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Routines...
Has anyone started trying to settle their LO into a routine, or are you all waiting???
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I want to think about starting one but am a bit lost!
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I want to think about starting one but am a bit lost!
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The day time has no routine at all! Sleeps when he wants, eats when he wants but it seems to work. He's a good baby and I htink he's doing ok for being under 4 weeks!
Have you got a routine yet? I might try and establish a day time one soon.xx
He then fussed a whole lot and didnt go to sleep between 6 and 1130 - but then he slept through to 0430 and is back asleep now after a feed - though he is grizzling alot so think he is going to wake properly soon!
Normally he has a 2 am feed- heres hoping he drops it for good Mummy would like that alot!
Next week we're going to try and start doing stuff in an order so he gets used to it or try to ... we'll see how well it goes!
I felt tonnes better this morning for sure!
We were trying to get Quinn into a routine but we were demented - we would put him in his crib and then be up and down the stairs for hours and not end up eating - his dummy was out, he needed more winding, he wanted attention...
So... this week we've had a bath at 7.15 with Daddy then put jammies on and had a quiet chatter about the day (he's gooing and gaaing so v cute!). I'm going to try 'massage' tonight! Bottle is either before or after bath depending on how the day has been.
Then we're bringing him downstairs for quiet time - curtains shut, tv off. He'll drift out and then we'll have tea and watch telly v v quietly with subtitles!!
Then we try a dreamfeed about 10.30 and we take him up with us.
I know having him downstairs isn't probably what we should do but we're much calmer and crying less so I reckon that happy parents = happy baby! And then when he gets bit older (1 month today) we can start a proper bedtime where we leave him alone in his room.
What are you guys doing for putting your babies to sleep - are they upstairs with monitor on or downstairs with you...?
I'm going to try and tank Quinn up tonight and try to get 7oz in him - I'll try anything to get more than 3hours sleep in a go!
and I don't really see the harm in having him downstairs with us when his this little! x
Last night he slept from 10 til 430 then took an oz and slept through to 7 .... I'm hoping this is a sign of things to come!
We're bathing every night around 6 - 8 depending on when his feed is, then some lotion and a rub after being dried. then hes dressed for bed, has either some quiet cuddles or tummy time, then his next feed, and we put him down after winding,
Between 8 - 11 is his colicky time so sometimes it is continuous winding through that time to settle him!
We live in a flat, he stays in the living room with us until we go to bed. Although I have put him through in the crib once and left the doors open, we have the monitiors with the sensor mats anyway the the alarrm is pretty loud.
I'm going to try a proper routine tomorrow and fill him with milk before bed, fingers crossed he'll sleep through soon!xx
He does seem to have his own fairly regular night time routine. We'll give him a bath around 7-8pm ish, then he'll have a sleep, feed about 10ish, sleep through to 12am - 2am - 4/5am - 7/8ish...so still quite alot. I can't wait for him to drop a couple night feeds as its exhausting. I'm breast feeding though so it's difficult to know how much he's eaten.
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He's got thrush at the mo and his wee mouth is v sore; so he's feeing little and often and it's taking about 1 & half hours to feed him and he feeds every 3 hours. So in the middle of the night I feel like I'm up all the time!
He's just starting medicine today so hopefully once that kicks in he might start going a wee bit longer on a night like the wonder babies Dex and Jaxson!!
HV said this morning to try just an oz or two during his 2am feed, rather than perservere for an hour to get full 4/5oz in him - she said he might not be that hungry and his cwind might be cos he's too tired to burp well.
But at the mo with the thrush he won't take his dummy; so rock and a hard place at the mo....
It's all fun! And boy am I am so happy that you guys have your LOs downstairs with you too.
M
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It is not just you. Michael does not have a routine either and to be honest I don't think he is ready for a routine yet. He is 5 weeks. He sleeps between most feeds, his awake time can vary between morning or afternoon or even early evening. He feeds on demand. (breastfed) I am not a huge fan of a bath every day, not very good for their skin in my opinion. So some days he has a bath before bed, other times he does not. He goes into his moses basket when we go to bed. Till that time he is downstairs and asleep in the carrycot of the travelsystem. When he goes into his cot in his room we probably start to have a bedtime for him, but for the moment it is just easier for all of us if he is asleep downstairs.
I hope to start a course of baby massage at 9 weeks (first available time) and hope to implement that before bedtime. But for the moment it is his last food, a cuddle with dad and me and than to bed. He is awake when we put him in his moses basket, barely but he is awake, and falls asleep himself. The same for the day.
We will start a routine when he is ready for it. We do notice he is going longer between feeds in the night and shorter during the day and we are happy with that progress. We do try to encourage him to sleep longer during the night and slowly that is working. (yesterday he let us sleep for 5 hours, last night it was 4 hours and during the day it is no longer than 3 hours) But for us he does not need to have a routine yet, we follow him. Some children do need a routine more than others, but as long as it works for you and your lo I do not see the need to change yet.
We are not really strict. In some situations, like next friday when we have a wedding to attend, we are not that bothered, allthough the next day we regret it. Because he than moves his awake time to the night, just after his big long sleep. Very nice to have an awake baby at 2 in the morning, if you know it is your own fault.
Lol, it sounds a lot more structured than it is, and it's not too strict depending on whether we are going out or having visitors or whatever.
How are your lo's getting on?