Sleep routine for 2 month old

[Kimi89]

My baby is turning 8 weeks old tomorrow. I get the majority of my baby advice from the Internet as I don't have my mum to go to. One thing I worry about I making mistakes now that will cause issues down the line. I've been reading up on what I should be doing for bedtimes now he's 2 months old and some websites as saying not to use rocking/feeding to sleep baby to sleep as they will expect it when they wake during the night. They also suggest putting baby down for a nap once a day when they are tired but not fully asleep so they learn to fall asleep on their own. Lately I've been letting my baby sleep on me during the day which doesn't seem to cause issues with him going to sleep at night. I do feed him as the last thing at night and he falls asleep that way.

I'm so confused about what to do and when! I want to help my son sleep well at night without him needing to be fed. Any advice would be great!

 

[CARNAT22]

I personally think 2 months is very young for any kind of routine.

I also don't think there is anything wrong with rocking / comforting / cuddling / feeding such a young baby to sleep. In fact I would expect it.

A 2 month old won't know how to self soothe and they will still need to be fed through the night.

What websites are you looking at????

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[millielaura]

Agree with carnat. Don't feel pressured into a routine if it's not what feels right for you. We only have a loose routine at nearly 9 months. Sometimes she will go down half asleep and fall asleep but other times she falls asleep with us then we transfer her. Apart from when ill or teething she is very independent in the day and has never ever had a problem being passed around to others etc.. I never taught her to be independent or anything and she has spent half the time co sleeping too yet she is perfectly happy to not be clung to me all day so I think it does just come when they are ready xxxx

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[Shepherdess]

my little girl is nearly 2 1/2 and if I get the chance I still let her nap on me during the day. it maybe only happens once a week now as she'll usually take herself off to her bed but I cherish the cuddle time.

2 months old is very early for self settling, and waking for feeds is to be expected to. go with your gut rather than the internet

 

[Blueclass]

2m is too early in my opinion. The internet says we should do this and that but only ypu know whats right and when your baby is ready.

 

[Firsttimemumx]

My little one has gone down at the same time each night since she was about 4 weeks, admittingly she probably didn’t always go straight to sleep but I did try and get a bath feed bed routine in place quite early on and by 8 weeks she was sleeping through a full 12 hours, falling asleep and waking at the exact same time each day. I don’t think there is anything wrong with trying to establish a routine from a young age but I certainly wouldn’t leave a baby to cry it out or self soothe at this age or not feed them In the night if they needed it. My daughter never woke for feeds from a newborn we used to have to set an alarm to wake her and feed her (most of the time she wouldn’t take much). The health visitor at my 6 week check said to not wake her for a few nights and see what happens, she would wake once a night by herself which we would give her a feed, she took more milk from this point then at 8 weeks she stopped waking for that feed too. She also never cried for milk etc either.

Every baby is different and I certainly wouldn’t force a routine on a baby so young but there’s no harm in trying, if it doesn’t suit the baby or causes more stress to you and distress to the baby then I wouldn’t continue but my daughter has always been fine. She will put herself to sleep no problem. At first when she was a newborn the milk would send her to sleep but as she stopped being so sleepy and more alert she would go down in her crib awake, light switched off, door closed with monitor on so I could see and hear her and she would go to sleep. No tears ever. She’s now 16 months and has kept this routine every night since. The only times she has woken in the night since is when she had a cold and an ear infection.

Do what’s right for you and your baby and go by the babies reaction.

 

[Kimi89]

Is 8 weeks old enough to put him down in his cot in our bedroom with a baby monitor? I worry about leaving him alone at this age.

 

[candymycandy]

For naps you mean kimi? If he'll let you then absolutely. Most of us would probably do checks regularly any way if it was a longer nap x

 

[Hoping for no2]

Our 2nd was sleeping from around 7pm from about 6/7 weeks with a dream feed around 11 and going through till around 5.30/6am. We didn't force the routine but he fell into it naturally. We put him in the dark in the room next to the lounge with the door ajar at first as in my experience they are more likely to settle into a day/might routine if the room is darkened when it's night sleep. He was prob around 9/10 weeks when we started putting him upstairs in the evening in our room with the baby monitor, checking on him regularly of course till we went to bed.

 

[kumber]

I have never gotten a baby into a routine at 8 weeks and this is baby #3. I very much follow their lead and don't tend to start getting them to self settle until they're at least 9 months old. They are still so little and still need mummy. Both of my boys were rocked to sleep until at least 9 months old, and now at 2 and 3 they quite happily sleep in their own beds and fall asleep by themselves after a story, a kiss and a cuddle.