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Breastfeeding and routines??

mel_emeraldeyesmel_emeraldeyes member
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Hi,

Can someone share with me how you can have a breastfed baby on a routine? Everyone tells me how important it is for a baby to have a routine for naptimes and such... Other than establishing an approximate bedtime and routine activities, I just don't understand how you can have a routine when you feed on demand. Sometimes my baby wakes up at 6am, sometimes 7:30am, sometimes he still wakes up in the middle of the night. He catnaps throughout the day (mainly in his sling) but by no means will have 2 or 3 long naps during the day. Can someone please share with me what you do? Or, do you think it is fine to just have a routine bedtime, a latest time to wake them up in the morning and just make sure they have naps throughout the day?? So confused!!

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Re: Breastfeeding and routines??

  • JuneBug86JuneBug86 member
    When my DS what your LO's age he didn't have a routine either. I fed him on demand too. The only thing routine was bedtime when we would do the same routine thing to put him to bed and that really helped get him to sleep. The times he ate, and slept was different every day. I think it is normal. You will find more of a routine when your LO gets older.
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    routine doesn't mean schedule.

    Your child can be on a routine from birth, meaning you do certain things, in a certain order.

    For me, my "routine" was that whenever my baby woke, I fed him, then played with him a little, then did some tummy time (because I didn't want to do it right after he ate), then we he got sleepy we eventually developed a nap routine.  At night, there was a bedtime routine (bath, pajamas, book, bottle/boob, bed).

    Having longer, more regular naps happens on its own as they get older.

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  • TJ1979TJ1979 member
    The only "routine" we had at that age is eat, activity, sleep.  But I didn't even stick to that very well, because she fell asleep nursing so often, so frequently it was eat, sleep, activity.  We didn't get a bedtime routine down until I went back to work.  I think it's just fine, at least it works for us.
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  • mel_emeraldeyesmel_emeraldeyes member
    Thank you everyone for your reply. I guess we will just keep doing what we are doing and not worry about what others say we should do.
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