Hellobee Boards Topic: What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule?

Hellobee Boards Topic: What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:46:35 +0000 DillonLion on "What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-tell-daycare-about-los-lack-of-a-schedule#post-1091510 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 01:14:58 +0000 DillonLion 1091510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Elderberrygin: yup! They are the baby experts, not me. Elderberrygin on "What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-tell-daycare-about-los-lack-of-a-schedule#post-1091373 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:47:20 +0000 Elderberrygin 1091373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @DillonLion: Do you find your daycare is good at reading your LO's hungry and tired signals? I know I'm just being a nervous FTM, but I'm worried about sending her off and just saying "feed her when she's hungry, put her to bed when she's tired." even though that's really the only way I've found works for her. Elderberrygin on "What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-tell-daycare-about-los-lack-of-a-schedule#post-1091372 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:45:14 +0000 Elderberrygin 1091372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @JoyfulKiwi: A. is nearly seven months old and still doesn't have a predictable routine! Your approach sounds like it could work for us. I wish I could be more precise about awake times, but it varies wildly, and doesn't necessarily lengthen as the day goes on. Today she did three hours from wake time until first nap, then two hours, an hour and a half and then three hours until bedtime. JoyfulKiwi on "What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-tell-daycare-about-los-lack-of-a-schedule#post-1091338 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:23:51 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1091338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I gave our daycare an "on demand" schedule. I would tell them each morning when he woke up and ate last. From there, they would figure out his next feeding/nap time (I told them to do 2.5ish hours between bottles and 1.5 hours between naps). They never had a problem with not having at more strict schedule. He didn't put himself on a more predictable routine (that you could go by the time) until he was over 6 months old. Now he's definitely got certain times down, like 9am is nap time, always! DillonLion on "What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-tell-daycare-about-los-lack-of-a-schedule#post-1091328 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:20:09 +0000 DillonLion 1091328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our daycare doesn't require a schedule. They meet the babies needs on demand. Elderberrygin on "What should I tell daycare about LO's (lack of a) schedule?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-tell-daycare-about-los-lack-of-a-schedule#post-1091324 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:17:59 +0000 Elderberrygin 1091324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO starts daycare in two and a half weeks. She has nothing approaching a schedule. Up until a month ago she was predictably on ninety minutes of awake time followed by a thirty minute catnap. I nursed as soon as she woke up, so she was nursing roughly eight times a day and then doing a long stretch from bedtime until 5am. In the last month she's stretched out her awake time and lengthened her naps. She's down to three naps, usually one long nap of 1.5 hrs and two short naps. But I never have any idea which nap will be long and which will be short, or when they're going to happen. She gets tired anywhere between 90 minutes and 150 minutes after her last nap, and if I try to follow the clock rather than her sleep cues she'll frequently roll around in her crib for half an hour before falling asleep. I've tried and tried to establish more of a routine, but its just not sticking. As a result of her wacky sleep patterns, my nursing patterns are off. I nurse when she wakes up, but try to nurse again before her naps so she doesn't go too long without food. (She's super into exploring the world and forgets to tell me she's hungry, so I need to lead the way rather than nursing on demand.) Anyway, the upshot of this novel is that I have no idea what to tell daycare when she starts. The infant room teacher will follow our schedule for the first few weeks, and then work with us to transition her to the infant room schedule. I have no idea what to tell her about A's eating and sleeping patterns. Anyone else have an erratic baby? How did you deal with the daycare transition?