My husband is obsessed with time... my daughter has a strict schedule which we created with the help of chatgpt. They change all the time so I need to update them all the time. But I have to plan every minute of the day, how much development time she does (the number of minutes she has for tummy time, kneeling, transition practice, standing etc. We are trying to get her to crawl) what i do when shes napping, the best time for visitors to come, when we both shower etc. My husband works from home and i feel our life is so regimented... my husband says that every successful household are strict with time and that time is money!
I grew up in a household that had routine but flexibility and all this rigidness is suffocating me to the point that I actually hate motherhood....
We even have 2 cameras over her cot (one just a standard monitor and the other is recording camera so we can see exactly what time she wakes up in the morning).
We log everything in huckleberry, weigh her solids and he is obsessed with checking the data...
Is this how everyone else lives their life? Or am I the one that's completely mad here???
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This is absolutely not normal I’m not even trying to be rude or anything but nobody does this to this extent it’s a baby… 2 camera is absolutely absurd timing how many minutes she has for tummy time…. This is too far from normal Im sure when more people comment they will agree but this may be a undiagnosed problem like ocd or autism

This isn’t normal no.
Yes children need routines but not down to every single second of the day. Bedtime routine in my opinion is the most important as it helps with their sleep and it helps to shape how the following day will go.
The rest is just go with the flow.
So let’s say your daughter’s dinner time is 12pm but she’s had a really bad night and decides she needs to have a nap at 11:45am instead of her 1pm nap and she naps from 12pm till 2pm. What do you do in that instant? You wouldn’t keep her awake to have her dinner as she wouldn’t eat it nor would you wake her up if she fell asleep as sleep is the most crucial part of their brain development. You just adjust the day instead.

I am someone who is all about routine, im similar to your husband where i put my daughters sleep into an app so that it gives me a rough idea of how much sleep shes had in 24 hour period. However not to the extent of minute by minute. If she has a bad night ill let her sleep in longer than she normally would or if she wakes at the same time she usually does ill let her have a longer nap or put her down earlier if shes showing signs
I can be flexible depending on her mood and sleep cues. But she will go down at night similar time, naps at similar times and wakes up similar time.. I’m not down to a T on when it happens. Same with food i dont weigh it as such but i do give her her food at the same time everyday, if she falls asleep before lunch time i will wait til after.
He is almost OCD with it and its taken over his life and it’s deffo not you that’s the problem!