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Routine/Schedule for newborn?

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So I've been reading some baby books (Baby Whisperer and Happiest Baby on the Block) and from what I gather, the Baby Whisperer advocates putting your LO on a schedule/in a routine from day 1, but I'm wondering how feasible this really is. I imagine that DH and I are going to be a little too sleep deprived and overwhelmed to worry about whether or not we're keeping DS on a routine. If you used a routine, do you mind sharing it and when you started getting LO into it?

Happiest Baby on the Block related question-did you swaddle just at night or during naps and/or other times during the day as well?

Thanks!

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  • jamie4dukejamie4duke member

    I feed/nap on demand with Kelsey.  THe only thing that is routine with her is on nights we give her a bath it is at the same time.  Kelsey developed her own routine after a few weeks, and started eating her last bottle at 8 and going to bed for the evening after that, and now she STTN (since 7 weeks).  I let my first daughter develop her own routine and it worked well then too.

     

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  • susiederkinssusiederkins

    I hated Baby Whisperer, luv, hated it.

    We swaddle for sleep. I only swaddled DS a couple times otherwise, but he wasn't a very fussy newborn. I would only swaddle during non-sleep times if your baby is very fussy and can't be calmed down.

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  • pkate98pkate98
    other than feeding every 2-3 hours, there is no real schedule. We don't swaddle b/c ds hates it. We give him a little bottle of  formula at night to get him to sleep a little longer....but I bf other than that.
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  • SWMcFarlandSWMcFarland member

    Well, our LO spent 13 days in the NICU so she had a schedule forced on her, which we have kept up since bringing her home. 

     She is swaddled every time she sleeps.  We use the kiddopottamus one, which is great.  She is a little houdini if we use regular blankets.  The velcro on the kiddopottamus keps her put.  I love it!

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    9/12/14 - M/C @ 7 weeks, 1 day (ectopic)

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  • abonner11abonner11

    my schedule is feed the baby when he is hungry!!

    We did not start DD on a routine/schedule until she was 4 mo and she pretty much started it on her own. When she was around 2 mo we knew she needed a nap once she was awake for more then 1.5 hr so her "schedule" was eat, play, nap.

    we didnt swaddle after the hospital because neither of my kiddos liked it. DD loved to be held like a football facing outwards- it was the only way we could get her to sleep for months!!

    the best advice i can give is to sleep as much as you can and do not worry about a routine!! it will fall into place!

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  • Alli3586Alli3586 member
    I have always let DD dictate her own schedule. During the first couple months she ate and slept whenever she wanted. Now I still feed on demand but she usually sleeps around the same times and eats every 3 hours. She started STTN at 4 weeks, so I must be doing something right!
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  • Wally3Wally3 member
    No schedule for us until about 3 months and then it started as a bedtime and a wake up time.  I swaddled for sleep until about 3 months and we also swaddled if he had a melt down - we did all the S's. Even now if he gets over tired and melts down I do the S's. 

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