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Need a stable routine for my 16 month old son!!
Posted Thu, 05/07/2009 - 09:02 — ashburndanielle123
My son has never really had a structured routine. He is 16 months now, he has always had one of his parents stay home while the other works. He doesnt attend day care and I dont plan on putting him in one. I dont even know where to begin with a routine! I try to give him baths and such, but he always ends up going to bed at midnight or later and wakes up between 9 and 10. Hes timper often gets the best of him thoughout the day. I feel if he had a structured routine he would blossom into the well behaved little boy i know he can be. Help!!!! Whats the ideal structured routine????? I need times and activities!!! Please!
This is just an idea of what I do with my daughter.. She gets up around 700-730.. I get her up and change her diaper, get her a drink and we sit down and watch a televison show to help her wake up a little bit. and then at like 8 815 i make her breakfast. Then i wipe her off clean up the breakfast mess while she plays. Then I get her dressed. And if we have any places to go I normally go at this point. If not i sit with her and play with her. I am currently teaching her about her body part. She knows where her ear,eyes,nose,mouth,hair,toes and hands are. Around 1130-12 I start making lunch. after lunch she takes a nap. it is about a 2-3 hour nap. When she gets up i read her a book, she tries to read along I usually give her a snack after the book.Nothing to heavy because she needs to eat dinner I give her raisins or yogurt something small and healthy. I have just started trying to teach her ABC's so we are working on that. around 400 I put a movie on for her so that I can go in the kitchen and prepare dinner. around 500-530 we eat. then we have family time after dinner. around 730 i put her in the bath tub; i bath her and let her play in there for a few minutes. then i take her out dry her off, put some lotionon her. Brush her hair, Brush her teeth. then she comes out and says her 'nit nits' then we go in her room and we read 2 books . She goes to bed around 830-900. I hope this helps. When she used to stay up later she used to behave completely different. She needs her sleep. and she seems to be doing better now that she is on a schedule.
OMG...where to start? Okay first of all, your child should be getting up at around 7:30-8:00 am...this may be though the first week or so, but then he will get used to it, but make sure you stick with it! Bed time should be 8-9 pm...no LATER! He is not getting the amount of sleep he should for his age, hence the behavior problems! In the am get him up and dressed right away...lingering will only stall the day for you. Feed him breakfast, and then have some play time...blocks, cars...what ever he wats that day to play with. You should look into your local library for reading groups in his age group, they are usually held once a week, so that will fill up a morning for you.....also some preschools that are attached to your local school system have play groups that meet once a week, or try looking for a play group in your area oline..and you can also see if there is a MOPS group near you..these are great tools, and fun for the kids too! You can do simple art with your child too, pudding painting is a fav. of ours, make sure to strip him down to a diaper, put him in his high chair and put some pudding right on the tray, incourage him to play with it, and it is fime if he eats it too! Same goes for shaving cream, but not in the high chair, as he will think it is food then, spray some in the bath tub t and let him play with ir, or on a child sized tabe. Bubbles, dancing and chalk are also great for that age. Lunch should be at 12:00, and then down for a nap right after, and he should sleep for 2 to 3 hours......when he gets up he should get a snack, and then play some more.....when dinner is done he should have some time to play out side and run around a little to get his "sillys" out, then it should be calm and quiet play for the evening, books and maybe a movie.....then a bath around 7:30ish...then read a few books and put him down for the night! I know this sounds imposiable, but it is not, trust me..it will work, but you will have to stcick with it for a while untill his body learns a whole new rutine! Feel free to ask me any more if you need anything else...GOOD LUCK!