1 - 2 week old - what is your typical day like?

March2004bride

I want to make sure I am doing enough for my baby (playtime, etc.)  Typical day is mainly nursing, maybe 30 minutes of singing and 30 minutes of play time.  The rest he is usually sleeping through, either in my sling or while I hold him.  Am I doing enough or should we be doing more tummy time, etc?  I hate to wake up a sleeping baby, but want to make sure he is getting a lot of activity too.

What is your typical day-to-day schedule?

 

 

Nick Strafella

At 1-2 weeks, all I felt like I was doing all day was feeding, changing diapers, and trying to calm her! lol She wasn't interested in too much activity at that time.

EEYORE119

all we did was feed ,change , and sleep in that order you won;t have to worry about entertaining until two months

JessMil10

You do more than we do!

Right now DD does a lot of sleeping, eating, and peeing/pooping.  She does have wakeful periods in the morning and at night and usually I use love on her and talk to her. I figure I might as well enjoy it while she is young! She loves to look around at the different contrasts on the wall and the lights in the room or outside.

We have not started tummy time yet but I am hoping to this week. I also want to get an activity mat this week to start letting her look around at that. For now, she loves our faces.

ali-1411

Overachieve much? 

At 2 weeks all I focused on was eating, diaper changes and sleep.

Heidi Lanigan-Potter

"Playtime" didn't really exist until my son was a bout 5-6 weeks old.  Those first few weeks were all about nursing, changing diapers, and sleeping when he slept.  He doesn't need "a lot of activity" at his age.  He needs food and rest and you staring into his eyes adoringly when he's awake.  DO  NOT WAKE HIM UP.  Newborns need tons of sleep because they are growing so quickly.  Just relax and know that at this point meeting his basic needs is all you need to be doing because by doing that you are establishing trust.  Good luck and I just thought I'd mention a great book to you that I'm reading now that really helped me relax when it came to interacting with Arlo (not that I was ever going to be one of those crazy "flash card parents", but it helps you understand how babies and children learn best).  It's called Einstein Never Used Flash Cards and I highly recommend it.  Best of luck to you!  Enjoy your new baby, they grow up so darn fast!

July_1_bride

At that age all you do is feed, change,burp Sleep.  NOT play time, when your done feeding your trying to get together and or sleep yourself....I would say the first 6 weeks where bad...

Good2BdaMommy

Ha! My only goals at this point are to keep DD and me fed and clean!

Tune_baby

I'm glad I'm not the only one out there trying to do playtime! DS is probably only awake and not being changed or fed 3 hours a day. I read books & sing and he looks at me like I'm crazy   We also do baby massage, but thats not until after his bath. Mostly it's just things to sooth him.

JVCIV mom

No playtime, just staring, feeding, and changing.  The choose to sleep rather then play for quite a while!