Sticking to schedule?

doozer1345 · April 2013

LO is sleeping a lot during the day... After reading the posts below I think I'm gathering she's going through her 6 week growth spurt (she'll be 6 weeks tomorrow). Because she is colic I have found putting her on a (although somewhat flexible) schedule where I try to not let her sleep past 4PM, mommy & baby yoga at 5:30PM or 6PM, bath time at 7-7:30PM, feeding at 8ish, rocking/burping, then bed time. She is sleeping through yoga time into bath time off and on... Should I wake her and just keep to our schedule or should I just let her sleep?

kellyrn9956 · April 2013

IMO, babies are too young for a schedule at 6 weeks. We tried, and failed miserably. And remember that an overtired baby can be extremely cranky and fussy. Babies need an evening nap. If she wants to sleep, let her sleep. Let her dictate her schedule in t

MonsterBean3815 · April 2013

kellyrn9956:
IMO, babies are too young for a schedule at 6 weeks. We tried, and failed miserably. And remember that an overtir

mnj05 · April 2013

I agree, let LO do what she wants at this point. We've been lucky with DS in that he made a schedule and has kept it within an hour either way. It's pretty easy for me to schedule outings and visits.

jessicag85 · April 2013

I sometimes wake dd for a feeding during the day if she's sleeping past 3 hours or so, but I've never tried to keep her up. If she goes to sleep after her feeding I just let her sleep. Just a thought!

MrsWindyCity · April 2013

Let her sleep. That's a really long time for a 6 week old to be up. Most babies that age shouldn't be up for longer than about 1.5 hours at a time or they will get overtired.