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If you never really had a schedule or had a very "flex" schedule

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with your baby and took them everywhere- even during nap times. How soon did your baby start STTN and how was their overall temperament. Cranky? happy? irritable? chill?

I am asking because last week I saw a post asking if moms were still strict on schedule at this stage. Since we are expecting baby #2, I would love to be more "loosy goosey" with baby #2's schedule- especially having a toddler now, they will have to be flexible. However, DD started STTN (10 hours) by 6 weeks because she had a nice schedule and we stuck to it and tried our best not to comprise her daytime naps for outings too often. So, she has mostly been a well rested and happy baby. However, its harder for her now to sleep "on the go" although she does to well sleeping in her PnP and people's houses.  We are starting to expose to more variations so she can learn go go with the flow more.

Id like to be flex with baby #2, but wonder if it will effect the overall temperament and night time sleeping (espcially the whole STTN) thing.

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Re: If you never really had a schedule or had a very "flex" schedule

  • lzybeanielzybeanie member

    We never had a schedule with DD and she STTN at 6 weeks as well. We were always on the go and still are. She naps when she naps, and she's no worse for the wear if she doesn't get a really long nap in. Sometimes she'll get cranky, but she usually snaps out of it. If she's truly exhausted she will fall asleep no matter where she is...she's fallen asleep several times on the floor while playing!

    And she sleeps well on the go too...we have left her overnight with many various people/houses and she falls asleep there just as easily as her own crib.

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    We have always had a go with the flow schedule and DS started sleeping through the night VERY early. I was so blessed. He can sleep anywhere and does. He has napped for 3 hours before in his stroller. I obviously try not to make a habit of that, but it has happened.
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  • mjclevemjcleve member

    DS didn't start STTN until he was 11 months old, but I never really attributed that to having a flexible schedule.  We have never left places early due to bedtime or made arrangements around naptime.  I've always just let him take a late nap or sleep in the car/stroller/my lap.  He always gets his long nap in no matter where we are at, so his temperament is good!  He will crash on our laps or in our arms if we stay somewhere too late.

    So yes, I guess you could say it maybe effected the STTN thing but I attribute that more towards just the way he is and breastfeeding, etc.  But on the other hand he is very "go with the flow" which I enjoy!

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  • peapinepeapine
    Gosh I am so envious of you guys!! DD would NEVER do that. Maybe 30 min her stroller :)
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  • Shell24Shell24 member
    We never had a schedule and my DD settled into her own routine pretty early on (naps around the same time, etc.). She started STTN before 2 months old. She's always been a great sleeper. She just napped for over an hour on my mom's lap at a baseball game yesterday!! She doesn't do the best sleeping in a PNP though...it's weird! But we have never changed our plans around her naps. At Xmas she was up until after 10 a few nights and was great! Sometimes she gets cranky but we deal with that as it comes.
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  • kyfirewifekyfirewife member
    We never put DD on a schedule, but we did do an eat-play-sleep routine.

    She STTN at 6 weeks. She's also always been a very happy, laid-back child (generally speaking).
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