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DebG
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A day in the life of your child

Please list what a typical day is like for your child.
Include:
what time they get up
When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions)
what they eat
when they nap
what activities do you do
What games do you play
what, if any, tv is watched
when is dinner


Perhaps we can all get new ideas on games/activities/foods or whatever to do with our child
OOh and include age and sex too! and a name if you are comfortable doing so

Posted 8/7/07 6:14 AM
 
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dm24angel
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Re: A day in the life of your child

Noah is 8 and 1/2 weeks ( 2 months)

what time they get up - between 5am-8 am depending on bedtime...

When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions)- about 5 times a day , every 3 - 4 & 1/2 hours

what they eat- 5- 6 oz's FF

when they nap about 3 times a day for 1 -4 hours

what activities do you do- play with rattles, tummy mat, bouncer, sing, read

What games do you play - too young for games really...we sing a lot, dance around, wave arms and legs

what, if any, tv is watched - none....doesnt interest him yet

when is dinner -FF , whenever he wants it

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Posted 8/7/07 6:32 AM
 

MrsProfessor
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Re: A day in the life of your child

Emma is almost 5 months.

what time they get up: between 6 and 7 am
When they eat: upon waking, around 10, 1, 4, 6, and before bed. She is teething and seems to want to eat all the time now, though.
what they eat: formula, breast milk and some cereal
when they nap: what is this thing you call a "nap"? Chat Icon If I am lucky, around noon and 3.
what activities do you do: We do a lot of walking around the mall. At home, she loves her jumperoo and exersaucer. She also likes to sit in the high chair in front of the sliding glass doors and look outside. We sit on the floor a lot and play with toys.
What games do you play: No games, but I sing to her a lot.
what, if any, tv is watched: No tv yet, though when she visits my parents, she watches baseball with my dad. She LOVES baseball.
when is dinner: For DH and I, around 7. She sits in the high chair and plays while we eat.

Posted 8/7/07 6:51 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

what time they get up: 7/7:30

When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions) Milk bottle immediately following wake-up, Breakfast @ 8 snack @ 10, lunch@ 12, snack @ 3ish

what they eat:Sometimes everything, sometimes nothing... RJ will go through weeks where he eats maybe one meal a day, and then weeks were he eats everything that isnt bolted down. Honestly- there isnt anything he doesnt like- if he is in the mood, he will eat pretty much anything...

when they nap 12:30-2:30 (if he wakes up earlier than usual he'll nap from 9-10am too.)

what activities do you do: When Im home- we are out and about, whether it be at the pool, the beach, on a play date or shopping. We do alot of "art" together and he loves to read together. At school he does everything from circle time, to calendar, to sprinklers/water play fun!

What games do you play: Anything that involves throwing a ball- RJ has some arm!


what, if any, tv is watched: RJ isnt big into TV- however sometimes if he is sleepy he might lay down and watch Backyardigans, Thomas or Blues clues


when is dinner: i try to eat between 5-6 every night.

After we eat RJ goes straight into the bath- we then read a story, relax, and we cuddle on the couch while he drinks a milk bottle. He goes to sleep between 7-8/

Posted 8/7/07 6:57 AM
 

yankinmanc
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Re: A day in the life of your child

I am going to go on a Monday, because its my day off and its the most routine:
We try to be social all day long, Noah loves playing wtih other kiddies, and he loves the playground, especially the slides and the zoo in our local park.

-Noah gets up at about 7.15 (ish)
-He eats Toast with Marmite for breakfast, or maybe a crumpet with strawberry jam. Mostly he chews it and spits it out, or he tries to feed it to me or the kitties.
-At 10 am I always go somewhere, be it Playgroup at our local church, out to the park or the playground, or to a coffee morning at someones house.
-We usually return from that outing at around 11.30/12 noon-ish
-After we return from that, Noah has a nap, it could last anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours.
-After his nap he has lunch, I can't usually keep him awake until that, so he has something simple like beans on toast, some pasta, a sandwich with cheese, tuna, hummus. He doesn't eat much really.
-After lunch, at around 2.30/3, I usually go out and meet the Chorlton Bad MOthers Club somewhere, we have about 3 parks in our neighbourhood and an indoor playground, so we meet up there until about 5, 5.30. Noah has lots of snacks in the afternoon.
-We give the kid his tea (dinner) at around 6 pm, he eats things like Tuna Pasta, Shepherds Pie, Scrambled Eggs. Again, he doesn't tend to eat much but after his tea he will have a big plate of fruit, which he loves.
-at 6.30ish we go into the living room and watch "In the Night Garden" and sing and dance.
-At 7 pm we go upstairs and start out bedtime routine
-7.45 the kid is usually fast asleep and Mummy and Daddy are very happy.

