Routine

Has routine worked with anyone’s 3 month old ?

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We had an evening routine from 2 months old - bath, bottle, bed starting at 7pm and the baby was asleep by 8pm. She did start sleeping through the night as well, not saying that is normal as i know most babies still wake for a long while. We gradually brought the bed time earlier as she got older, and now the baby will let us know around 6:30 that she is ready for bed. Each baby is different and they say babies cant know routine, however, i do think its good to try and build the sleep association from an early age.

We are only just getting a daytime routine for naps though now that we no longer breastfeed through the day xx

It really depends what your life looks like, my daughter started sleeping through the ‘night’ at 3.5 months older, so she would sleep from around midnight til 6am.

I never had routine as such but I didn’t follow no “bed times” as I feel that’s where things can go wrong, and baby gets their long stretch from 7pm-12, then waking all night for feeds instead of having their long stretch when you sleep.

Every persons needs, and baby are so different so it does depend on what you’re looking to achieve xx

I start getting bath and bottle ready around 6:45 , bath then baby massage which he loves, then bottle he’s is asleep by 7:30 , then his first wake usually between 1:30-2:30 then again at 6 am then we are up for the day xx

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