In this Motherhood series, I am sharing the monthly schedules that I used for my youngest son when he was a baby 🙂 My boys are 20 months apart and I was in the #2under2 club – following a general schedule (with flexibility as needed) helped me and my family so much. Since I loved seeing other mama’s schedules when my babies were little, I am sharing mine here on my blog with you. Enjoy!
(Check out our monthly schedules for Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 4, and Month 5!)
Baby Schedules: Month 6
Not a ton of changes with schedule this month, though the 2nd nap is getting closer to 12:30pm – A takes his around noon and C right afterwards. Also, the third nap mostly happens but he is starting to refuse it occasionally. We started solids and so far he loves everything 🙂 He started sleeping on his tummy and is starting to be able to replace pacifier himself.
Right when he turned 5 months old he got sick for the first time 😦 I felt awful for him. Afterwards, we got back on track and he was feeling good, back to his normal self, and sleeping well again, but the last 2 weeks before he turned 6 months old he started to have night wakings where he doesn’t cry, but sort of whines and practices trying to crawl instead. I check on him to make sure he isn’t sick/hurt/wet/etc. and then sort of leave him to it. He puts himself back to sleep, though I feel these “happy wakings” might be a result of too much napping during the day? He has typically loved a good nap, and has no problem sleeping 2.5 hours at a time, so as he begins refusing the 3rd nap and moving to just 2 naps, I might try to limit his naps to total closer to 3 hours for the day.
| Time | Activity |
| 6:30am | Wake, new diaper and clothes, 8-9 ounce bottle, cereal, playtime |
| 8:30am/9:00am | Nap 1 |
| 10:30am | 8-9 ounce bottle, new diaper, veggie (trying new foods every few days), playtime |
| 12:30pm | Nap 2 |
| 2:30pm | 8-9 ounce bottle, new diaper, playtime |
| 4:00/4:30pm | Nap 3 – carseat nap (sometimes skipping this nap) |
| 6:00 to 6:30pm | Bedtime routine: 8-9 ounce bottle, bath, night diaper, footie pajamas and pacifier, snuggle and story, sound machine on, lights off, kisses and crib |
Thanks so much for reading about my babe’s Month 6 schedule. If you have any questions or comments, contact me below and I’d love to chat! Want to see pretty pics and motivation quotes to brighten up your Instagram feed? Let’s connect on social media below!