Posted 8/7/07 7:04 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

My ds is 1 years old.

what time they get up- 8:00
When they eat-
breakfast- 8:30 oatmeal w/ fruit
snack- 9:15 sippy cup filled with milk
lunch- 12:30 pastina with veg. and fruit
snack- 3:30 sippy cup with milk
dinner- 7:00 varies (could be whatever we are eating or oatmeal)
snack- 8:00 sippy cup with milk

when they nap - morning nap for an hour and afternoon nap for about an hour and a half and he goes down for the night at around 8:30 pm

what activities do you do- go to the beach/pool, walks, play

What games do you play- peek-a-boo, we go outside so he can find the planes

what, if any, tv is watched- NO tv is watched, I try just to get 5 minutes for him to sit down, we could care less.


Posted 8/7/07 7:12 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Cailen is almost 18 weeks (4.5 mts)

He is in daycare, but I'll go thru a typical day...

what time they get up- hmmm... lets see... I put him down at abuot 8. He wakes up at 10, 12, 2, and then between 4-5 AM for the day... He may go back down between 7-8 on mornings he's not in daycare for another half hour or so...

When they eat-

Similac Advance, and just beginning rice cereal and loving it!

when they nap - very rare for him to nap - but on the days he does nap - at around 12:00-1:30... he will always fall asleep in a car ride, and on the way home from daycare, he'll fall asleep and maybe continue sleeping in the house for another hour or so.

what activities do you do- This I do a oot of - I try to wear him out to no avail - read book after book, peek-a-boo, this little piggy, jumperoo, "free fall" with mommy (I lift him in my arms and free fall him into my lap or the couch on his hiney) - lots of toys - his lamaze snake, Very Hungry Caterpillar toy, stacking cups, rattles, crinkle toys, etc - we play all evening together until 9-10 at night. The times you see me on here is when I'm giving him a little lonely down time!!!

What games do you play- peek-a-boo, I got your feet, I got your belly, itsy bitsy spider... etc

what, if any, tv is watched- I am so bad... I let him watch TV when I shower - he loves little bear and maisy now!



Posted 8/7/07 8:18 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Lucas is 10 weeks old

what time they get up: 2am, 6am
When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions):
what they eat: Mostly BM - 1 bottle formula
when they nap: 9am, 12pm, 3pm
what activities do you do: tummy time and some stretching for his neck
What games do you play: peek-a-boo
what, if any, tv is watched: Noggin
when is dinner: 7pm (for bed)


Posted 8/7/07 8:23 AM
 

SuzyQ
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Re: A day in the life of your child

Lily is almost 9 months old.

- She wakes up at around 7
- breakfast
- plays with her toys/jumperoo/exersaucer until 9, gets dressed, drinks a bottle at 9:30, sleeps until around 10-10:30
- plays/reads books until lunchtime (around 11:30)
- after lunch I usually try to go out to run errands (or we'll go out after she wakes up from her morning cat nap)
she has another bottle around 2:30 and takes another cat nap then. If we go out most times she'll sleep in the car and part of the time in the store.
- dinner around 5:30
- after dinner she watches an Einstein video
- every other night she has a bath around 6
- stories at 6:30 ish
- bottle and bed around 7

Posted 8/7/07 8:36 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Gianna is 15 months old, and Amelia is 1 month

