Baby Schedule - Huntsville,AL

I would ask the father if he would please sit down and talk to you
About the baby I would say can we please. Talk about our son .ask
When he has naps feeding etc. Tell him that you want to know so you
Guys can keep him on some kind of schedule even though you to
Are not together its very important That you talk make it all about
The baby and not about each other. Tell the father you just want what's best for the baby after all he is only five months old and babies do need a certain kind of schedule if you let the father help make one he will probably be more cooperative .

I think all will be fine once the schedule is put in place for awhile...your baby will adjust!

I do think that 8pm is a little late though...maybe you should try to change that and make it 6 to 6 instead?

Well your baby will tell you and your husband when he's hungry or tired. Just follow his cues. I've never put a baby on a schedule. I don't believe it's natural to .

You and the father need to sit down and develop a schedule for your son, for his health and sanity. You may not need a schedule, but at least a routine so that you are both consistent. I would try to develop a schedule that will work with the 8-8 schedule, even on days that you have him. My daughter is 5 months and this is our schedule, which might actually work for the 8-8:

6:30 - wake up and feed, playtime
8 - naptime
10 - wake up and feed, playtime
11:30/12 - nap
1:30 - wake up and feed, playtime
3 - nap
5 - wake up and feed, playtime
6:30 - nap
8 - wake up and feed, playtime
9:30 - bedtime

Your baby will get used to the schedule - and will need to develop some resilince as he's in for a life of moving schedules between 2 houses. better that he gets used to being flexible NOW - it will be just a part of life.

I think he will be fine - my daughter had a COMPLETELY different schedule on the weekends than she did during weekdays because her dad and I both worked, and she was fine. You will learn that you can't force your son's dad to be the same kind of parent you want him to be - unfortunately a nasty fact of when you have 2 parents.

Is your son's dad willing to talk with you about what HE plans to do? You could approach it from an "I want to get on YOUR page" rather than nagging him to do things your way. If you can get him to open up about what HE plans to do, you might have a better chance at creating some of the same schedules for your son.

Good luck!