Nah, no daytime routine here yet.
We are still following Willow's lead, we wake when she does and we go to bed after her last feed which at the moment is usually between 9pm - 10pm. The last few nights she has then slept till around 4am which has been great.
Although having said that we have no real routine, I do kind of insist on an afternoon nap at some stage. Will cat naps of a morning and midday - always in the vibrating bouncer and then of an afternoon I get her to sleep in the bassinet. Her afternoon nap can be anything from 40 minutes to an hour and a half.
A friend of mine suggested to keep the day sleeps in the bouncy as it's not as solid a sleep while in the bouncy (compared to the bassinet) and by having a "lighter" sleep during the day should guarentee that the night sleeps remain long and deep.
Not too sure if this is the case, as like a lot of you I can never pick if Willow will sleep for a long stretch BECAUSE of a restless day or on a really restful day if she will have an up and down night. I think it's all just hit and miss while they are this young.
We also do the 1 to 1.5 hours of "awake time" after a feed (except for the middle of the night feed). "Awake time" for Will can just be the bouncy, or a walk around the house and backyard with me or maybe some play mat time.
We upped her formula to 180ml and she is now going 4 hours between feeds.
I don't want to jinx anything, but it looks like we are finally settling into our little family and we understand each other a lot better. I am so pleased and am sure that DH feels a lot better leaving me with her each day - I am coping so much better this week.
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