Just wanted everyones opinion on this one. I totally agree with getting baby up at about the same time everyday and having a bedtime routine and baby going to sleep about the same time every night. But what about in between? Should baby eat at the same time everyday, and

I think that a basic routine is needed for very young children so that they can set there own body clocks. We as adults have at least a basic routine so that we can function in our different day to day lives. Routine is a great thing if it is not forced on to children.

A strict routine I feel puts so much pressure on the child and the parents that a happy daily existence is not possible. How can a child function outside of the home if all there is is routine? In everyday life things are changing all the time and people need to be adaptable to survive with a healthy mind. If we teach our children at a very young age that routine is all that matters essentially we are teaching them that nothing changes everything stays the same and that is just not true.

If you have your child in a routine that never changes, is not flexiable then how do you take holidays or even go out during the day without having to be back home before the child needs to nap.

Children are meant to enjoy every moment they are here on this earth. Children are what we life for and work for. Obviously children need to know that a basic routine is something that everybody has so that they get the right a mount of sleep and they go to school and then work later on which all requires a routine but we do not need to take the fun out of life by forcing our babies to do things that are just not in their nature. Babies are here to be enjoyed not to be miniature military people.