If I hear “sleep routine” one more time...

El

I am ftm with a 5 w old baby who has been 10 different babies so far regarding eating, sleeping, etc... It is a new game everyday... there is no predictability therefore no routines to follow or whatsoever. I believe these are the phases that parents need to power through but I don’t know how. They vary from baby to baby and god knows those web sites with their highly intellectual “sleep routines” is impossible to apply a 4 weeks old. For example what is eat/play/sleep? How can I achieve “eat” easily when my breastfeeding baby cluster feeds for hours for weeks and don’t gives a shit to my “routine”..? How can pull my infant from my breast to “play”? What good can I teach a 5w old by letting her in bed crying because that is what comes after play right: “sleep”. These are not intellectually developed grown ups for gods sake! These are helpless little beings with a little knowledge and capacity and they follow their instinct to go through these hardest weeks of their lifetime just like us... As parents of course we will keep trying to bring an order to their life but it is not gonna happen anytime soon. Being consistent and trying is fine but I am sick of hearing the word “routine” when I have no clue about what my baby is gonna do in the next 5 mins...

I think there are a few lucky parents out there who have a text book baby and they think they are the ones who did the magic and put their baby in a routine... they should really appreciate and worship god every minute. Rest of us should try to give our best to our loved ones and be strong enough to go through this hardest ages.

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