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I am still trying to figure my baby out. What works one day for her doesn't work the next. I am trying to get a routine going, but it's just not happening. Most days she eats 6 times a day and some days she only eats 5. Bedtime for her is random, she is always tired because she doesn't nap well (she sleeps for about 30 mins and then squirms and drifts to sleep only to wake back up a couple mins later and usually repeats this for the whole rest of the 2 hr nap). I try to feed her every 3 hrs and have been for quite some time now and it was working, but the past few days I have to fight her to finish a bottle most of the time.  I just don't know what to do. I thrive on a schedule and I don't know whether to just follow her lead instead... anyone else have a similar situation?

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Every day is different. I don't know how other moms do it but for me it's impossible to keep a rigid schedule with a baby this young. Sometimes he eats every 2 hrs, sometimes every 4. Some days he naps a lot and other days I can't get him to sleep more than 15 mins at a time. Luckily bedtime is pretty easy for us as he puts himself to sleep around 8 usually and wakes twice just to eat. I know it's hard not having much of a schedule (I thrive on a schedule too) but try and follow your baby's cues. You might notice they have more of a routine than you think.

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Oh another thing. Ive started logging everything, times ect and i have noticed a slight pattern as in times shes up and how long she actually sleeps. (Afternoon she likes to be up longer) try logging

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Also end of the day her last 2 feeds r alwasy hard and i struggle to get naps from her. I think coz she is so overtired and then she doesnt want her bottle

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Omg this sounds like me a d my lo
First of all my lo doesnt nap at all! 
Maybe 30min at best 1 hr then she is up. Same i thrive on routine ect well not anymore with her. So i normally do 4 hr feeds and i find if i can get 2 naps in that 4 hrs she is not cranky or overtired and will drink her milk fine. However sometimes she wakes earlier so i end up having to feed her at the 3 hr or 31/2  mark as i know she can only handle being uo for x amount of time. Bedtime is around 6pm to 8pm and she seems to alwasy start the day around 7am to 8am. Everything else is  random and i have been trialing everything
 Ive come to the conclusion she will settle in her own routine i have to just learn what works for her and so far its 1 hour (feed play) 1 hr sleep, 30min to 1 hr play then 1 hr sleep then shes due for her next feed and we repeat. She nevet naps for 1 hr though generally 40min

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