Eat, Awake, Sleep Schedule?

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My little one is 3 1/2 weeks.  All the newborn sleep schedules suggest eat, awake/play time, then sleep.  She almost always falls asleep after nursing.  She is more the opposite of the suggested routine.  Does anyone else's baby do the same?  And any suggestions?

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Follow baby's lead. If babybwants to sleep let baby sleep

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In my opinion if you have a foolproof method of getting baby to sleep then use it. Remember that the best way to parent baby is to listen to your own instincts and your baby's needs.

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My son didn't do anything but sleep, eat and go to the bathroom when he was that small. I wouldn't worry too much about a schedule at that age, they're not capable of forming bad habits or sleep associations yet.

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At that age my baby was the same way. Somewhere along the way, I forget when (maybe around 2-3 months) he changed it himself to sleep-eat-play. Schedules are kinda useless this young, let baby guide you into one when they're ready.

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Our little girl isn't even two weeks yet. She starts to eat and half way through needs a diaper change then finishes eating and gets changed again and then sleeps a few hits and repeat. We wake her up every 3 hours during the day to do this and at bedtime we let her wake us. It helps to teach them day from night. It's what our pediatrician suggests. The diaper changes are annoying but she won't eat if she is dirty and then she usually has gone again by the end of a feed so we do the change again. She has been doing this schedule for almost a week now and she sleeps 4-5 hour cycles at night.

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Just let the baby guide you.  Mine is 6 months old now and every day and night is different.  They have all these schedules out there but frankly they don't matter when baby has a stuffy nose or teething. Babies will teeth for months before any pop through.  Trust me.  Let baby sleep. And at that age you sleep too!  I'm a schedule based person too and I don't follow one with my daughter.  I do my best to keep a routine so she can anticipate what might happen next in the day or night so it helps her learn.  Also at your babies age they are still regulating their day/night schedules.

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Mine usually just wakes up to eat and sleeps after. Sometimes shell stay awake after eating and we play with her or let her look aroundm

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Mine usually falls asleep in your hands while burping after feeding. I let him nap and when he wakes up we play

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