Do you use a routine for baby?

Question

My first child was so easy. She never had a bed time, whenever we laid her down she fell asleep, she slept all night, never cried... etc.

this boy is giving me trouble and I think he just might need a schedule but even using this app, life gets in the way and I can't figure out what to do. I think he takes two/three naps a day and goes to bed between 7-10:30 at night. He'll wake up some times around 1-2am, but usually around 4/5 am for a bottle and sleeps a few more hours. He's formula fed, sometimes food/oatmeal throughout the day (he's not consistent with eating solids). What do your schedules look like? Are they all day schedules or night routines only? I was thinking at night I should do feeding, bath, pjs and bedtime story or just singing and then lay him down.

He's 6 months as of the 2nd

Answer

We have a routine of naps every 1.5-2 hours but the timings depend on when he wakes up in the mornings

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JUST starting to see a more predictable nap routine developing/can push toward it.

Wake up time does vary, unfortunately. Ideally it would be 7.

Nap at 9, 1, 5 and bedtime at 7/730.

Part of the problem is that his naps are inconsistent in LENGTH. And that really throws things off. If the schedule is thrown off I just keep an eye on his awake time and sleep cues and try to right the ship as best I can.

For example, today he woke up at 830 (late night last night which is unusual for us). He slept from 930-1040 still though, then 1250-130 (bah, short nap) and then 310-345 (bah another shorty because he slept in the car). So! We just pushed him a bit longer for that final stretch and moved bedtime forward and he just went down for bed at 6. Ta da!

Dr Ferber suggests that when we aren't on aroutine babies function on a 25 or 26 hour day, so a routine is key, apparently! Otherwise their schedule (and you!) will keep following them around the clock

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We don't have a nap routine. He's with different grandparents watching him all week so they all do their own thing. We eat dinner around 630pm clean up. Play. Get a bath. Then when he starts rubbing his eyes I nurse him and he goes to bed which happens around 730 every night. He gets up once a night to nurse between 1-3am then he's up at 6 for the day so I can go to work. He pretty much set up his own routine. He trained us.

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My son's sleep (naps) is kind of still all over the place but once it's more on a schedule ill definitely put a routine into place.

Do you use a routine for baby?

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