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do you let your LO sleep in?

someflower6someflower6 member
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my LO is 4 months old today. i try to stick with a general "routine" with her but that's pretty hard because she goes to daycare; so the weekends are quite different for her than the week days. during the week she wakes up at 6am for daycare. usually that's when her first feeding is, and she gets fed every 2.5-3 hours during the day until 7pm when she goes to bed. but on wekeends i'll let her sleep in, so her feeding time gets pushed back. and sometimes we'll go out at night, so her bedtime may get pushed back. then getting back on track is a huge pain in the ass. does anyone else deal with this? do you just go with the flow, or do you try to mantain a set schedule?

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  • totallyshockedtotallyshocked member
    I live by her schedule lol. I still run errands during the day but we do have her in bed by 10pm and she sleeps till her heart desires. Usually even if she wakes she wants to go back to bed anyways till 11ish
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  • JulySpark05JulySpark05 member

    I have a full year maternity leave so I dont have to have DD up for a any certain time so I always let her decide when she wants to get up. Sometimes she'll wake up at 7am for a feeding and then goes back to bed and sometimes like today, she'll get up at 9am and be up for the day... I try to just play it by ear but for the most part, she keeps around the same schedule.

    I would never wake up DD unless its during the day and she's gone 4 hours without eating. I think if she's sleeping then she must be tired and she does STTN so she can sleep in as long as she wants = )

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  • jlthompson19jlthompson19 member

    I don't want to have to live my life set by her naps and sleep schedule.  I wake her up at 5:30am on the week days for work and she's usually in bed by 8pm.

    On the weekends, I let her sleep (because I want to as well!) and if we're home by her bedtimes, great, if not, no big deal.  We haven't had too much of an issue getting back on the routine from weekend vs. weekday.

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  • megperk72megperk72

    We never have had a 'set' schedule. I try to go by her sleepy cues, but sometimes we are out and not able to put her down. In those cases, she'll fall asleep in her carrier usually. It's not a great sleep, and I try not to do it too often. During the week, I let her sleep no later than 7AM because that's what time I need her up so I can feed her and get her ready for daycare. On the weekends, she wakes when she wakes. I don't ever wake her up to eat or anything. She usually eats, plays for an hour and a half - 2 hours, and then naps until she wakes up for her next feeding (usually 1- 1.5 hours).

    I try not to schedule too much during the weekends so that she can get as much sleep as possible. That's not always possible, but I try not to keep her up too much.

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  • tropical2tropical2

    I work 3 days a week so she goes to daycare those days. DH takes her. We let her wake when she feels like it, I don't wake her to eat anymore if she's hungry she lets me know. If she's asleep when it's time for him to take her he changes her diaper and sticks her in the carseat. On my days off it's whatever. My 3 yr old is like this as well and it hasn't been a problem I'm happy with it.  Of course my 3 yr old has nap time so she has a more predicitable schedule.

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  • teamsweetteamsweet member
    I would but DS is an early riser.  The latest he's slept in ever is 7:30.
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  • Lolo555Lolo555
    I let her sleep in on the weekends sometimes, but usually she is up by 7 or 7:30.  We have a 3 hour E.A.S.Y. routine, so that is a bigger guide for us than the clock.  However, I do find that even when DD sleeps in she seems to put herself back to the typical times for eating by the end of the day.  I generally try not to let her get more than an hour off of her usual wake up/bed times. 
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  • paratender83paratender83

    from one duck mom to the other Smile

     Sounds like our LOs have the same schedule. On the weekends I let him sleep in and he just takes less naps but still goes to sleep at 7 (his normal time)

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  • Stephanie2167Stephanie2167 member
    imagesomeflower6:

    my LO is 4 months old today. i try to stick with a general "routine" with her but that's pretty hard because she goes to daycare; so the weekends are quite different for her than the week days. during the week she wakes up at 6am for daycare. usually that's when her first feeding is, and she gets fed every 2.5-3 hours during the day until 7pm when she goes to bed. but on wekeends i'll let her sleep in, so her feeding time gets pushed back. and sometimes we'll go out at night, so her bedtime may get pushed back. then getting back on track is a huge pain in the ass. does anyone else deal with this? do you just go with the flow, or do you try to mantain a set schedule?

    We do the exact same thing you do. The weekdays she is up at 6am and bedtime routine starts at 7pm. The weekends she gets to sleep in, and so do I. Her schedule is off on the weekends but she adjusts well.


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  • 2010mommy!2010mommy! member
    i guess i'm in the minority. i work full time and my daughter goes to daycare every day from 8am to 5:30pm. on the weekends, we absolutely do not deviate from her weekday schedule. everything remains the same, including me waking up at 4:30am to give her her early morning feeding.
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