Many a parent desperate to
finish getting dinner ready has resorted to the old gelatin trick: Dissolve an envelope or two of unflavored gelatin in water, letting your toddler stir it as it solidifies.
Two weeks latter again he came home at the worst possible time, I was just
finishing getting ready to go to a Awards
dinner with his parents and his fathers best friend, I walked out of the bedroom right into my husbands chest, And He had already decided the way the evening was going to go I was not walking out of the house unless it was on my husbands arm.
8 month old boy (who's in transition from nursing to formula & solids) 8 am - wake, diaper, nurse for 5 - ish minutes 8:30 am - breakfast in high chair (4 oz bottle + solids) 9:00 - 9:45 ish - play time (independent play then reading books &
getting ready for nap) 10am - 11:30 am - morning nap 11:30 - 12 pm - wake up from nap, diaper,
get dressed for day, etc ** if we go out to run errands this is the time we leave, and and we will stop to eat lunch while out 12 pm - lunch (8oz bottle + solids) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - play time 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - afternoon nap 3:30 - 4 pm - play time 4 pm - eat (8oz bottle + snack such as cheerios) 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - play time (if he woke up early from afternoon nap, then sometimes he still takes a short cat nap during this timeframe 6:30 pm -
dinner with family (solids in high chair) 7:00 pm - outdoor play time (baby swing, take a walk, etc) 8:00 pm - start of an 8oz bottle 8:30 pm - bath time, read books,
finish rest of bottle 9:00 pm - bedtime.
It's usually busy after
dinner cleaning up, doing dishes,
finishing big brothers homework, and rushing to
get her
ready for bed.