A year ago, I was sitting at home in hot, pregnant leisure idly writing or not writing, depending on how I felt. I didn't have much of a routine and life was splendidly spent planning the arrival of baby E. This year, not so much. E is an active, inquisitive, and wilful (but relatively calm ) 9-month old who makes the adage, 'babies thrive on routine' seem like the truth ( that Fox Mulder and Dana Scully wasted 9 seasons looking for ). At 3-months and 6-months , I couldn't really follow clock time with her; her routine was more fluid and consisted of watching her for signs of tiredness or hunger and responding accordingly. At 9-months of age, E eats solids three times a day eliminating the need for nearly 5 daytime milk feeds and has dropped her evening nap. Dr. Weissbluth ( the not-so-benign guru of infant sleep ) predicted the end of baby's evening nap by 9-months. As is evident, our routine is still heavily influenced by Dr. Weissbluth's recommend