4 - 6wk old baby routine ideas please.

[TUP]

I was just wondering what if any routines you use for your babies from all those different books, Tizzy, Gina etc.

My baby is in the followingish:
6am BF
Sleep 7:30
10am BF
11:15ish sleep
1330 BF
1530 BF
1600 sleep
1800 BF
1900 Sleep
2130 BF
b/w 12:30 - 1:30 BF
b/w 4 - 6am BF

I am keen to do anything lol to help her sleep & only wake once through the night, say 3am ish... then wake 6:30 - 7am..
I just need a routine which fits around dropping off & picking up at kinder..

Wondering what has worked for you

[starangelk]

Hi TUP, at this age my DD was probably having about the same number of BF's as your little one but I was cluster feeding her in the evenings. We weren't putting her to bed until 9pm, she had this really awake period in the evenings but I would cluster feed hourly from around 5:30pm and then put her down at 9pm. From memory she was waking around 1am and 5am, so going 4 hourly and then slowly she started going to bed earlier and would do 10pm, 2am and 6am and then she dropped the 2am. The way I figured it, BF babies digest the milk quite easily so need regular feeds so until she was getting her little belly filled enough to sleep through, she was going to wake. That's why I did the cluster feeds.

[onthefly]

Your baby seems to have a nice little routine going already and what a great sleeper! I'm not sure about trying to change routines at this age since they change so rapidly anyway - she'll be going longer between sleeps soon, for eg, which change things again for you.
If you have to be somewhere at a set time, I guess all you can do is do that and hope she can work herself around that. Does she transfer ok to and from the car?

[Taurean]

Gist, we had no routine at that age! We fed on demand and just went with the flow.

By about 6-7 weeks she would go down for the night around 7 and we found she would wake around midnight for a feed then 4-5am the 6-7am. That was as close to a routine as we got at that age but DD dictated it, we just followed her lead.

I have to say the only friend I have that used 'Save Our Sleep' (Tizzie Hall) really regrets it now. It worked in the early days but it made her life near impossible as her DD got older as she HAD to sleep at specific times, and she was a nightmare if she didn't, and would only do so in her cot. She now says she'd never recommend a strict routine for babies. It's made her life more difficult now.

[courts&munchkins]

We are just like pp. I feed on demand so whenever, wherever. Follow dd lead. But about 7:30pm I give her a bath and then a feed and put her to bed. She then wakes about 12:30am and 4:30am. But life is dictated by her. I never know when I last fed her. For me honestly I find breastfeeding easier by doing it on demand. It would stress me out when I tried to feed by routine with the boys.

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[krystals]

Your little girl sounds like such a good sleeper!!! She'll still be waking up a couple of times a night (at least!) to feed, she's still so little. At some stage she might drop her 1am feed, but it might be a way off. I fed DS a couple of times before bed, but apart from that, I fed him whenever he wanted it at that age. Still now at 6 months, I feed him when he wakes up, and then whenever he's burying his head in my chest. Remember it's their fluid as well as their food

Oh, and we read SOS By Tizzy and although it seems like you're in control for the early days, like Taurean said, if you ever need to go out, or if bubs misses a nap, it can be chaos. You sound like she's giving you a pretty good 'routine' as it is now. Mind you, as soon as you get used to it, she'll go and change it if she's anything like my guy!!! xxx

[lilmisspositive]

I have to say the only friend I have that used 'Save Our Sleep' (Tizzie Hall) really regrets it now. It worked in the early days but it made her life near impossible as her DD got older as she HAD to sleep at specific times, and she was a nightmare if she didn't, and would only do so in her cot. She now says she'd never recommend a strict routine for babies. It's made her life more difficult now.

It is only here that i have heard that. Everyone I have met in real life, LOVES that book and it has worked wonders for them and their families, I think the only problem is the expectations people set up for themselves. I personally use a few different ideas to combine into my own routine. I go out heaps and to be honest, used the same sort of idea with my dd when she was born. From 6 weeks she was sleeping from 6pm to 6am.

Sounds like your doing a fantastic job! Take bits out of whichever routine works for you and go with it. Remember though it does take some time to adjust. Good luck with what works for you. : )

[Loula]

we are still demand feeding however this is having a slight impact on his lack of want for solids but he has also been ill in hospital for a week!

I think what you are doing is great, Nothing how I did it as I dont really follow any routine, we are out and about too much so DS sleeps on the run.

just follow your instint

[trishalishous]

We just went with the flow, and like your LO, DD was a great sleeper.
Shes always just done her own thing, and we go with it.
When she was tiny though Id insist on trying for a sleep/feed if shes been up longer than 2 hours