A tip is just a tip-- sometimes, to save for later.

You will find, though, that just about as soon as you get used a particular schedule-- his growth will change it. A large part of parenting is the mental gymnastics to keep up with the inevitable changes. We're usually just a tad behind their curve! :~) One of the lovely things about children, especially babies-- they really do wake up each day practically a new person.

My younger brother had a great paradigm for this with his infant son. He explained to me that Nick had recently arrived from a different planet than the rest of us, and that his job as Dad was to respect that Nick had his own way as well as to show him, "But this is how we Earth people do things, and you'll want to know our ways, too." He saw his role (partly) as being the ambassador between Nick and the new world he was growing into.

~Susan