My preferred schedule

Every now and again on a Saturday, or a public holiday, our morning gets a bit out of control and Atti's nap gets pushed back. So he sleeps later (and usually a bit longer) than normal. So when he would normally go down for a nap about 12, it might be 1 or 1.30. Which means rather than getting up again around 2, it's 4, 4.30ish.

Which puts a 7pm bedtime totally out of realms of possibility. Usually we take advantage and do something with friends in the evening.

Today is one of those days. We went to a xmas carnival in town with friends, and didn't get home till late. Tonight we went over to visit a friend from daycare, we are loaning him some toys of Atti's while we are away. And Atti and Wookie are planning to go for a walk tonight to check out some roadworks they are doing nearby.

I really love this schedule - if I was a full time SAHM I would totally have him on that schedule. It would be lovely to be able to cook with him and have dinner at a decent time, to be able to go out with friends, to be able to go to movies or visit friends with older kids at home. And if he was having big naps in the day, it wouldn't mean he was sleeping in all that late either.

Also, excellent practice for our trip east - as I am hoping to keep him on our time, he will be napping later in the day and staying up at night.