When to start a routine

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When did everyone start trying to put their baby on a daily routine? My LO is 10 days old, and she’s a typical new born. She just eats, sleeps, poops, and repeat. I’m a FTM and feel like I can’t really start a routine with her because she still sleeps so much (definitely not complaining🙌🏼). My pediatrician said after the first week to stop waking her up for feeding, so I’ve kind of just tended to her needs when she needs it🤷🏻‍♀️

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I don’t think we did until about 5-6ish months. Anything earlier and they don’t even really understand what’s happening. It was a good time to start for us. She understands now when bed time is and the order of things.

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3months.... they are gonna do what they want for awhile.... every time I think I had routine down she would change...until about 11 months and now it’s pretty much the same....I still did the same night routine with her but as far as naps and bed time and waking through the night... even eating sometimes she’d change so often

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When my first was 8 weeks old I started waking him up at the same time every day, it was to prepare both of us for daycare/work, but shortly after that he developed a vague routine. His feedings and naps could be predicted within an hour. When he started daycare at 12 weeks he fell into their routine almost immediately. I’ll be doing the same with my second.

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You won’t be able to start much of a routine until 3-4 months. Even then, it’s best to go by your baby and not the clock. I used wake windows to determine when the next nap should be. You can google wake windows and see how they change as baby gets older. I have always fed on demand.

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Never on a feeding schedule and still isn’t at 10 months old lol she breastfeeds when hungry although during the day I never let her go more than 4 hrs between nursing sessions. The newborn stage you feed when hungry but don’t let 2.5-3 hrs go by during the day without feeding. Nighttime is fine to let Them go until they wake up as long as they reached birth weight. As for any other type of schedule, we were always consistent with a bedtime from the day she was born. We started being consistent with a nap schedule when she was about 4 months old. Schedules have made my life easier! I’m that type of person though lol I plan for everything 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I had a bedtime routine from the start 7pm when my boys go bed so does our little girl. But feeding routine is non existent even now my little girl is 6.5months as I fed on demand. She still feeds every 2hrs but more like snacking on the boob for 5-10mins sometimes she want it earlier other not. 😊

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This baby is still too young for a routine.

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Breastfed babies are hard to get on a routine in my opinion. I just switched my 5month old to formula and have a little better routine but I don't know how people get babies on one.

When to start a routine

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