Rhythm, Ritual, and Routine?

my baby is seven weeks old, and I think we’re both recovering from last week’s growth spurt, which sort of threw a wrench in any semblance of a routine we’d developed. we have a bedtime ritual, but that time sometimes varies (we try to keep it around 8:00 as best as we can).

I let the baby sleep and nap on demand, but it doesn’t feel like there’s really a rhythm yet. Does anybody have one at 7 weeks? And are yall regularly putting baby down for naps? because it’s contact nap city over here.

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My baby is almost 9 weeks old and every time I put him down for a nap it only lasts for like 10 minutes but contact naps last for like an hour 🥲

Ah, the routine. Let me tell you about my 7 week olds routine. We had such a great thing going for a while. And then week 6 into 7 hit. And he decided f*#%$ the routine! He stopped napping more than 25 min (on his own) and will ONLY contact nap. And he has decided to also contact SLEEP as of last night when he refused to sleep alllll night long.

Nevertheless, I still try and keep some semblance of a routine around the madness he creates. Im holding on to hope that if I keep trying my best to hit “target times” for his feeds/naps/sleeps.. that it may help by the time he’s 3 months.

Will it actually work? Who knows.

I’m slightly terrified for what tonight holds for me 🥲

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My baby is also 7 weeks and it's exactly the same. She the boss, me and my partners are simply along for the ride.

My LO is also 7 weeks and we have no distinguishable routine to prepare for overnight sleeping. We feed on demand. She wakes at least every 3 hours. And sleeps as long as she wants. She loves her contact naps but I struggle with being physically uncomfortable after a while and I would baby wear but that’s also physically uncomfortable after a while and I exclusively pump which is near impossible while baby wearing. So our current struggle is repeated failed transfers to the bassinet that result in over tiredness.

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