Routines!

After a rather late night of Nahla refusing to go to sleep, and I mean oh-my-God-I-need-Zanax-she-screams-that-loud type of refusal, I was only happy to welcome the morning. Today, I have decided, is the day when I bring some routine and structure to our days. I need it, she needs it, our neighbors probably need it even more, seeing as they still have to get up and go to work in the mornings. So here is our new proposed schedule. (Thank you Gina Ford for many good tips and ideas, I will not be able to follow your stricter-than-bootcamp-schedule completely, but will modify to suit the fact that I still need to habe a life!)

08.00 AM: Mummy and Nahla get up. We are in great form after a good night's sleep and (if we can be bothered) even salute
the sun! Namaste!
08.10 AM: We hit the bathroom. Nahla plays with some rubber toys on her changing mat (safely put on the floor off course!)
while Mummy showers, exfoliates and beautifies herself.
08.30 AM: Nahla changes out of her pj's, gets a top to toe wash, lots of kisses and cuddles and her Outfit Of The Day put on.
09.00 AM: Nahla has a bottle
09.30 AM: Playtime on her playmat while Mummy has her breakfast and catches up on e-mails, online banking etc.
10.30 AM: Mummy gets pram, changing bag and clothes ready for going out- often while carrying Nahla around in her
Babybjörn.
11.00 AM: Nappy-change
11.15 AM: Nahla and Mummy cuddle on the sofa. Nahla has some mummy-milk and Mummy has some green tea and watches
Oprah. Bliss.
12.00 PM: We go out for our daily outing. Often consisting of park, take-away latte, window-shopping, lunch with a friend
etc. If Nahla wakes at all, I breastfeed her and then she usually falls back asleep in her pram. Bless my boob and its
snooze-inducing qualities!
03.00 PM: We get back home. Sometimes not until around 4 PM, especially if Nahla has been awake and fed and is on her
second sleep. I do the grocery shopping on the way home.
04.00 PM: Nappy change
04.15 PM: Mummy-milk time, we cuddle up on the sofa, so Mummy can blog and watch The City while Nahla feeds/sleeps
nxt to her best friend/my boob! Cup of yummy green tea a must.
05.00 PM: Playtime. Nahla plays on her mat while Mummy makes herself some dinner.
06.30 PM: Bath-time, aka Nahla's favourite time of day. Then after lovely bath, Nahla puts her pj's on and is ready for bed.
Well, in theory anyway!
07.30 PM: Nahla has a bottle
08.30 PM: Time for bed.

Now; I find I have to stop here, because our nighttime routine is the one we really really need to work on. And being well aware that she is only 11 weeks old, this is a work in progress and make take months to establish. Basically our night as of now is very much: Boob, sleep for 15 minutes, boob, sleep, poop, nappy change, boob, sleeps, wakes, cries, boob and so on and so forth until Mummy caves in and goes to bed with her around 11.30; when we conk out until the morning when it all starts all over again. Finding our way, one yummy day at a time!