Need help with a schedule

[HeatherLynB]

My 9 month old has been doing pretty good with naps and sleeping thru the night, but lately he hasnt been sleeping too good. He wakes up once during the early early morning hours, has a bottle and then goes back to sleep and then is up at 9am. I am not used to him waking up for a bottle after he goes to bed for the night so im not sure if other babies are this way too? And could you share your daily routine with your baby? I would like for him to be on a set schedule. Thank you mommies! =]

[HeatherLF16]

My for my son the bedtime is more of what the routine is other than the time.  There are occasions when we are out and we don't rush to make his 7pm bedtime.  If I follow the bedtime routine we have no issues and he does the same just goes to bed and wakes a little later.  But, if I try to say bypass his bath because it's late he will wake up in the middle of the night because his routine was off...lol... picky little fella huh?  Also, his bedtime does vary from time to time.  If he doesn't seem tired I let him stay up a litlte longer ect.  I just make sure I keep his routine the same.  

It does help I am at home so I can do trial and error with what works and what doesn't.  Maybe ask your mom to write down and let you know when she makes changes, and try to keep the same for him on the weekends?  And doing a routine when you notice him getting sleepy?  I notice that for my son he is happiest when he knows exactly what to expect it's like he looks forward to it.  He will bring me the books he wants me to read when we go up for the night.  

My sisters all have girls (my nieces) they seem to me to be easier in some ways and harder in others.  My son seems to be way more of a mommas boys then my little nieces are..lol.. girls seem a lot more independant from an early age in my opinion.  

[HeatherLynB]

thank you! I am trying to get some sort of schedule worked out for him. I work during the week, but when I am off, I feel sort of lost. I have to ask my sitter (my mom lol) what his routine is.
Normally on weekends I give him a bottle when he wakes, then he plays, has breakfast with some juice, plays, has a bottle close to noon, then he naps for a couple hours, then after that I dont know lol. I feed him solids, then when i notice him getting fussy i give him a bottle and he takes a short nap, but at night time he doesnt really have a set bedtime. He goes to bed when he gets tired. Thank you for sharing your schedule, i really need to get him on track with one! My daughter was fairly easy to get on a schedule, but i am having hard time with my son.

[HeatherLF16]

My daily routine with my son who has never been a napper and is 14 months old goes like this:
6:30am wake up drink 5 ounces of milk from a cup
7:15am breakfast (oatmeal or cheerios with a bananna)
Play and get ready for the day
10:00am snack (whole grain crackers)
12:30pm lunch (half a sanwich and a fruit with another 6 oz of milk in cup)
1:30pm nap for an hour to hour and a half
3:00pm snack (yogurt)
5:30 dinner (whatever we are having normally meat, brown rice, veggies)
6:30pm... stories for half hour than bath and a 6 oz bottle just at bed

Prior to this schedule my son was going to bed way to early due to not napping enough and waking up in the middle of the night. So, I switched to making him take one late afternoon nap to keep him up later and have him sleep later.

At nine months old if he hasn't been waking and getting a bottle at night and now he is than he may start to expect it.  If I were you I would probably just check in change him, comfort him a little and if you think he may be thirsty give him a couple of sips of water from a cup because most docs recommend weening from the bottle by one years old by cutting them down slowly :)  My son is still not all the way off the bottle he still has one before bed.  I plan to cut that one out soon too.  Hope this helps :)