Can I see your schedules?

Question

I’m struggling. I’m a ftm and my little one is 5 months old. But her sleep and naps are all over the place. If some of you don’t mind, can you share your schedules with me. Right now it’s 10am and she randomly fell asleep. Usually she doesn’t nap until 12. Her nighttime routine is all over the place. Sleep at 8 but she wakes up at midnight or 2a to eat. It’s never consistent. What am I doing wrong!? Thank you!!

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Just wanted to say you aren’t doing anything wrong. Some babies are just like regular than others. Some eat more some less, some sleep more some less. My baby is all over the place too. I just do my best to have the same bedtime routine and around the same time. Good luck ♥️♥️

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My baby is 5 months old and the same thing used to happen to me too! It was driving me crazy because I thrive on a routine and I was losing so much energy running after my lil one and trying to get her to feed/sleep. What eventually worked for me was to pay attention to her wake/sleep time. Once I did that everything fell in place. Here’s a basic guideline that you can use. Start monitoring her wake time from the time she gets up in the morning and follow her cues for sleep/feed. Hope this helps and works for you too. Remember the time mentioned below can vary. 
Wake windows
Birth to 12 weeks: 60 to 90 minutes
3 to 4 months: 75 to 120 minutes
5 to 7 or 8 months: 2 to 3 hours
8 to 14 months: 3 to 4 hours
14 to 24 months: 5 to 6 hours

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We have an 18 week old and we are both working from home for now. General daily schedule for baby :
Wakes up between 8-9 (no later than 9)
Feed approx 8:30
Short morning nap in chair/swing (20/30 min) around 10/11
Feed approx 12:30
Afternoon nap around 1 and generally wakes up around 4 
Feed after wake up or approx 4:30
Takes short nap in swing around 6
Feed approx 7:30-8
Bedtime around 8ish depending on feed time or if it’s bath night. No earlier than 8 but Sometimes as late as 8:30
Dreamfeed 10:30 and sleeps through night 
We try to feed approx every 4 hours. She’s drinking 5oz a feed, 6 oz before bed and 4 oz at dreamfeed and it seems to work for us and she has slept through the night for quite some time with this method. Total oz 25/day.

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My baby is 5 months and his schedule varies as well and I just play it by ear of what his wants and needs are at the moment. A very general schedule (because the times really vary) is: 
Between 6-7 am - Awake, eat, play
Between 8-11 - 1st nap 1-3 hrs 
Between 10-12 - awake, eat, play 
Between 12-2 - 2nd nap 1-3 hrs
Between 3-6 - awake, eat, play 
Between 5-6 - 3rd short nap 1 hr max
Between 6-8 - awake, eat, play 
Between 7-9 - bed 
Wake up once to eat between 12-3

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Wake & bottle 7am
30-45 minutes nap between 8:30 and 10:30 during morning walk
30 minutes nap around 11-11:30
12:30 bottle
Big nap 1-4pmish
5:30 bottle
6:30 bath 
7pm bed
10:30 dream feed bottle
Her bottles are currently way spread out because she screams if I try and feed her before she cries for it, but she's having 6-8oz for each one.
With the exception of her big nap in the swing, she's left to sleep as and when she wants, but the times above tend to be what happens on an average day.

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Our babies schedule is:
Wake up between 6:30-7 (eat after waking up) 
Play between 1.5 to 2 hours (depending on tired signals) 
Go back down for nap #1 between 8-8:30
Wake up between 9:30 to 10 (eat upon wake up)
Play for another 1.5 to 2 hours
Go down for nap #2 between 11:15-12
Wake between 1:45-2 (eat upon wake up)
Play again for 1.5 to 2 hours 
Go down for (last nap) nap #3  between 3:30-3:45
Wake up at 5 (nap does not go past 5) (eat upon waking)
Play for 1.5 hours
Start bedtime routine around 6:30 and go to bed at 7.
Wake at 2am for feed and then wake at 6:30am to start the day!
This is my second and one thing I have learned is that babies LOVE routine! They thrive on it!
Also know that babies at 5 months max awake time is from 2 to 2 hours and 15 minutes before they need another nap.
Now not all babies are the same, but it does help to have them on a schedule. 
Hope this helps!!

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Babies tend to set their own schedule based on what they need for that day. My sons naps are all over the place but he tends to sleep the same amount at night. Not always though. When he is at daycare, he tends to take 2-3 naps. One between 9-10:30, another one around lunch, and then his last one somewhere between 2-3:30. He almost always falls asleep by 6pm and then I wake him up for a last bottle around 8 and then put him back in bed. Sometimes he wakes up around 4am but most of the time he stays asleep till 5-5:30 depending on when he gets hungry. He eats about the same time everyday too. That that can differ on how he is feeling as well. You are definitely not doing anything wrong! Most babies don’t get a good schedule going till at least 6 months or later.

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