McKenna Baby Summary: Week 41

Schedule and routine for a 40-41 week old baby. Get info on this baby’s daily schedule and routine for each day and know how to structure your day.

This was a pretty uneventful week overall.

NURSING

Things are still going well and we are nursing 4 times a day.

SOLIDS/FINGER FOODS

Still great. She still loves to eat all foods.

ECZEMA

Her skin is still doing really well. Mid-way through this week, her scalp really started to look better. I have dry scalp, and I remembered something my mom did when I was little.

She would use a bristle brush and brush my scalp before I took a  bath. I did that to her one day this week. Her head looked like it was covered in snow! But after I washed it, it looked so much better.

So I am guessing the Burt’s Bees is helping to prevent buildup, then brushing her head helps remove the buildup.

DROPPING THIRD NAP

She had some days this week without the third nap, but the majority of days she had it.

SLEEP OVER

We went to a party at some friend’s house, which meant we needed someone to watch the kids. My parents are always happy to do so. This time we had them all sleep at their house. This was McKenna’s first night sleeping somewhere without me! I had some anxiety of course, but she slept perfectly! My parents had Brayden sleep on the couch–his first time doing that. He slept great, too. I just can’t imagine the kid sleeping when he was on a couch, but he did.

CHURCH

I thought I would post how we are handling our new chruch time. Church is now from 1-4. This is actually much better for McKenna because she can take a full nap. What we do is follow our schedule as usual up until just before 1 when we go to church. Then she stays up through all of church. We get home at about 4:15. I then nurse McKenna, feed her dinner, and put her down for a nap. She naps until 7:30 (it ends up being about a 2.5 hour nap which is what she lost while we were at church. Then I do her bedtime routine as usual. It works out well.

41 WEEK OLD SCHEDULE

8:15 AM–wake, nurse, solids (prunes or peaches/apricots and oatmeal)
10:00 AM–nap
12:30 PM–wake, nurse, solids (green veggie and applesauce. Sometimes mix with blueberries or cherries).
2:10 PM–nap
4:30 PM–wake, nurse, solids (yellow veggie and bananas or pears).
5:30ish PM–dinner with family. Finger foods and what we are having.
6:45 PM–nap. Some nights, she stays up until 7:00. Since most of this week included this nap, I am including it in our schedule.
7:45ish PM–wake, nurse, PJs, story, bed

On nights we dropped the third nap, we did:

7:15-7:30 PM–nurse, PJs, story, bed.

HELPFUL BOOKS/WEBSITES

• On Becoming Baby Wise: Book II 
• Super Baby Food
• http://wholesomebabyfood.com/
• On Becoming Baby Wise
• What to Expect the First Year
• The Wonder Weeks. 
• Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
• Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
• The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior–Beyond the Basics from Infancy Through Toddlerhood
• http://kellymom.com/

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