Baby H is working on a schedule of her own and last week it was going pretty well. She was eating around the same times each day, going to sleep around 10:00 and then waking up around 3:30 and then 7:00. So when we decided we would try to make it to church on Sunday (we like to go to the 8:30 service - don't change my routine :) ), I thought, "Ok, this will work out well. When she wakes up at 7, I'll feed her and have her ready to go by 8 and we'll make it on time. That'll also mean she'll eat again at 10, giving us time to get home once the service is over." So here's how Saturday night/Sunday morning went:
10:00 - Baby H is asleep. I am happy because we're on schedule.
2:30 - Baby H is awake. While Baby H is nursing, I'm calculating: She was consistently getting up at 3:30 and 7, so if she's up at 2:30 she's going to wake up again at 6. If she eats at 6, she's going to want to eat again at 9 and that's right in the middle of church! *Panic*
6:00 - I wake up and get in the shower. I instruct my hubby to not wake the baby, she needs to make it as close to 7 as possible.
6:40 - Baby H is awake. Hubby goes to change her with instructions to try to distract her as long as possible.
6:45 - She's not easily distracted :) Time to eat! I'm again calculating: Barring a long service, this will put us eating again at 9:45, that is if we make it the full 3 hours, it's always a toss up.
8:15 - We arrive at church. It's Youth Sunday. This again makes me panic as I think this will make the service longer.
9:20 - Church is over and Baby H slept through the whole thing!
All that panicking for nothing (THIS time anyway :) ).
The moral of the story: I'm going to have to learn to go with the flow. But on the flip-side, life is going to have to flow around my schedule as well. :)
