[Chaos Coordinator]

Originally Posted by ashersmom

She kept coming back to, but did you have a schedule?

maybe she is just curious as to what it's really like.

my son had various "schedules" that he put himself on. so call them routines if you want, but he was pretty clock work until a growth spurt, illness, or tooth came along. he still does the same things at the same time nearly every single day. to me it's a schedule, but it's not one that i put him on - i think that's wherein the problem lies. there's nothing wrong with your kids being on a "schedule" per se, although as APers we tend to really dislike the word itself, as long as it's what works for your child and not something you came up with on your own with little to no regard for what your childs needs truly are.

my mom talks obsessively about schedules. i know she's a baby trainer, but i've been working at gently converting her to the idea that a schedule can really just be a typical but flexible routine and THATS OK! lol my son is one that happens to really like knowing what comes next. he gets really upset when things dont go according to the typical routine ie. lunch before nap, or dinner at 5. some kids throw routines out the window and fly by the seat of their pants...and that's ok too! lol