For Gianna
what time they get up 7am

When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions) She snacks throughout the day, but she eats breakfast 7:30-8am, lunch around 12-12:30 and dinner by 6pm

what they eat-Anything we eat, right now she is a on an any kind of fruit kick, loves zucchini, pasta, cheese

when they nap-10am & 1pm for a max of an hour

what activities do you do-Gianna loves to read, so I spend most of the day reading books to her-her other favs are her dolls, puzzles

What games do you play-peek a boo, hide and seek, listen and dance to music-sometimes we sing

what, if any, tv is watched-NO TV for Gianna, she'll glance at whatever I am watching, but she doesn't watch any child shows or DVDs.

when is dinner-by 6pm and anything we eat she gets a bit of, unless we have something she can't have

Amelia-well she just floats by on Gianna's day.


Posted 8/7/07 8:37 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Steven will be 9 months next week.

He wakes up around 6. We change diaper and get dressed. He watches Play with Me Sesame, then eats his breakfast at 6:30. Today it was rice cereal and a 1/2 banana. Sometimes I give him yogurt and sometimes instead of fresh fruit, I used the baby food. He plays with ALL of his toys for 45 minutes while Sesame Street is on in the background. When I'm working, he goes to my moms, but his schedule is usually the same even if he's home. He gets an 8 oz bolle and he naps around 9 ish for a short while, 1/2 hour or 1 hour. He has a snack, usually fruit or puffs. Then lunch, a Stage 3 meal, or some left over from whatever I had for dinner the night before and fruit. He naps again from about 1 to 4. Gets up, has a snackand then dinner around 5 or 5:30. I get home at 6, and we start the bed time routine around 6:30 or 7. He falls asleep any time between 7 and 8.

Games: We play patty cake all the time and we sing and dance. I play with his toys with him. I bounce him on my exercise ball.

Sometimes I feel like we could be doing more, but the day seems so busy when you are going through it!

Posted 8/7/07 8:49 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Paige is 6 months

Paige gets up at between 5-530

she is not the greatest when is comes to solids. She loves cereal but thats really it. Ive been trying to find that one food that she loves, but i have had any success yet.

She hardly naps for me, but at grandmas house she naps all the time.
Im not sure of the time she naps. Its usually 2-3 naps.

We take walks, play on her mat, play in the jumperoo, read books and just sit and cuddle.

I play peek a boo and tickle fingers with her. LOL

Noggin, Baby Einstein. She doesnt watch much TV.

Dinner is around 6 because her bedtime is 7-730.

Message edited 8/7/2007 9:03:57 AM.

Posted 8/7/07 9:03 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Ava is almost 14 months, and here's what her day looks like:


7:45am-wake up, drinks some soymilk in her pack n play while watching some tv and reading some books.

8:45am- we go downstairs so she can run around and play with her toys down there while I prepare breakfast.

9:15am- breakfast, usually pancakes or french toast or an omlette, etc.

9:30ish- back to playing with her Dora car and other books and what not downstairs.

10am-Naptime till almost noon.

Noonish- Lunch. Either a turkey sandwich with some hummus on it, or pasta and broccoli, or whatever I have leftover from the night before's dinner.

12:30ish-bath and get dressed. Yes, she's usually in her pjs till now. She gets really messy when she eats, so why bother dressing her?Chat Icon

1:00- we usually go out or go to the pool or play outside for a few hours.

3:00- Wherever we are, Ava usually has a snack at this point. Either a piece of cinnamon bread or some cheerios or fruit.

4:00-5:00- Ava's time to run around and play again, usually in the upstairs of the house for a change of pace from the morning.

5:00- back downstairs so I can prepare dinner.

5:30-Dinnertime.

6:00- We get cleaned up, pjs on and Ava and I spend the next hour just playing together, singing songs, snuggling, reading books, etc. It's time where Ava and I are alone and I generally don't let anything interrupt us.

7:00ish (sometimes a little earlier)- Ava goes back in the pack n play with her last cup of soy milk for the day and watches her Classical Baby dvd for a few minutes.

7:15-7:30- Bedtime. Kisses and hugs and straight to the crib.



