9 week 'routine'??

Curious what everyone elses routines are.

So roughly..

8:45pm/9pm > last feed and tucked into bed
2am/3am > night time feed for around 45 mins
5:30am > cries to be cuddled, put her in bed with us but does not feed
7am > wakes for the day and feeds.

Between 7am and 8:45pm she feeds between every 2.5/3.5 hours, and I try to make sure she naps regularly and her wake windows are no more than 1.5/2 hours if possible.

What does everyone else do?
Considered putting her to bed sooner in hopes of getting her to sleep fully through.

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So my little one has a feed at about 7pm & goes down at 8, sleeps until about 12/1, has another bottle at 4/5, then in bed with us as he won’t settle for some reason after that feed, up at about 7:30/8 and then bottle at about 9. It does differ sometimes but that’s normally what happens, he’s 8 weeks old ☺️ from yesterday though he’s now on 6oz bottles as he’s a hungry baby haha, so going to see if that makes a difference to the night feed x

My little one has a bath at 6 , bottle between half 6/7 , gets put in her cot to go to bed 7/7.30 depending on when she has her bedtime bottle and wakes anywhere between half 4 and half 5 depending usually drinks 3/4oz and gets put back down in her cot of it's still early enough to have a few hours before the rest of my children wake up 🤦🏻‍♀️ then wakes between 7/7.30 drinks a full 7oz bottle stays awake while on school run (typical) and then falls asleep on way home and wakes every 3/4 hours between feeds and if she wants to sleep the whole 4 hours between I let her I won't wake her till she's ready

My little girl is 8 weeks old and has basically the same routine as your baby, except 5.30am is just another night feed for her and then she wakes up properly around 8-9am for the day :)

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