https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:07:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1278443 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:29:27 +0000 immabeetoo 1278443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I guess I don't think it's rational to expect LO to stick to a strict schedule but then change it when you have something to do? I don't want that to sound rude!! My LO's morning wake up time has always varied. He'll go through a few weeks waking at 6 then a few weeks at 7:30 and then back again. I have always roughly gone off his morning start time - so for a while he was nursing every 3 hours, taking his first nap approximately 1.5 hours after his first wake up, second nap approximately 3 hours after his second wake up. This was still a schedule/predictable time frame... it just varied depending when he woke! Not sure if that's helpful to you or not? I would love love love a more specific schedule, but I don't have the heart to wake him up at a certain time in the morning every day because the day I decide to do that, he invariably wakes up at like 5 am that day and my whole plan is screwed. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1278429 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:19:31 +0000 shellio 1278429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Second @Kemma. If you have a consistent schedule most days, it gives you something to return to on the days when you're off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1278425 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:17:42 +0000 Beehive 1278425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: We kept (and still keep!) LO on a schedule, which he really thrived on. I think your idea of moving the feeding to 5:30 is right, then be ready to feed her early at 8:30 if she's hungry (at that age LO would have been!) or maybe you can push her to 8:45 and get her back on track that way. A lot of the time I would feed on the go and nap him in the stroller if we were out during a naptime (but more often than not he'd fall asleep late, 5 minutes before we got home, and then wake up once we were home, gah). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1278256 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:08:29 +0000 Kemma 1278256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it helps at all, I saw a sleep consultant who reckoned that as long you follow a schedule / routine most days then it should stick. Routine does tend to get easier as LO's get older and get on a more predictable nap schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1277927 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:11:35 +0000 birdofafeather 1277927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm not much help as we did EASY, but not the schedule, but routine. no matter how many times i said, "we're getting on a schedule" the next day LO was thrown off, or we had to go somewhere and it just stressed us all out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1277909 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:05:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 1277909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I think you can keep a rough schedule most days. So we don't have 9, 12, 3 feedings, but I know she eats roughly every 3 hours so I can predict that in a day, and her awake time is about 1-2 hours. When we make plans we just make do. (Like go longer before the morning nap then she can nap in the car). It's a lot of guessing though, it's true. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1277827 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:33:16 +0000 lawbee11 1277827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Same as @Foodnerd81. Our schedule varies daily depending on when she wakes up, how long each nap is, etc. And her night wakings have never been predictable--I think that's just something you can't really control.</p> <p>ETA: LO is 4 months old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1277784 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:13:53 +0000 daniellemybelle 1277784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I hear you on the naps. LO ended up taking a long nap this morning &amp; blew our schedule, but I was loving the sleep myself!</p> <p>@Rubies: That makes sense, but what do you do when an obligation interferes with naptime or meal time?</p> <p>@Foodnerd81: I'm with you! LO slept through her 9am feeding &amp; I wasn't about to wake her... So maybe we aren't schedule people either. Unfortunately LO really does well when we keep to a schedule! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1275401 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 08:26:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 1275401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could never get her on a schedule- her naps were way too unpredictable and at that age she was eating more frequently than every 3 hours. In your case I would feed her early and then try to split the difference on the next feed (like 8:45) but be aware that she might be less hungry and eat less at 5:30, so could get hungry earlier. </p> <p>At 4 months our schedule still changes every day based in wakeup time and nap lengths. I could wake her at 7 everyday but if she wants to sleep until 8, dammit so do I! I guess we aren't really schedule people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1275378 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:56:43 +0000 Rubies 1275378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did EASY with DD1 but wasn't able to go hardcore with a strict schedule until she was 3.5 months old. At that time we sleep and nap-trained her and her naps and bedtime became predictable. When I knew exactly when she would sleep, I was better able to schedule my life around that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1275360 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:41:27 +0000 Adira 1275360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't very strict with EASY because Xander's naps were all over the place, but we eventually got into a 3-hour food schedule, which felt like the most important thing to me.</p> <p>I would feed your LO early (5:30) so that you're not late to your 7:00 thing. Then if you have to, feed again at 8:30, but try to stretch it until 9:00 if you can. That usually is what worked for me. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/easy-schedule-help-how-do-you-adjust-for-life#post-1275351 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:20:25 +0000 daniellemybelle 1275351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am trying to get LO (7 weeks) on a 6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm schedule during the day. She does a lot better when her day has a routine. We already do EASY but without set times, which meant bedtime is drastically different every night. I'm hoping with a more structured schedule, her nightly wakeups will be more predictable. </p> <p>My question is, how do you work your life around a strict schedule? For example, I have something to do tonight at 7pm. If I feed her at home at 6pm, we'll be late. Do I back it up to 530? Then do I back everything up by 30 minutes or leave it the same?</p> <p>I know some of you will just say, oh, don't worry about it, follow baby's cues, but LO really thrives on a schedule so I'd like advice on how to keep to it! </p>