routines

[chezzabell]

as i have forgotten what i did was just windering when people syarted to introduce rotuines to thier babies

 

[lauramumof2]

Im trying to get Joe into one just now but its hard. I need to be able to keep jess in hers but a newborn is so unpredictable. Sleep and feeding, I dont have a routine for yet, in fact the only part of s routine I have with joe is that he gets a bath at 7ish, same as Jess then a bottle then bed.

 

[Hypnorm]

Ewan started to develope his own routine around 4 months of age.
Personally i wouldn't try and force a routine sometimes it can work but other times it would make your life hell!

 

[Urchin]

I agree with Hypnorm, Brody showed me his routine and I followed.

Some babies respond really well to a good routine, some babies fight it.

 

[Em78]

we started right away with alex - wanted to try as it had worked so well for my sister. we thought we'd see how it went and if it didnt work out then fine but it was great. he was in a 3 - 3½hourly feeding routine by four days old (once my milk supply was coming nicely) and obviously being newborn just slept whenever then developed his own nap times round his feeds as he got bigger. once he was sleeping longer at night the routine really kicked in with bed times, bath times etc.

if you feel you want a routine give it a go - its never too early to try in my opinion and if it doesnt work out then you havent lost anything. its not for everyone but i have no regrets and will be doing the same when we have anymore!


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[Jo]

I'm with Urchin and Hyponorm on this one

I jsut saw Jacks develop and took it from there, i am only now trying to tweak it a bit to fit in with us so OH gets to have more time on an evening and for us to eat our meals together

 

[hayley]

I don't have a set routine for Jacob apart from feeding him every 3 1/2 to 4 hours.. but he sort of set this. The only thing I do religiously is feed him at nite in his room (which is easier now i've moved him tinto his room) I don't put the light on. As soon as he's been fed and burpe I put him straight down and sit next to the crib for 10 mins. He usually falls asleep straight away. In the day I let him sleep when he wants.. like a clock he will wake for his feed thou.

I'm trying to make bath time every evening around 7pm but he's usually asleep then.. should i wake him to bath him? (feed at 8pm) if i let him sleep till he naturally wakes he then screams for his bottle so bathing becomes a no no....

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[Bagpuss17]

We started a bedtime routine at 10 weeks. Before that it was difficult because there wasn't a pattern to his feeds.

Take the lead from your baby really, some say the earlier the better.

Isaac is settled into his bedtime routine wonderfully now. It's nice to have our evenings back.

Now that he's a little bit older we seemed to have settled into a good daytime routine as well but it's not dictated by time. It's as the Baby Whisperer book states, he'll have a feed, activity and then a sleep. We just go around in that cycle. It works out that he has 3 naps a day at the moment. One in the morning, one in the afternoon and one early evening.

I put him upstairs in his moses basket for a sleep during the daytime now so that he gets a better quality of sleep.