Methodology · Schedules
Infant schedule
3mo – 9mo · 22 recurring slots
3–9 months brings the first long stretches of night sleep, two consolidated daytime naps, and the introduction of solids at ~6 months. Object permanence, joint attention, and the first social games emerge here — short, playful learning windows around naps and feeds beat marathon stimulation.
The recurring week
All seven days share the same template at this age — the rhythm is the point. Filter by slot type to see one thread of the day at a time.
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The week, at a glance
The day starts to have a shape: feeds become more spaced, naps consolidate into two long ones, and short play windows expand. Solids enter around six months — meals become a daily social event.Meals
Milk feeds (breast or formula) remain the main calorie source, with solids introduced at ~6mo (WHO/AAP). Family meals sit the child at the table even before they eat much — early exposure to the rhythm of eating together.Sleep
12–16 hours per 24 with 2–3 naps. The 8:00 and 11:00 nap windows match the natural twice-a-day pattern of this age (Mindell, AAP). A short pre-nap wind-down halves average sleep-onset latency.Body
Tummy-time stays daily until rolling and crawling take over; outdoor walks support circadian rhythm and visual development. Daily fresh air also reduces evening fussiness.Developmental
Peek-a-boo, treasure baskets, object-permanence games — the Piagetian sensorimotor stage in motion. Short windows (10–15 minutes) match the attention span of this age.Bonding
First social games — pat-a-cake, imitation. Story time enters: holding the book together is the practice, not the words. Daily shared reading from this age is one of the most robust predictors of later literacy.Care
Bath becomes a sensory + cause-and-effect playground; massage is still part of the wind-down. Routine handovers (bath → massage → song) start to do real sleep-regulation work.Why this schedule
- Sleep: Total ≈12–16h with 2–3 naps. Pre-nap wind-down protects sleep onset (AAP + Mindell).
- Solids start at ~6mo (WHO/AAP). Family meals before the child eats much builds the social-feeding pattern.
- Play: Peek-a-boo, object permanence games, treasure baskets — classic Piagetian sensorimotor exploration.
- Outdoor: Daily fresh air + visual variety supports vision development and circadian entrainment.
Sources
- · AAP Bright Futures
- · WHO Complementary Feeding
- · Mindell, Sleeping Through the Night
- · Piaget, Origins of Intelligence
Changelog
Each time we revise this template — adding, removing, or moving a slot — we publish a new post with the change rationale. This is version 1; no revisions yet.