An off day
For the most part, I know what to expect out of my day. I’ve never been a fan of schedules and I had every intention of avoiding them when we had Eliana. I wanted her to be flexible. I figured since we’re a military family and we move ever 10 minutes, she’s going to have to learn to deal with the unexpected. She had other plans and put ME on a schedule. And I was ok with that too. I’m all about going with the flow.
Lately our day is really predictable and now that she’s older and mobile and, you know, crazy all the time, it’s nice knowing what to expect and when to expect it. Especially nap time.
Usually she wakes up at 7. Then I know breakfast is at 8, followed by sippy cup and diaper change and nap time at 8:30. Then the next nap is and hour and a half after she wakes up. She can’t stay awake for too long, so she takes a ton of naps. Except in the evenings. Then she can stay awake forever.
On days that she wakes up later, I have no idea what I’m doing. Today she woke up at 9. And I know that sounds wonderful. Sleeping in till 9! Cue the angels and harps! And it’s great. But I am so completely thrown off.
I feed her breakfast at 10, but then what about lunch? Nap at 10:30 and that’s fine, but do I give her a bottle since she hadn’t eaten since 6:45? But it’s right after breakfast so she’s not hungry. And she usually doesn’t get a bottle before 1st nap. But then she’ll be hungry when she wakes up and I usually feed her before her nap, not after. So then she won’t be hungry before her next nap. I’m so confused. And she usually goes down so easily, but on an off day, she doesn’t. It almost makes a couple extra hours of sleep so not worth it.
I think if I could only get back into not caring about the schedule, I could deal with it. She seems to have trained me well. Fortunately (unfortunately?), off days are rare and for the most part, she still wakes up at 7am.
