Daily Schedule, April 2007

So what exactly constitues a daily schedule for a growing baby boy? We took time to interview Little Nio to find out exactly what it is he does on a daily basis. The schedule is a wee bit flexible but it pretty much stays the same.

The day starts early with a bottle feeding at around 3:00 AM in the middle of the night. Nio's mother is the one that usually wakes up to take care of this. Nio's father sleeps through this first main event like a rock. At around 7:00 AM, Nio wakes up and requests for another feeding in his unique outspoken manner.



By around 10:00 AM, Little Nio is having a great bath in his bathtub, complete with a special foam liner that prevents any slipping in his tiny blue tub. He used to get upset getting into the water, but lately he gets upset about getting out of the water.



Right after changing, Little Nio listens to a bit of classical music for about an hour or two and then he spends time with his mommy and his auntie, Pa Kut. She is the older half-sister of my wife, who has come to stay with us and spend time taking very special care of Little Nio.



So, from around 12:00 NN noon time till about 3:00 PM in the afternoon, Little Nio spends quality time "freaking out". At least that's what my wife calls his fits of bawling, eating and passing out. This is usually punctuated by a diaper change somewhere towards the end of that intense activity period.

You can see from these more recent photographs that Little Nio has put on a bit of weight and his skin has become fair and pale. A strong, healty, handsome baby with quite a bit of character.



At around 5:00 PM, Little Nio gets his evening bath and then he spends time with his mom knocking back a few more bottles of milk. Sometimes he gets breastmilk, sometimes he gets an infant formula called "Dumex".



Here he with his mommy, looking a bit wired in his Pirate themed outfit. Shortly after this photo was taken, Nio decided to put in some solid "freaking out" time ending rather abruptly with a major diaper incident. Then he passes out for an hour or two, waking up at around 9:00 PM for another bottle.



Then at around 11:00 PM, Little Nio decides to fall off to sleep after finishing off yet another bottle or three... only to wake up again at around 1:00 AM in the morning to start the whole cycle again.