Can I start my 4 week old on a sleep schedule?

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He goes to bed very well on his own while still awake, so I figured why not try? But then I feel bad like he’s too young? I put him down tonight after a feed at about 830 and he grunted a little like he usually does and then fell asleep, should I keep trying this? Or wait till he’s older?

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No. It won’t stick you can try but it’s pretty much a fail up until 5-6 months.

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I have a bedtime schedule/routine for my children from the time I bring them home from the hospital. You can’t really do a consistent nap schedule because it constantly changes. You kind of have to let them lead with nap time. My babies go to bed around 6:30pm and then it will change as they get older but we keep that for a good amount of time and our routine is consistent as well. Yes it will change and they will wake up during but I do not budge on the bedtime routine/time. 
But everyone is different and no I don’t force my baby to sleep but I want to them learn the routine and understand when it’s time to sleep. It can be hard with a newborn because they are learning when it’s night time and when it’s daytime and they have to adjust and I think a consistent bedtime and routine definitely helps.

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Do what you feel works for the baby and you. Personally, with my 3 boys, I started sleep training at 4 weeks and by 8 weeks, every one of them were sleeping 8 hours straight (11pm-7am) until 6 months. They all were falling asleep well by themselves. Then at 6 months I moved them to 10pm-7am and they slept through without interruption. By 1 year old all 3 of my boys moved from 9pm-7am. My 2 year old currently sleeps from 9pm-8am. 💙

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Do what you think is best. But if a day comes up n hes fighting it hard dont b hard on yourself. But he definitely will still need feeds

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I’ve been doing a sleep schedule with my boy he is almost 4 weeks. 
Give or take it sometimes changes from day to day, it’s more along the lines of feed, awake for an hour, put down for a nap and then wake after two hours for a feed (he will keep sleeping all day if I don’t wake him and then not sleep at night)) and repeat.
He has a witching period between 8:30/9 until 11/11:30 where he won’t sleep wants to feed and be held so we end up going to bed around that time since I’ve tried before and it just doesn’t happen

Can I start my 4 week old on a sleep schedule?

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