July 21, 2009

I'm a big advocate of having a routine with your baby. I truly believe that children thrive when they have a routine. So I have tried really hard to keep Emma in one. It can be difficult at times, like when you're out of town. We have already taken 3 trips with her and she's only 11 1/2 weeks old! She usually eats and naps around the same time everyday and we have a bedtime routine. Daddy and I give her a bath, then I put her lotion and sleeper on while daddy reads her Good Night Moon, then I feed her, (daddy does the bottles and goes to bed during this time since he gets up early for work) then I put her to bed. She LOVES her night time routine! This is her smiling and talking to daddy while he reads the book to her. David read this book to her every night towards the end of my pregnancy, and has read it every night since she's been born . She absolutely loves this time with her daddy!