Please share your routines

I cant go right with my little girl
Please include times

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We nap between 9 and 11 then depending when she naps she wakes up like hour and a half later !, then she does the same about 2/3 depending if her morning nap was early if not she sometimes misses this one out altogether

Then bedtime, 7pm I do tea she eats tea with us has another little play till 7.45 then I run a bath put her in, wash her hair and body, give her 5 minutes playtime in bath, then we go get ready in my room in the dark so she knows it’s time to wind down and by 8 she’s in bed… drinking her bottle I sit by her cot in her room while she drifts off as soon as them eyes are closed I leave the room. But that’s what I’ve got so far routine wise it’s been working she’s just been a nightmare past couple days

Wake up: 6:30am
Breakfast: 8:00am
Nap 1: 9:30-10:45am
Lunch: 12:00 (flexible depending on baby class times)
Nap 2: 2:15-3:30pm
Dinner: 5:00pm
Bedtime routine: 6:45pm
Bedtime: 7:30pm

Hope that helps! All the times in between she’s either playing/at a class or going for walks outside. It’s been working really well for us all

Baby lead because lots of babies don't follow a routine, as much as we might want them to. You're not failing mumma. Promise. It's not that you're not doing right it just your baby isn't ready to be in a routine yet.

Hope you find something that worked but I killed myself with my first for that silver bullet and it sent me mad, second time around I'm going with the flow baby led and we're all so much happier 💜

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