Follow up to the Sleeping and Napping Preview

As an addendum to my previous post, here is some additional information.

Here is a typical day for Sofie at 7 months.  The times are from August 15th, 2007.

• 0635AM Wake-up
• 0640AM Milk 1
  
• 0750AM Breakfast: Fruit
  
• Nap 1 0840AM - 1010AM
  
• 1045AM 2nd Breakfast: Oatmeal
  
• 1115AM Milk 2
  
• 0200PM Lunch: Veggies and Cereal (rice or mixed grain)
  
• Nap 2 0235PM - 0405PM
  
• 0415PM Milk 3
  
• 0600PM Dinner: Veggies and Fruit
  
• 0715PM Milk 4
  
• 0735PM Sleep
  

Sofie was very much a Gerber eater at 7 months.  She was basically eating the standard Gerber stage 1 fruits: Banana, Pear, Applesauce, and Peaches. And veggies too:  Peas, Green Beans, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, and Squash.  And cereals too, which were mixed using breastmilk until she was 9 months old.  Later we would branch out into Earth's Best and formula.

Sleeping and Napping Preview

As I mentioned before, I have a data log of Sofie's sleeping, eating, and napping.  I'd like to share it because I think it might be helpful to first time parents.

Instead of hitting you over the head with raw data, I'm going to present it on a month by month basis.  This first look will cover the first partial month of data.  This data would probably be most useful to someone with a 6 month old that is sleeping through the night.  Future sets will cover an entire month.

From August 7th - August 18th, this represents roughly the last 3rd of Sofie's 7th month.  Times listed are medians.  Times in parentheses are the data range.

Waketime  6:20 (5:40-7:15)

Milk 1 6:25 (6:00-7:20)

Breakfast 7:45  (6:45-8:30)

Nap 1 8:40  (8:00-9:45)

Nap 1 Duration 90 mins (35-120 mins)

2nd Breakfast 10:45 (10:30-11:25)

Milk 2 11:40 (11:15-11:45)

Lunch 2:00

Nap 2 2:45 (1:20-3:05)

Nap 2 Duration 80 mins (35-95 mins)

Milk 3 4:10 (3:40-5:00)

Dinner 6:15 (5:45-6:35)

Milk 4 7:15 (7:00-7:40)

Sleep 7:45 (7:35-8:05)

Notes:

• Our longest period of wakefulness was between nap 1 and nap 2.  That's usually when we'd go out for walks or run errands.
• She would occassionally fall asleep on the walk, but only for 5-10 minutes.
• Once during this period she took her 2nd nap before lunch because her 1st nap that day ended particularly early.

For anyone that read this far, please leave feedback or questions as a comment.  I'd like to know if the format is easily understood.

"Wanna lay down?"

Sofie has a thing for laying down in odd places. At first I thought it
was because she was tired. But now I'm thinking she just wants to put
her belly on cool surfaces. Here she is laying down at Gymboree.

Data on Nap Schedules and Eating

I have over a years worth of data on Sofie's schedule.  Including nap times (start and stop), and meal times, and bedtime/waketimes.  This data ranges from 5 months of age to 18 months of age.  I am planning on compiling this data into more readable forms.  I'm also considering making all the data available.

More soon.

Testing mobile uploads

Just a test... and it worked :D

Visualizing a Housedad Blog

What is a housedad?  A dad that stays home with the little ones while mommy works.

About me:

My name is Jeff Sturges and I've been a housedad for 17 months now.  My daughter is almost 22 months old, and I am 34.  I held a job in software development for 6 years before leaving to become a housedad.

My goals for this blog:

• Chronicle my time as a housedad
• Share parenting tips with other parents
• Share stories about my daughter, Sofie
• Learn how to blog!

More later after I figure out more about Blogspot.