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[quote=Anonymous]Yes you definitely don't have multiples. Scheduling for siblings with a fairly common age difference like this is the bread and butter of being a nanny - surprised your nanny is struggling with this. Schedules for multiples (twins, etc.) are a whole other ball game.

This is a schedule based off what my days looked like when I started caring for an 8 month old and 2.5yo (schedule grew as they did)

8:30 - I arrive
8:30 to 9 - 2.5yo eats breakfast while I feed 8mo puree (both had been breast fed upon waking up)
9 to 9:45 - I clean up dishes, baby sits in bouncy chair and chews on a toy in the kitchen while I talk to him, 2.5yo plays with toys in the living room (where I cannot see her, but can hear her)
9:45 to 10 - we walk to the park, 8mo falls asleep in the stroller
10 to 11:30 - toddler and I play while baby sleeps in stroller nearby. when baby wakes up, I give him a bottle and then toddler plays independently while baby and I watch/play together
11:30 to 12:30 - walk back home, wash up/change diapers as needed, both children sit in their high chairs and I talk to them or we sing along to music as I prepare lunch. toddler eats lunch while I feed baby bites of lunch
12:30 to 1 - baby crawls around kitchen/living room while I clean up dishes, toddler plays with toys
1 to 1:15 - baby and I put toddler down for a nap
1:15 to 1:30 - I give baby a bottle and put him down to sleep
1:30 to 3 - I clean, relax, whatever. Baby generally wakes up first, so we play/snuggle until toddler wakes up
3 to 5 - We all play together in the living room. Toddler plays with toys, we read, do arts and crafts. Baby plays on the floor, practices crawling, chews on toys. At some point in this time frame I give toddler a snack and baby a bottle, whenever they seem to need it. 
5 to 5:30 - mom comes home and breast feeds baby, puts him down for one more nap while I play quietly with toddler or start dinner prep
5:30 - I leave!

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