Newborn routine
Hello! Whilst I’m not naive enough to think anything will go to plan… I’m interested in different daily routine schedules for the first few weeks to try to get into some habits. Does anyone have one/has anyone found any helpful ones online?
I know baby will find his routine and so will we, but a guideline would be so helpful!
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Survive 🤣🤣 those first few weeks you just have to get through them. Baby will want to feed probably every hour, and poop around 10 times a day. Just do what you have to. With my first I basically became a couch potato and watched about 10 series for the first few weeks 🤣 then started trying to go out for daily walks
No routine is the best routine! Just a case of following their needs. A routine doesn’t establish until around 3 months ish, so the end of the 4th trimester
Don’t think of it as daytime and nighttime for a while-just time! Don’t worry about things being completed in the day and sleep happening in the night, just rope with things happening when they happen and get your head down whenever you can!
I would like to know too. Especially routine for bedtime and morning. Like how to stick to the same timing.
obviously babies have demands at unpredictable times especially in the first few months, but you can certainly work around that! i am not so much making a routine for baby, but more a routine for me, working around baby’s demands.
once i feel slightly better after birth i will be focusing on the basics but they are so important! by this i mean i will get up and dressed before 10am max as i feel so much better and more positive when i wake up earlier, and making sure that i have a self care slot in the morning (my partner will look after baby while i’m getting ready for the day, of course i will be around baby if needed for whatever reason). + making sure i’m eating healthy and well and i’m staying active. it’s so important for my mental health that i keep on top of routines and personal care x
I spoke to my friend today who has a 7 week old baby, she said routine is impossible 🤷🏻♀️
With a Newborn it's very hard to have a routine but I found using Huckleberry app and website really helpful with my firstborn once he was around 4months old to get into a good sleep routine by following wake windows
No day/night routine at first as baby will be feeding every 2-3hrs.
I plan to try to introduce day and night by keeping things quiet, calm, dark, cuddles at night and more exciting, light and sensory during the day. Hopefully then they will sleep longer at night and want to be awake more during the day. 🤞
I have the nanny Louenna app and she has lots of advice on this. She was a Norland Nanny for over 20 years
hey girl did you notice a change ? I’m currently trying to do this
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