Routines anyone ?

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How old was your child when you tried putting them on a schedule or routine ? My baby is 3 weeks old and I won't be going back to work until the end of November but I would like to try and get him on a schedule so that things won't be so hard when I get back to work . I'm just not sure when to try.

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I think at that age, my personal philosophy is that the baby just needs their needs to be attended to whenever they need it. So if your baby usually eats every 3 hours but sometimes they want to eat every 45 minutes or something, you just have to go with the flow. No harm in trying to do something like have a bedtime routine to help baby know it's time for sleeping or something (we try to keep our baby up for a couple hours before about 10pm so she's sleepy for bed time) but I don't think any baby that young can truly handle a strict schedule. I think the routine is more of a "nice to have" than something you can really count on at that point.

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I'm a crazy schedule person and started following the moms on call schedule at 10 weeks with my first son. I started already with my second son. He is 4 weeks old. It's not much other than feeding at the same time everyday and no naps longer than 2hrs. But I hope it helps the older he gets

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I go back to work around then too and we are only 2 weeks old and everyday our hours are different 😬

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Following... my guy turned 1 month on Sunday and we all over the place.   He passes out after bottle.  I wake him up and do an activity and then I can't get him to go back down.    So we end up with 20 minute naps or no nap.

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while pregnant he was always awake at night. Thats what i expected when he came out. but at 2-3 weeks, he was sleeping through the night. going to bed at 8 wake up at 8. just small whines every 3 hours for diaper changes and feeding. i didnt do anything different. hhowever you can start your own schedule like at 730 give a bath, read a book to baby, and a nice warmed up bottle ( if baby eats 2 oz.. give 2 1/2)

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Following. This is my 4th little one. I remember with my older 3 that they did not have a set schedule until closer to 6 months, but I was able to plan things better around 3 months. Meaning they had a routine of sleep, eat, play (in that order) throughout the day. Rather than eat, sleep, eat, sleep, cry, eat lol so they started to become a little more predictable. Which made it easier for everyone!

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I started a "routine" at one month, which was only a couple days ago. At 8pm I give her a bath, lotion her up with a little massaging, dress her, swaddle her but leave her arms out, give her a bottle, and then try to put her to sleep. 
I read this helps them learn it's time to go to bed once done for long enough. Otherwise I still just let her sleep and eat as she wants.

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I'm going back to work on the 25 and my bay is about to be1 month. Our schedule is al over the place because she wakes up and is up for 2-3 hours and then goes to sleep.m or she takes 20 minutes naps and is up again. 😞🤦🏻‍♀️ hopefully we can get her to where she can start sleeping and waking up at the same time every day. I will work from home but it will be hard for me to focus on work if she is up for 2-3 hours.

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I'm using the moms on call schedule app.   And Waylon is loving it.   He is a happier baby.

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Ok the past few days have been progress!   We are doing a morning feeding at 9:00am and 5:30pm, no matter what.   Even if he just ate right before that.    It's a start.   Im loosely using the moms on call app.   I did not read the book, but it seems a lot like baby wise.    Like today he napped for 3.5 hours and I didn't wake him up.   So that was 4.5 hours since he ate.    I just gave him an extra ounce and he was all good.   I'm so scared to wake him up from napping.

Routines anyone ?

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