DH thinks that DD should be already on a schedule

Monkeygirl26 · July 2009

How early did you start this ?

And how did you do this ?

Mind you she was 3 weeks early !

mama31 · July 2009

We tried a schedule right away, buy it didn't work since she was up 3 times a night and took long naps during the day at different times. Closer to 1 month you should be able to have a schedule. The hardest for me was getting past week 2 & 3.

RJMbim · July 2009

Ok I don't want to laugh but...umm give DH a wake up call for right now you two are on the baby's schedule.

Nolegirl0923 · July 2009

Um, we're nowhere close to a schedule, except our night time routine. There is no way a one week old can be on a schedule. Everything is on demand for the next couple of months!

AngieandTony · July 2009

Tell your dh we're still not on a "schedule" and Max is 5 months old! He goes to bed same time every night between 6:30-7 and HE set this time. He wakes up every morning for the day by 6:30-7 as well. Other than that He feeds on demand and takes a nap about 2 hours from when he awoke last. Has your dh read a single baby book? If not mows as good a time as any

MrsJerseyJets · July 2009

No schedule except for her nighttime sleep schedule, and she's 2.5 mths!

Rinnie · July 2009

Week old is way to early for a schedule.

My babies are 6 months old and we are finally starting to settle into a schedule.

You can do a routine, but that means nothing to a baby.

I started a bedtime routine with my babies at around a month where I would take them upstairs change their diapers, place them in PJ's and feed them and then bundle them and then in the crib.

I did this for my sanity since I also had a 20 month old daughter.

Men are crazy they have no clue!

ChefBrit · July 2009

thats ridiculous.. sorry but it is.. at one week old and for the rest of your life you are the mercy of your child. but she did start forming her own schedule around 6 weeks. she goes to bed around 6:30-7 and wakes up around 7-8. she takes naps every two hours from then on for the day. But really at one week you are still feeding on demand and a newborn is going to sleep alot trying to control any of that is only going to drive you crazy. tell him to just enjoy it, soon enough your lo will be a year an d you will look back very fondly on this first week.

jacksjerseygirl · July 2009

I am not of the mind set that many are that babies cannot/should not be put on a schedule. However, a few things must be kept in mind:

1. their internal clock will CONSTANTLY be changing as they develop (for instance every time they step up in oz of formula or every time they learn a new "trick"),

2. you can start a constant routine (things happen in a certain order at roughly the same time each day after you have a chance to observe LO's own patterns) this will help them develop a good schedule,

3. you cannot envoke a rigid schedule (baby MUST only eat at 10, 12, 2, etc and MUST or CAN ONLY take naps at x,y,z).

From day one we kept a log of when he ate, how much he ate, status of diaper, what time he fell a sleep and awoke. LO isn't old enough yet for you to even have had a chance to watch how her internal clock/patterns work.

After a few weeks we saw a pattern and started to work his pattern in our daily lives/schedule. At a month of age he was/is now consistent with his schedule within an hour (give or take). We have a great schedule/routine and I think that US being the parents and LEADING him was the best thing we could have ever done for him and for our own sanity. Will some days he get 'off track' or 'change' the schedule - sure. You go with the flow but we have a great framework and foundation. IMO/IME

risysmama · July 2009

hahaha...dd didn't start getting on a sleep schedule until about 8 weeks and even that changed.

it's funny how men can be so clueless b/c my dad told me that my sis and i were sleeping through the night after a week. my mom's version - dad was sleeping through the night but we were far from it, lol.

arkabee · July 2009

I put DS on a pattern of eat-wake-sleep as soon as he was born (well, as soon as we got him home anyway), but things happened at different times every day. At a little past two months, I was able to put him on a bit more of a schedule after getting used to his habits.

krys2729 · July 2009

LMFAO...yeah right!! tell him good luck!!

Quiksilver620 · July 2009

we kind of let her make her own schedule for a while. Today the only thing we keep on a schedule is her feedings.

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