I guess our routine is a little boring, but I like it for now since I'll be going back to work in a few weeks. It kind of maximizes our time together. Plus, JT is home until the early afternoon, so I like to stay home with her while he's here so we can all spend time together.Chat Icon

Posted 8/7/07 9:08 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Here's an average day...

what time they get up - between 7-8:00

When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions)- breakfast at 8:30, snack after nap, lunch around 1:30, snack around 4:00, dinner at 6:30

what they eat- Luca's a great eater. For breakfast it's either an Eggo waffle, cinnamon toast with cream cheese, Cheerios, egss. Lunch is yogurt or cottage cheese and fruit, cut up pieces of turkey and cheese with whole grain crackers. Dinner is whatever we're having like pasta, chicken nuggets, veggies. If I don't have anything prepared he'll have a Gerber Graduates. Snacks are dried fruit, cut up fresh fruit, goldfish, crackers, cheese.

when they nap - morning nap is around 9 and he'll go down for an hour to two hours. Afternoon nap is around 3:30-4:00 for an hour or so

what activities do you do- I try to get out of the house every day, even if it's just to run errands. I feel like a change of scenary is stimulating, even if we're just going food shopping or to Target. When it's nice we try to go to the pool or beach and if it's not too hit we goto the park.

What games do you play- we sing a lot, read books, play with his toys )he's finally figured out how to work a lot of them)

what, if any, tv is watched- I can't lie, we watch Playhouse disney in the morning- though it just tends to be on in the background, it doesn't hold his attention. In the afternoon if we're home, the TV is usually on, but that's more for my sake than his.

when is dinner- dinner is at 6:30. He eats for about a half hour and then has his bottle, a little bit of play time and then he's in his crib no later than 7:30.

Posted 8/7/07 9:43 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

what time they get up
between 7-8

When they eat
8:30

what they eat
waffles, french toast, pancakes, eggs, yogurt, fruit

snacks
fresh fruit, crackers, gold fish, cheerios..

when they nap
morning nap is 9-10:30/11
afternoon nap is 2-3:30/4

what activities do you do
play games, read books, play with his toys, LOVES his walking toy,play peek-a-boo, hide and seek, put him in the swing, go in pool, go to the beach, visit my parents, inlaws, friends. Go to the store. We are always doing something...

what, if any, tv is watched
DS will watch shows on the Noggin channel. He will watch tv right before his nap with his bottle and blankie.
While we are at home, the Noggin channel is on in the background.

when is dinner:
6-6:30

DS will eat whatever I am making for dinner:
chicken cutlets, pasta, veggies, steak, meatballs.......

Bedtime

DS is in is crib sleeping at 7:30..sometimes 7

Message edited 8/7/2007 10:05:46 AM.

Posted 8/7/07 10:04 AM
 

Michelle
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Re: A day in the life of your child

what time they get up - they wake at 7:00 - 7:30

When they eat - breakfast at 9:00, lunch at 12:30 and dinner at 6:00

what they eat - b: waffles, frenchtoast, bananas, fruit, yogurt, eggs, oatmeal
l: pb&j, grilled cheese, mac & cheese, chicken nuggets, soy hot dogs, uncured nitrate free hot dogs, cheese stick, veggies, avocado, fruit, cereal bars
d: same as lunch, but they will eat pasta more so at dinner but will eat everything really

when they nap - they nap from 1:30 - 5:00

what activities do you do - they want to be outside all fo the time. We go on teh swings, play in the sand box, draw with chalk on the sidewalk, play on the slide, ride their cars around the lawn. They also love to play in the kiddie pool with the slide going right into it.

What games do you play - we run aorund trying to get each toher, we play with cars and drive them across the table to each other, we read books and do animal sounds alot (there new thing), we also play with musical instruments or hockey sticks

what, if any, tv is watched - they watch tv from 7:30 - til breakfast so I can get ready for work or get up adn dressed on the weekend. They love playhouse disney, Higglytown heros is their favorite with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins a close second.

when is dinner 6:00 sometimes later I get home at 5:30 and start figuring out what to eat.

Bedtime is 8:30
My boys are almost 2.

Message edited 8/7/2007 10:16:19 AM.

Posted 8/7/07 10:15 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Julia is 2 years old....

