At the age of eight (in 1824) Ada's normal day began with music class at 10:00 in the morning, at 11:15 she had French reading, at 11:30 arithmetic class, at 13:30 she did homework, at 15:15 music again and at 16:30 she finished with French exercises. Lady Byron imposed a strict discipline on him based on a system of rewards and punishments, and also seeking intellectual stimulation through reading and relationships with intellectuals. She was very keen for her daughter to learn mathematics, a discipline she herself practised. In this context, Ada met the Scottish mathematician and scientist Mary Somerville, who for a time was her tutor. Somerville, as a woman scientist, became an important stimulus and influence in her life. Both pupil and tutor shared scientific interests and a great complicity was established between them.7

As Ada grew older, her mother spent time away from home, in spas or in the countryside.

She suffered from poor health, many childhood infections and frequent headaches. At the age of seven she contracted a serious illness, which kept her bedridden for months. At the age of fourteen she was confined to bed for more than a year because of measles, which meant that she spent long hours studying and reading.