Meghan has started to fall into a kind of routine with her days...there is still a lot of variability and we take it one minute at a time. But, I feel like I can kind of guess when she will need or want what!
She seems to want to eat every three hours throughout the day. She eats for 20-30 minutes, plays for 30-40 minutes, and then I rock her and put her down for a nap. She has napped by herself in the swing with LOUD white noise for two days in a row! I wake her up after 2-2.5 hours - I have noticed that when she takes longer naps she has a harder time falling asleep the next time and she spirals downward until she is so tired that she is screaming and can't be calmed enough to fall asleep.
It's a very loose schedule and never is exact....but it's nice to have an idea of what she needs and when she might need something again!
She has also started sleeping some longer stretches at night - some have been in her swing and some have been in bed with us (because, we just like having her there!). I'm appreciative of starting to get some 4 hour stretches between feedings which works out to 3 hours of sleep!!
Note to future self....this lasted 2 days.
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