She gets up at 9am

She eats cereal or waffle in the morning, has veggies for a snack (loves carrots) or slices of cheese with crackers.

Lunch: Grilled cheese, mac and cheese, chicken nuggets, pizza, tuna sandwich (depends on what she's in the mood for). If we are out, she will eat anything on the kids menu I order.

Julia will nap where ever we are, she's never been on a schedule, and Im glad cause I never want to be tied down to staying at home. If we are home, she will take one nap in the late afternoon.

Julia goes to gymnastics, and will be doing dance classes in the fall, she has playdates once a week.

Julia loves to watch Noggin, she loves all the shows!

She eats whatever I make for dinner, she's really not picky.

Posted 8/7/07 10:18 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

what time they get up
6:30-7:00am

When they eat:
Bottle: 6:30am
Breakfast: 9:30am (cereal w/ fruit)
Bottle
Lunch: 2pm (veggie or yogurt w/ fruit)
Bottle
Dinner: 6:30pm (pasta, meatballs, chicken, potatoes, basically whatever we are eating)
Bottle

when they nap:
8:00-9:30am
12:00-2pm

what activities do you do:
wants to walk all over in the walker or his favorite if you hold his hands. Loves to cruise by the couch, plays with his basket full of toys, goes on the swing, I take him in the pool. Loves to watch Noggin or Disney channel when tired or drinking his bottle. Plays nicely in his PNP or watches TV from there. We sing and read books, sometimes he EATS the books! He likes classical music and big band music when he plays and crawls. He listens to moodscapes while he sleeps

His Nanny gives him "baby exercise/stretching time".


Bedtime: 8-9pm

DS is 9mths old!

Posted 8/7/07 10:26 AM
 

angelbear217
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Re: A day in the life of your child

Bella turned 7 months old yesterday. This is pretty much what we do everyday.

Wake up- Between 7:30 and 8:00

Breakfast- Between 8 and 9- Cereal, ½ fruit and 6 oz formula

Playtime- In Exersaucer and watches Playhouse Disney (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Handy Manny)

Naptime- 2 hours after waking, usually around 10

Wake up from nap#1- Get dressed

Lunch- 4 hours after breakfast, usually around 12:30- ½ veggie, ½ fruit, 6 oz formula, puffs

Playtime- floor, outside, walk, go out

Naptime- 2 hours after wake up from first nap, usually around 2

Wake up from nap #2

Snack- 6 oz of formula

Dinner- 5:30. Meat, veggie or fruit, and 4 oz formula or water.
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Playtime and/or nap- May need to go down for 3rd nap at about 5:30/6 (if she is cranky I put her down)

Bedtime- 8:00ish- night-nights gown, bottle, book or 2, bed

Sometimes after dinner we'll go outside and swing. That's usually the same time DH comes home so it's playtime with Daddy also. We read Goodnight Moon everynight in addition to another book. I usually sing to her while she eats dinner. Sometimes we'll have music and dance time. I'll put on the music channel, CD or radio and we'll dance around together. She loves to watch mommy lip sync and act really silly.Chat Icon

Posted 8/7/07 10:41 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

I have 2 boys, 8 yrs & 16 mths old.

I'll post about my little one since most mommies on here have babies.

what time they get up
7-7:30am

When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions)
7:30 8oz milk
8:30 egg omelet or oatmeal w/fruit or pancakes and juice (mix fruit)
10:30 8oz milk
12:30 homemade soup or grill cheese or pizza or left over dinner and juice (mix fruit)
3:00 fruit and baby goldfish
5:30 whatever I make for dinner and juice (mix fruit)
8:00 oz milk

when they nap
He naps once a day at 10:30 for about 2 hrs

what activities do you do
We go out for walks, park, playground and we read.

What games do you play
We play with his toys, or his big brother plays with him

what, if any, tv is watched
He watches tv when he isn't playing or out. He likes the wiggles, sesame street and some noggin shows

Message edited 8/7/2007 11:08:59 AM.

