Sorry in advance this post ended up being quitelong.........

Interesting reading ladies! My routine is very muchlike yours speck....

She usually goes down for her big sleep anywhere from 6.30-8pm (variesdepending on the day we've had)

She will sleep anywhere between 7 to 8.5 hours now (woohoo!)

I get up and do a feed and change of nappy - the time this takes hassignificantly reduced to about 30 mins.

She goes back down no probs and I go back to bed and she will usuallysleep another 3.5 to 4 hours.

We wake anywhere from 6am to 7.30am and do another feed.

After that we have short cuddles and cuddles with dad before he goes towork.

Then she's back in bed and she goes to sleep easily for another 2 hoursor so.

During this time I have my shower, breakfast, do a quick house tidy andthen enjoy some computer time. (basically do as much as possible!)

She wakes again for another feed any time from 9.30 to 10.30am.

After this feed we have active time which can be anywhere from 30mins toan hour.

Then it’s bedtime again but takes more to settle her now as she’s goingthrough her 6 week growth spurt.

She used to sleep another 2 hours but now it’s more like an hour.

I will keep settling her by rocking if need be but I don’t pick her upor talk to her, just making the shhhhh noise while I rock her.

She gets up for another feed around 1.30ish, give or take an hour. Idon’t do play time as it over stimulates her by this time of day so I justspend time cuddling and soothing.

She starts getting more grizzly around this time when I try to put herdown again and will only catnap.

I’ll get her up again when she is getting too grizzly to settle orcatnap and this is usually around 3.30ish.

It’s a feed then bed as really grizzly, tired and gassy by this stage.

It’s constant settling and cat napping for the next wee while.

I get her up again around 5pmish. She will stay up until bedtime at thispoint.

We do feeding, cuddle/soothing, shower with dad, massage, feeding,soothing etc.

She then goes to sleep and is out like a light!

Phew! I’m tired just reading this lol! Was great to actually write itout as I haven’t really thought much about our routine.

Naturally it varies slightly but I would say that’s our main routine.She’s changed her day sleeping since she started her growth spurt so is nolonger the perfect day sleeper that she was. But she has increased her nightsleeping so I don’t mind so much. Apparently she will settle down again oncethis phase passes.

Although it’s recommended to have play at each waking time during theday, I found she started getting way too overstimulated so have cut it back toonce a day and do it in the morning when she is alert and happy. It’s a greattime for tummy time and lots of smiles!

I met my plunket nurse yesterday for the first time and she recommendedonce she is awake, aim to have her down again in an hours time. So that hourincludes feeding, nappy change, burping, cuddles and then 5 mins wind down timebefore bed again. I tried that yesterday afternoon and it was much much betterso I’m sticking with that for awhile as I really think it’s too soon for her tohave much play time, she seems to be a baby that likes (and needs) her sleep.