When Your Infant Owns You

“I put my infant on a schedule.” 

How many times have I heard young mothers make this statement.  And my response is usually filled with deep compassion as I chuckle under my breath, “Good luck with that!” So, what’s wrong with a schedule?… you may ask, (please ask or I will be writing this blog just to hear my fingers click against the keys.  

Firstly, let’s look at what SCHEDULE means: To put one’s day to day activities on a time table. Or, arrange or plan an event to take place at a particular time…according to the clock! 
Ladies, our babies were not born with an embedded timer.