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Routines...

My little one is 12 weeks now and we've got a bit of a routine going.

My hubby wakes him at around 7.30 to change his nappy and have a cuddle before going to work at 8.15. I then do the morning feed, get us up, washed and dressed and head downstairs at around 9.15. He happily goes in his swing for half hour then while I do the washing up, measure his formula powder out ready for the day and any other little jobs such as putting a load of washing on. We'll then have play time till around 10. 30 which is when he has a nap till around 12.30-1. I'll do any bigger jobs such as hovering etc while he's asleep. He's then changed and fed and then playtime again. He's awake for most of the afternoon then apart from the odd 20 min afternoon nap some days. At around 4pm i take him into his big cot in his nursery and he'll happily have half hour in there listening to and watching his mobile. I'll usually shower at this point. He's then fed again at 5ish. I pop him back in his swing again after the feed which is when I'll prepare tea ready for hubby coming home at 6ish.
We bath him every other night at the min and that is usually around half 6 after we've had our tea.
He'll then be changed into his bedtime vest or whatever and daddy has cuddles while I sort the pots from tea etc. He's then fed at around half 8- 9 and usually falls asleep while feeding. We put him into swing downstairs with us until we go up to bed at half 11ish. We dream feed him about 3oz and then put him to bed. He 'll then usually sleep till between 4.30 and 5 which is when he wakes up wanting a couple of oz. I think he'll drop this feed soon as he's taking less and less.
He'll then go back to sleep till 7.30 when we get up and do it all again!

Obviously some days the routine changes, if we're out etc or at the weekend when daddy is home but we pretty much stick to it and it seems to work for us.

Can't complain really, he sleeps really well at night and is mostly a happy, content little chappy.
 
Super interesting thread. I started my now 5.5 mo into EASY at around 12 weeks. He took to it quite well but month fourth blew up any sign of routine for both feeding and napping. We had a horrible four weeks when everything was chaos and finally managed to stablish a good routine again with 3 good naps a day (totaling about 3-4 hours sleep) usually at the same time give or take 15 mins. Feeds are every 4 hours (he's on expressed milk during the day and breast at night). He wakes up briefly a couple of times to feed between 7.30 pm (when he goes to sleep) and 7 am when he wakes up.

Routines are not for everyone though. For us it's important since I work from home and I need some planning. What I'd like to hear from you ladies is how do you deal with a baby that refuses to stick to the plan. Like they won't go to sleep around the expected time. Or they wake much sooner from their naps. Or they take so little on one feed that the next is too early etc. I tend to get frustrated when things get badly out of step. I know we're dealing with babies and not robots but what do you mums do when that happens?

Jenb, your little one seems to hold quite a long time awake between naps in the day. Mine can't get much longer than 2 or to 2.5 hours without getting fussy during the day.
 
LO is nearly 9weeks and really we dont have a set routine, we are soley breastfeeding and very much baby led parenting and AP(attachment parenting) so we really just follow little ones cues and what she needs and when.

It has worked out so well as she now sleeps through the night(11-6) mainly we get at least 4 hours between feeds in the day also. I think mainly as we pick up on the early cues such as eyes moving, hands going for the ears and face and feed before she gets upset/cries/frustrated etc so she will either fall straight back asleep or happily have play time on her mats and gyms etc.

The only set routine we have is due to the school run with my older son, she wakes about 6 for a feed and we will generally fall back asleep until 8 to get my son to school. Once home we wash, get dressed feed and she will then have her big nap of the day.

At night we have play time, then a wash(or bath depending on the day), pjs on, cuddles and stories, then a big feed and into her basket downstairs with us. Then we dream feed at 11 when we go to bed and she goes into her crib for the night.

I feel very lucky and blessed she is such a content happy little baby and fits herself in nicely to our life, not sure if thats a second child thing or Ive been blessed with the good sleeper gene lol

I wouldnt worry too much about routines especially if breastfeeding, they will eventually get there and theres no rush really. I always think if we have a set routine and it gets changed all hell with kick off(overtired/confused etc) whereas if I follow her then there is no upset.
 
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Sorpresa_bea, sounds like EASY works well for you. I'd like to get some sort of day time routine established, as it would make our life a little easier with regards to planning our week :) I breast feed, so need to allow for day time routine to be flexible, as have to have boob available on demand.

Agree, routines are not for everyone though.

Button, sounds like whatever you're doing is great! I'm super jealous of your girl sleeping through the night. You must be lucky as everyone keeps telling me that 2-3 hour feeds are a norm for bf babies this age. My son woke up at 1 am, 3 am, 5 am last night. It's hard work! Exhausting. Funny how different they are and were born on the same day. :)
 
sorpresa, the key thing with EASY is to realise its a guide only and that some days it will work others it wont and to go with the flow, I quite often find she slips from EASY to ESYA and sometimes AEAESY as that can be when out and about. If naps are shorter thats fine but try and keep the first nap of the day decent length and a good lunchtime nap, I try and encourage shorter catnaps at end of the day in preparation for nighttime, I have found she is fine with total of 4.5hrs naptime from 7am-7pm as that then means she goes 7pm-7am with one or two feeds, any more naptime and she wakes more at night....
 
No set routine for my 8 week old. He gets what he wants when he wants...for now :)

Although each day we manage to fit in some form of bathing, changing clothes, tummy time, lots of play time and a trip out somewhere even if it's just to walk the dog.

He's kind of setting his own routine though. I'm noticing patterns. Like he will eat at 7pm-ish then sleep until midnight. Then only 1 feed in the night. Breakfast feed at 8am. He also seems to want to play more in the late afternoons 3-5pm than any other time of day.
 
I know its mad how different they can be bigbee, don't get me wrong some days its not perfect as that but mainly it is. I'm. Wondering if her size has something to do with it, she like 12lb lol
 
Button I'm very aimlar to you with parenting style. We're Follow AP as well (without intentionally following any method). It that's the one we fall in to with our beliefs. No routine other than school run and we just do as he wants. Although I'm very jealous that you get a nights sleep and I get 2 hours lol, still, he'll sleep when he's ready. I used to think it was something to do with weight but his weight has shot up since I discovered he was allergic to dairy and cut it out my diet, now he doesn't throw very feed up he's shot from 7lb10 at birth to just under 14lb now! Yes he still can't hold enough milk to get him through more than 2 hours lol.
 
We have a bedtime routine but nothing set during the day. I follow her lead was her short naps make EASY impossible. I know that she can only be awake for 60-90 minutes bouts so whether she feeds as soon as she wakes up or just before she goes for a nap or right in the middle of awake time depends on when she is actually hungry :lol:

EASY worked a treat with my son so I do find it frustrating at the moment!
 
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Ahhh yay Jessie glad there's another AP around :) it just works so well for us. Sorry about the lack of sleep though, but as you say it will come xx
 

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