I haven't read any books or looked up much on the internet about this, but I am not sure if I should be trying to get her into a routine now.
Bub is nearly 9 weeks, at the moment I am going with the flow - whatever she wants is the way that things go.
So far her day sorta goes like this.
11pm - 5am sleep (great I know)
5am feed
6am-8.30 sleep
8.30 feed & poop
9.30-11am sleep
11am feed
12pm onwards - catnap on mum/feed/unsettled for the rest of the day
6pm cry/whine/ unsettled/ fight sleep/feed/cat nap (drive mum and dad insane)
11pm finally sleep!
I don't know what I am doing wrong, but my day is starting at 11am when she finally wakes up then I can't get anything done around the house cause she won't sleep for the rest of the day! I try waking up myself at about 8.30 - but I can't cause I am so tired from the night before!
looks like you have a routine there
might not be one you want but it is a routine and you can see the patterns in her behaviour.
the good/bad thing with little babies is that in a couple days it will change again.. so although it sucks that her bed time is 11pm she is sleeping (with feeds) til 830..9.5hrs is great! (if your going to bed then too)
its absolutely normal for babies to want lots of attention and feeds in the afternoon/evening.
I dont think you need to wake her up. she will change soon and it may make things worse(could make it better) but just take turns in the evening.. tag team is a great thing..
does she have a bath at night before bed? i found that to be the BEST sleep association (plus it tires them out) nice relaxing bath or fun splashy bath either way it can get her more sleepy or burn of a bit more energy
Thanks for the tips guys, I do sleep when she sleeps, which is till about 11am! (hee hee) but I would rather have my day back. Doesn't help with any appointments.
Oorki, we havent tried the bath at night, because well - she hates baths, much prefers showers. Also, I do all her feeds if she wakes during the night as DH's hours change every week (like this week he has to be up and out by 5am, but home by 4.30pm) When he gets home, he changes takes bub and feeds or he changes and starts dinner. We take turns with her whilst we eat dinner, then we try to get her to sleep. He usually tidies up and washes bottles for me if I haven't got round to it during the day.
Sounds like you and DH are doing a great job sharing the workload hun!!
Keep up the great work.
As for the sleep, I'm jealous you get more of a sleep in than I - but I certainly won't knock ya for it hehehe! bubs is still a newbie and no doubt will move the goal posts on you shortly - so you may get your day back before you know it!
i could go either way on this, 'cause i've just had number 2. I'm not big on routines, because wel frankly i'm not organised enough, but what you have listed sounds like what my ds did as a bub. dd is much easier but er sleep patterns are constantly changing as she goes through her milestones, and she is demand fed whic impacts as well. only 2 constants is she is always awake when i am eating a meal!!
2 things i can suggest are watch for the tired signals. if you miss one, you will need to wait a while before you get a chance to try again and it could be anywhere from 30 -90 minutes.
to save your sanity in the arvo's with the fed nap fed nap ds would do this too, and it drove me nuts, because he wouldn't sleep so i put him in the baby sling to increase his sleep and found I had a muh happier baby, who fed better and then slept better.
my saving grace this time around has been the cradle i bought. in the afternoons dd is not content to be by herself no matter how tired she is, and so i wheel her out to the kitchen but her in a spot not in direct light and she falls asleep, or watches me walk around.
Routine or not to routine?
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