, see you in the morning). Finally Baby Boy gets put in his crib, stuffed dog in hand, and sleep sheep on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19:00- Bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

01:00- Night feed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04:30-Night feed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Well this was true for about a month, up until 6 months…now Baby Boy is changing things up again, and I have to re-learn how our day should go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedules for a Different Babies (better naps)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Baby #2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As you can see in this post<\/a>– our second baby was a better sleeper! His nap schedule was much better: 1.5 hours in the morning, 1 hour in the afternoon and sometimes a catnap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby #3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our third baby was this age when I had a kindergartener and a preschooler in the house. That meant that I never kept track of her schedule! Not only that, 90% of her naps were in the stroller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often I would put her to nap in the stroller while we were still home, because I knew that in a short amount of time I would have to leave for a pick-up. This way I wouldn’t have to wake her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case it was really nice to have a good stroller. I used the Bugaboo cameleon<\/a>, and then the UppaBaby Vista<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby #4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our fourth baby, has been a much better sleeper<\/strong> at 6 months. He also has a couple of night waking for feedings but his daytime naps are much longer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually he sleeps an hour and a half in the morning, another hour to hour and a half in the afternoon, and often times another short cat nap in the evening! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting him down in the crib has been an awesome advantage of homeschooling<\/a> the older kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I had to give new parents one tip of advice, this would be it:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Download a chart of awake times<\/strong>, to know how long a baby should be able to stay awake. Then it is easy to glance at the time and know roughly when to put them down!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I had to give a second piece of advice about baby sleep I would say: know that baby is the most tired first thing in the morning. As the day goes on they can stay awake for longer and longer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have your baby on a schedule or routine? How is yours different than ours? How is it similar?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Baby hasn’t arrived yet or just a newborn? Save this post for later!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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