Krista - posted on 05/05/2011 ( 10 moms have responded )
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My daughter is 6 weeks old this week, and I'm still just letting her eat whenever she's hungry and sleep whenever she's tired (both of which seem to be all the time!). I was so happy once I had gotten my son (who's two now) on a routine eating/sleeping schedule, but I can't remember what age that finally worked out for us. Is anyone's March baby already pretty scheduled?
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Jayme - posted on 06/01/2011
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Goodness NO! LOL My daughter is 11 weeks. She has figured out night and day, and is co sleeping with us for about 4 hours at a time without nursing. But other then that I feed her whenever she wants and she naps when she wants. I will start to schedule her at 3 months, which is 2 months earlier then we did with our son. I am hoping that is not too early and she gets it quickly. Our son is the best sleeper ever. So we have high hopes she will be too.
Jani - posted on 06/01/2011
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My seun is nou 8 weke oud. Hy het al op 2 weke begin pap eet ek kon nie borsvoed nie omrede ek gordelroos gekry het my probleem is hy slaap die hele dag en in die aande tot so 3 uur dan wil hy nie meer slaap nie? wat is die beste manier om hom te kry dat hy beter kan slaap? ek werk vandat hy 2 weke oud is en is moeg in die aande wanneer ek by die huis kom! My dogtertjie is nou 2 maar sy het al van 4 weke deur geslaap? enige raad?
Kaleena - posted on 05/23/2011
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routine..... ha wats that? ours went right out the window the minute she was born. i suppose a better routine will come once they r on solids
Jennifer - posted on 05/14/2011
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It depends on the day lol. generally my 10 week old goes to sleep earlier now (around 8 or 9) then she wakes up around 12/1 and then again at 4. but as long as its the same every day im happy.
Emily - posted on 05/13/2011
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My son is 7 weeks, and tho we're not on a "schedule" yet, there definitely seem to be starting to see a trend. I don't remember when my first baby finally settled into a routine, but it was definitely before I started solids. My first son was also sleeping through the night at 12 weeks too, so it must have been before then, or around then.
But I'm like you at this point--I'm nursing when he's hungry, and letting him sleep whenever. As he's awake more and more, I'm thinking his naps will consolidate here in the next month.
Lydia - posted on 05/06/2011
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I agree w/ Jennifer about waiting until introducing solid foods. If you're Bf'g , the breast milk is more efficiently digested than formula, meaning? Your baby may need to be fed more often for a while (until those solids come into play). W/ my 3rd son here, I am trying to let him get to 2.5hrs between feedings during the day. During the night/early a.m. he only wakes about twice to actually eat.
Deb - posted on 05/06/2011
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My baby is 8 weeks yesterday and I just got the "Gina Ford" book out as I am uncertain when to introduce a routine, she feeds all evening up to around 11, then wakes at about 4am and is then awake for about an hour before topping up and going back to sleep. This is baby no.4 and her sister is 3 years old so it's hard to get organised. Others are 11 and 14. Xx
Krista - posted on 05/06/2011
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My daughter has just about the same night time schedule as yours, Jennifer. We usually get her to bed around 10 or 11 (hopefully we can inch this earlier soon!) and she wakes up once a night, usually at 4 or 5, then sleeps until 7 or 8. I'm really enjoying this, as my son was up several times a night at that age. It's just the day time where it doesn't seem like we have any schedule at all!
Jennifer - posted on 05/06/2011
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My daughter is now 7 weeks old as of yesterday and she has been on a pretty good schedule for a few weeks now. She eats about 10pm and then we lay her down to sleep. She will sleep until between 5-7am. I get up and feed her and she sleeps another couple of hours. This way I get a full nights sleep. I let her sleep when she wants through the day mostly however we keep her awake playing in the evening for tummy time and singing adn what not so she sleeps the whole night.
Jennifer - posted on 05/06/2011
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After she starts eating baby food or baby cereal (real "filler" foods) would be a better time to start trying to get her into more of a routine. That way she won't wake up or be hungry as often when she begins to eat real foods, as she is being filled up longer.
Cori - posted on 05/05/2011
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with my first, and with this one both times the day i feel like we have a "routine" everything changes!! i dont think my son was on a good routine until he was at least 6 months and sleeping well through the night!
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