Eat Play Eat Sleep???

Question

I'm trying to follow the Eat Play Sleep routine but my 10 week old will wake up, eat 3-4 oz (formula), gets tired after 1.5 hours and he freaks out until I give him another 2-3 oz then he's out like a light! Is this bad for the routine? FTM here....

Note: he's a happy healthy boy gaining weight very well and sleeps 8-10 hour stretches at night with one or two 1-2-hour naps during the day
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I'm in the same boat. Ever since she was born, my baby has been a narcoleptic eater. I've never been able to keep her awake whether nursing or bottles. When she wakes up, she wants to play, not eat. Even in the morning when she hasn't eaten for 8-9 hours!

I'm not too concerned about it as she's only 11 weeks old. And it's really the only sleep crutch she has. I'm thinking I'll just go with what works until after the 4-month sleep regression and then see where we're at. She's such a good sleeper otherwise that I'm really reluctant to mess with anything!

I'm getting a little tired of all these books and blogs and whatnot yelling about what you're "supposed" to do unless you want a LIFETIME OF SLEEP PROBLEMS AAAAHH.  Honestly, I'm getting pretty confident just following my gut. What we're doing is working. She's well-rested and happy, rarely cries, sleeps through the night at the moment, and is growing like a champ. Giving her a bottle before she sleeps is no problem now. If it becomes one, I'll figure out a solution then.

Don't feel like you have to force your baby into a certain schedule unless you want to try it, or if the routine you have isn't working. Eventually, they'll need to learn to sleep without eating first. Eventually they'll need to learn to walk too, but I'm not fretting about that either. It'll happen. Early or late, it'll happen. Good luck! :)

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Why do you need a routine? Just asking. I just follow baby's clues if he wants to eat every 20 min I let him eat if he wants to nap for 4 hours I let him nap what a big deal?:) I am home with kids( have a 3yo) so I just go with the flow:)

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Eat play eat sleep has worked well for me. He sleeps from 8-4 every night, sometimes longer! He also sleeps a lot during the day. I think good napping will help for good nights too.

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He's so cute! My princess sleeps through the night and eats about every 3 hours during the day, but we are definitely on that routine! She eats, plays, takes a short nap and we repeat it alllll day :)

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My boy does the sleep eat play routine. It took a bit to get him into it because he was a round the clock feeder. He tried fighting the naps without a bottle first but I was relentless. I would cuddle with him under a blanket, with him on my chest doing skin to skin, slowed my breathing down, closed my eyes, and started ssshhhhing. It only took a few days to get the routine down and now he's a champ about sticking to it. Best part is he started sleeping through the night when we got him him settled into the routine. Now the only bottle he gets before sleep is his bed time bottle.

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I'm trying the same thing and when I feed her after her nap she falls asleep again, and she's not the best napper so I don't want to wake her. It's tough!

Eat Play Eat Sleep???

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