Sunday, February 5, 2012

Just call me the Schedule Police

Ok, it's time to fix your day and night time mix up little guy! You sleep all day only to wake up, wide eyed and ready to party around 7pm. You did this in the womb. You did this each night in the hospital, and here at home we just can't have it. So what's the solution? You need to know there is a distinct difference between day and night, so here is the plan.
8:00am
Blinds are open, lights are on, music is playing, washing machine is running, phone is rining, and lots of stimulation is happening.

But as hard as we try, you are still asleep. So we wake you every hour, even if just for a diaper change.

8:00pm
Lights are out, TV is off when you are in the living room, talking is kept to a whisper, stimulation has stopped. We have also started a little bed time routine. After the lights go out we either wipe you down or bathe you, diaper you, rub you down with nightime lotion (clinically proven to help babies sleep better...haha yeah right!), gown you, swaddle you, feed you, rock you and lay you down to sleep.

As the doctor said, keep the day time busy and night time stictly busniess. This is exactly what I intend to do!

Let's see how long this takes to see you this asleep during the night.

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