tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218413556677752650.post7330913859472127413..comments2023-12-26T21:46:12.570-05:00Comments on Family, Stamping and FOOD!: The Daily Grind: Having a RoutineCandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773851591933516004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218413556677752650.post-53557351093136801132010-03-12T12:48:59.100-05:002010-03-12T12:48:59.100-05:00It really helped me when my son was a baby to unde...It really helped me when my son was a baby to understand the difference between a SCHEDULE and a ROUTINE. A schedule means doing things at certain times. A routine means doing things in a predictable pattern. We had a routine, but only a few things had to happen on schedule, like church. When I went back to work, we left the house at 9:00 whether he was awake or asleep (I'd just stick him in the sling carrier sleeping) unless he needed to nurse right then, in which case we'd leave a little later. His sitter was semi-flexible about what time I picked him up, and my boss was flexible about what time I worked as long as it was the right number of hours per week. In the evenings, he nursed when he was hungry and slept when he was sleepy, until my bedtime when I expected him to sleep unless nursing. (We did co-sleep, so I didn't have to be fully awake to nurse him!) I worked in all my cooking, eating, housework, etc. around his nursing and needing to be held. I ate dinner and one snack every night, but I was flexible about which one I ate first depending on when I had time to cook. That's what worked for me!<br /><br />We had to have a firmer schedule when my job went from part- to full-time just after he turned 4. It took some adjustment, but a year later both of us predictably wake up at the same time every day (including weekends) and he usually gets sleepy by bedtime.'Beccahttp://blog.earthlingshandbook.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218413556677752650.post-85130983805634604482010-03-10T20:46:44.946-05:002010-03-10T20:46:44.946-05:00I definitely thrive on a schedule. It can be flex...I definitely thrive on a schedule. It can be flexible but I know that my daughter and I prefer morning outings and activities. And that I need to be home by 1:00 p.m. so I can feed my two year old and put her down for her nap by 2:00 p.m. <br /><br />Even though I am a stay at home mom and I could stay up late or sleep in late, I try to keep my husband's scheudle so that we go to bed at the same time (9:30 p.m.) and wake up at the same time (5:45 a.m.). It makes for a happier (and more intimate) marriage, that way! :-) <br /><br />I think kids do need structure and starting a schedule early in life helps prepare them for school, college, and work in the future....Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345244543899178740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218413556677752650.post-36242395160386400102010-03-10T09:38:50.231-05:002010-03-10T09:38:50.231-05:00We've always HAD to have a schedule!!! Sure it...We've always HAD to have a schedule!!! Sure it gets interrupted here n there, but we try n get back on track asap because it completely throws us ALL off!So I totally understand what you mean bout it being both a good and bad thing...Dylan has always gone to bed btween 7:30 and 8:00...as a matter of fact I remember even when he was very small on more than one occasion we would be watching a movie or something n round that time he would ask us to pause the movie for example n say I'm ready to go to bed...not so much now that he s older but I always thought that was crazy what kinda kid ask to go to bed..haha. He is home schooled also so a good routine is crutial to our accomplishing everything we have to get done in a day..school, areans, the house, study, meetings, dinner..its a must. We are VERY off our schedules at the moment with moving etc. and I'm feeling a lil stressed...n like I dont ever get what I need accomplished completely...much happier with a good routine, think as a family we would all agree.kat.trull@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218413556677752650.post-75161959153659270882010-03-10T08:28:04.164-05:002010-03-10T08:28:04.164-05:00I need a schedule. My children are more at peace...I need a schedule. My children are more at peace with a routine as well. When our first was little we would stick to it strictly ("we have to leave NOW so she is in bed at...)...but now after 3, we have learned to go with the flow a bit more. We do end up missing out on some things because of the bedtime we set but it works for us.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15632133395774757339noreply@blogger.com