Posted 8/7/07 11:07 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Alyssa is just about 14 months old....

she wakes around 6:30 AM - sometimes 7:00 if Im very lucky, not usually.
she will lay in bed with me at that point and watch Disney Clubhouse - Wiggles is her favorite these days. She'll have 8 oz of milk about 1/2 hr - 1 hr after she wakes up.

we'll get her dressed and she'll have breakfast about 9AM - lately, toast with butter or jelly, a blueberry waffle, cherrios......

Nap around 10:30-12 ish

Lunch around 1:00 - a cereal bar, yogurt, fruit

she will snack in the afternoon - dried fruit, crackers, goldfish, juice mixed with water, pretzels, bagel chips

dinner is usually about 6PM - she is still not eating enough dinner table food wise so she usually gets 1 or 2 jars of babyfood plus some of whatever we are eating.

bathtime is about 7:00
bottle (8 oz milk) at 8PM..sleeping around 8:30

sometimes she will take a 2nd nap later in the day 3:30-4:30 ish.

what activities do you do? we sing and dance a lot, go for walks, go to the park, visit grandpa, go to the mall, run errands

What games do you play? her favorite toys right now are her disney princess ride on toy, her learning table, her peek a block school bus..... we read books together, cuddle and watch a baby einstein movie before nap or bedtime.

what, if any, tv is watched? she watches disney in the AM - usually jo jo's circus and wiggles - she is up a lot earlier than most of the 1 year olds it seems - she only gets about 10 hrs sleep at night. baby einstein dvds are her favorite.

Posted 8/7/07 11:37 AM
 

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Re: A day in the life of your child

Alyson Paige 19 mths

what time they get up
9-10am, sometimes later, sometimes earlier (rare instances)

WHEN she eats: milk first thing after waking up and with breakfast, breakfast is about 30 min after she wakes up (unless she asks to "eat")
sometimes fruit mid morning
Lunch is 12:30-1pm unless she asks to "eat"
Snack is after naptime IF she asks for it, but always drinks water with lunch and after nap.
Dinner:5:30-6pm

What they eat (include meal and snack descriptions)
breakfast: 1/2 lender's bagel w/ cream cheese, cereal, oatmeal, a piece of toast w/ All Fruit, waffles, pancakes
Lunch: leftovers--at home it's a full meal portein, carb, veggie normally. sometimes I slack and give her pizza or mac n cheese but ALWAYS a veggie.
Quesadillas, chicken tenders or cutlets or BBQ chix, meatball w/ pasta, meatloaf w/ potatoes, mac n cheese, leftover bbq burger, grilled cheese
Dinner: whatever we eat pretty much. If I think she won't eat it then it's leftovers or chicken tenders and side dishes. AGAIN, ALWAYS a veggie.
VEGGIES:
green beans
broccoli, corn (niblets AND cob), cauliflower, steamed carrots, tossed salad (yes, she has tried and like salad w/ dressing), peas
Fruit: always w/ breakfast and whenever she wants it. I can't say no to a child who prefers fruit over snacks.
SNACKS: pretzels, goldfish, puffs, cinnamon wheat thins, Gerber or Welchs fruit snacks, cereal bars, yogurt (she only eats a few spoonfuls), string cheese, fruit

when they nap
normally I put her down between 1:30-2pm and it's for 2 hours. We have the occasional 45 min nap or 2 1/2 hr nap.

what activities do you do
color, dance, Little Leaps Grow with Me video game, read LOTS of books, puzzles, blow bubbles outside, go for walks (she asks to go for a walk), we take the mail to the mailbox and get the mail when it comes, play with the dogs, play with baby brother

What games do you play
hide and seek, chase, her video game (we sit and play with her), wrestling (yes, she is a rough and tumble kinda girl who loves being upside down, bench pressed by DH, and "body slammed" on the bed and throwing pillows and falling on them).

ETA: after naptime, she often goes down to Grandma's Apt to play and get some one on one time. Not sure WHAT they do.....

what, if any, tv is watched
Noggin, Sprout, PBS in the AM (Sesame St, Clifford, Blue's Clues, Jack's Big Music Show when we can catch it, Dora, Diego) and the Good Night Show on Sprout after bathtime.

when is dinner
Dinner is served 5:30-6pm and it takes her about 30 min to eat/play with her food. Lately she's been getting a kick out of letting the dogs lick her hands since she is in her "big girl" booster seat at the table.

