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jen3jen3 member
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When did you start a daily routine with your LO?  I am wanting to try to start something but don't know if it is too soon.  Also, if you are willing to please share your routine.   Thanks. 
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Re: routines

  • ncsubridencsubride member

    We started a routine once we got home from the hospital and figured out what worked for us.  A routine is not a schedule and my babies love the routine.  They always know what to expect and it helps them transition between activties.  We play a little before we eat then we eat then we play a little more and then they usually cat nap.  We do bigger naps after their late morning feeding and late afternoon feeding.  We do baths every night followed by a feeding and then cuddle and family story time.  It is not too soon just know that it might and will differ from day to day especially if you have to go out to run errands, mine are always cranky on those days because it is different than the normald ay.

    Kerri

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  • kelly&martykelly&marty member
    We sort of followed the EASY routine in the early days. It's from the Baby Whisperer, Tracy Hogg. EASY is a routine in this order: Eat, Activity, Sleep, You time. Basically it helps you recognize their hunger and sleep signs more clearly. It is not a schedule. Oliver took to it right away, and was like a clock for several months, eating and sleeping in very predictable intervals.
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  • rowanthefrogrowanthefrog member

    You know, we really didn't get into any sort of predictable routine until he was about 12 weeks old.  Until that point we just kind of took it day by day.

    Around 12 weeks he kind of put himself on a routine....his bedtime got predictable (and earlier and earlier) as did his night wakings and morning waking.  We just kind of followed his lead and it all kind of worked out..

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  • 847Christine847Christine
    I can't remember exactly, but I think somewhere between 6 to 8 weeks was when we had some sort of routine.  It's still not perfect, but we get through the day OK.
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  • H&Dmay21H&Dmay21 member
    She kind of put herself on the routine, maybe around 2 months or so? I feed her in bed in the morning, then we both get up and get dressed, eat breakfast, make the bed, etc.  About an hour and 45 minutes after she woke up I change her diaper, feed her, and she goes to sleep for about 2 hours.  When she wakes up, I change her diaper, feed her, and we do some playtime or an activity (walk, bath, errand, etc).  Once again at about an hour 45 I feed her again, change her, and she goes to sleep for about 2 hours.  When she wakes up, repeat the last.  Her evening nap normally lasts only about 30 minutes or so, then DH gets home and we eat dinner and start her bedtime routine (I take a shower while DH plays with her, we put her in her sleep sack, brush her gums, and I feed her in bed while DH reads).  She goes to bed between 8 and 8:30.  This doesn't happen perfectly every day, esp when we have to go somewhere during the day, but it's relatively consistent.  Basically change, feed, activity, change, feed, sleep, change, feed, activity, change, feed, sleep, etc.
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