Routines

So I’m well aware that it’s kinda impossible to have a routine with newborns but I’m curious if anyone has found a routine which is working for them and supporting with longer sleep stretches at night?

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My girl is 22 days old and will go to bed after her bottle around 11pm that’s her usually until 6/7am only odd days she will get up at 3am if she hasn’t drank enough during the day x

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My little boy is 5 weeks tomorrow and he goes to bed around 9.30 after a bottle will wake around 12.30 for his bottle which he dad will do, will wake around 3ish for around 40 minutes, for a dream feed and a nappy change and then will sleep through till around 7 which again his dad will do before he goes to work xx

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My little one go to bed after bottle around 10/10:30 and then wake up around 2 and then again at 5/6 if I’m lucky 7 then through out the day I Mke sure it every three hours xx

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I can say I current have zero routine 🙈 every night is different and purely depends on the sleeps during the day. I struggle to settle him at the same time each night. I think it depends on how much sleep he has during the day but how do you keep a five week old awake 🤷‍♀️ advice on how to get a routine going would be appreciated

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From my experience, plus talking to people etc, I think you either have a sleeper who will sleep longer stretches/sleep through from quite young/have the ability to self soothe or you don’t! You can make adjustments sure, but I think if you have a non sleeper, the advice that works for sleepers doesn’t always help! That’s me talking from my non sleeping eldest!

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My LG (2.5) has always been a great sleeper. She still naps during the day, usually for anywhere between 1.5–3 hours, but lately she’s been fighting her naps and they’re getting later and later. But when shes gone, shes sparko!

We’ve had a few days recently where she hasn’t napped at all, and if she’s kept busy, she gets delirious by the end of the day before sleeping from 7pm–6am.

However, if we’re having a quieter day at home or I can’t get out, she might finally nap from 1–3pm. I try not to let her nap that late because it pushes bedtime back to around 10pm, but I also don’t want to keep her awake when she’s clearly exhausted, whinging and in need of sleep.

Does anyone have any tips for gently waking a toddler from a nap so they don’t sleep for so long? Or is it time to drop naps altogether? Alternatively, how can I get her back into the routine of napping from 12–2pm like she used to?

I know she obviously still needs the sleep, but our days are now starting at 5am, and I’m struggling to work out what’s best for her. I'm also aware the clocks go back soon which will fuck me even more. Shes up from 5/6am. She has so much energy and we play from the moment she opens her eyes till bedtime.

For context, I also have a 6-month-old who sleeps amazingly from 8pm–7am. This then means I sort my toddler out and have to wait upstairs until my baby wakes up as transporting her downstairs will wake her unnaturally.

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MIL keeps planning to have a sleepover with my EBF 6 month old

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3 questions mamas!

1) how much sleep are you averaging at the moment? (I’m 3 weeks PP currently and baby is feeding every 3 hours, so getting 3 hours max of uninterrupted sleep)

2) are your babies really noisy and wriggly after night feeds but absolutely fine in the day?! If so, any tips please 🙏

3) following on from above really, how long does each feed take? Mine is up from about 1.5 hours from each feed so it’s sooo exhausting as she just won’t settled afterwards and is really wriggly/nosiy

Just wondering if I’m doing something wrong as I’m so tired and if the feeds were a bit quicker at night/could get her back down quicker it’d be so much better then I could actually sleep!

Thanks so much 🥰

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Breastfeeding frequency during night

I am breastfeeding my baby and do pumped milk/ formula whenever it is absolutely required. Baby is 6.5 months old but she wakes up 5-6 times during night. Many of my friends said they will wake up less frequently once they're past 6 months. I have started solids as well in the morning.
Is it because of breastfeeding?
Should I just give formula before bed?

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