Message edited 8/7/2007 11:52:23 AM.

Posted 8/7/07 11:51 AM
 

Ambersmom
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Re: A day in the life of your child

Posted by DebG

Amber (3) (female)

what time they get up: Depending on where she needs to be (daycare, etc), it varies between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions): For Breakfast, if she's not hungry when she wakes up (happens occassionally), I'll bring cereal bars and milk/juice in the car or bag up some dry Cheerios, etc. If she's staying home, she'll typically have scrambled/hardboiled eggs, yogurt, cereal or waffles. For lunch (usually around 12:00-1:00) she'll have whatever Daycare is offering (which as of lately has not been a fan fave :( ) or Mac N' Cheese, Chicken Nuggets, Pizza. Sometimes we'll try Chicken Noodle Soup or Corn on the Cob. For Dinner, we try roasted chicken or Turkey w/some veggies, etc. Occassionally she'll go for Pasta w/meat or Tacos, Chinese food, etc. Throughout the day, she snacks on whatever the daycare gives them or "junk" from home (cheese crackers, chips/pretzels, popcorn, various fruits, etc.).

when they nap: When not in daycare, she crashes whenever (usually late afternoon - after 3:00). At daycare, between 1:00 and 2:30.

what activities do you do: At daycare, she does alot of crafts, outdoor play, puzzles, building blocks, computer lab, games, etc. Same sort of stuff when home w/Grandma but she also goes in the pool alot (which she loves) and gets to go to alot of Library programs/puppetshows.

What games do you play: We play Ring Around the Rosey, Hide and Seek, etc. I'm trying to introduce board games like Candyland, etc.

what, if any, tv is watched: Alot of early morning programs like TeleTubbies, Sesame Street (when I'm getting ready for work, etc.). At night she watches a video or two of from her Blue's Clue's collection.

when is dinner: It varies but usually between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m.

We still don't have a sleep schedule at 3!!


Perhaps we can all get new ideas on games/activities/foods or whatever to do with our child
OOh and include age and sex too! and a name if you are comfortable doing so

Posted 8/7/07 12:12 PM
 

lvdolphins
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Re: A day in the life of your child

DS stays with FIL from about 7AM till about 10AM while I go to work.
Every AM when I get home "Elmo" is on TV and DS loves it. That's pretty much all he watches.

DS will be 7 months next week..



what time they get up: Between 6-6:30AM
When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions):
When DS gets up he has 6ozf

Around 9-9:30- Cereal and 1/2 jar of fruit, 6ozF

10:00AM-Nap or we go to store, for a walk, play.

12:00-Nap

1or2- Wake up..When he wakes up I will start giving him "lunch"..veggies.
and maybe 4ozF

Play.....Tummy Time, Exasaucer, bubbles, stacking rings, Elmo Toy..
If wanted, possible Juice bottle.

Sometimes around 5PM he will take a 30 min. cat nap or we go out on another walk.

Dinner: 1/2 jar veggies, cereal, bottle
(6-630pm)
Bathtime

Reading Time.

Bedtime: 8:00-8:30

Message edited 8/7/2007 12:25:07 PM.

Posted 8/7/07 12:23 PM
 

jmf423
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Re: A day in the life of your child

My DS is almost 4 1/2 months....


what time they get up between 7:30-8:30

When they eat (include meal and snack descriptions)

breakfast about 9am....cereal, fruit and an 8oz bottle

lunch around 12-1....vegetable and a bottle...he usually drinks between 6-8oz

dinner....between 5-6 he has vegetables, fruit and a bottle.

bottle again between 8-9 and then its off to bed

when they nap --no big naps. usually about 45min around 10am and then again about 3

what activities do you do...we go for walks, outside in his pool, exersaucer, swing, running errands, read books

what, if any, tv is watched...nothing really yet. sometimes if he is really fussy and i need a shower i will put on baby einstein

Message edited 8/7/2007 1:24:34 PM.

Posted 8/7/07 1:13 PM
 
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