DR. SHAZIA

Posts Tagged ‘Schedule’

I’m a first time mom and I am finding it harder now than ever to get my baby on a schedule. At first it was so routine, wake up , eat, play, sleep. Now he’s just all over the place. He’ll eat 5oz first feeding and last feeding, but during the day 2oz-4oz and I never know what it’s gonna be. He drinks water sometimes. He won’t take a pacifier to calm down. When he was up to 3 months he loved his pacifier, now he throws a fit when I put it in his mouth. I’m just trying to establish some sort of schedule for him. Does anyone have an example of a daily schedule they have their 5 month old child on? I’m new to all of this, and the doctor just shrugs the shoulders and says, it’s normal; he’s doing fine. It’s hard though because when his routine is screwed up, the whole house’s routine is screwed up! Is he not sleeping enough? By the time he’s over tired and screaming his head off with his little eyes shut because he’s exhausted, he’s frustrated, I’m frustrated…he’s hungry because he didn’t eat his meal, tired because he hasn’t slept…poor baby. I just feel so bad that he gets so miserable. Also, a lot of the time when he does FINALLY falll asleep it’s only for like 20-30 minutes…then some times it’s for 1-2 hours….I just never know what he’s gonna do, and I wish there was something I could do to help him get regulated. I make sure I rub his gums, because he is starting to teeth. He screams when I use baby ambisol, so we skip that. I found some homeopathic tablets that disolve in his mouth, he LOVES those…Any suggestions to help my little guy get full and get some rest??