my baby is three weeks old and i just wondered when i should start putting her on a schedual. what are some of the routines that you have for your newborns?
2007-01-08 10:26:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
when do newborns fall into a schedual?
2007-01-09 14:40:56 · update #1
A newborn should not be put on a schedule. You have to follow their lead about when they are hungry and tired. They go through so many growth spurts so close together when they are little. It's really best to let your child lead at such a young age. You will probably notice that somewhere between 6-12 weeks of age she will begin to fall into a routine all on her own.
2007-01-08 10:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Newborns are pretty much still on demand...if you can try for a schedule then go for it. MY son put himself on a schedule at 2-1/2 weeks and was sleeping through the night. Only problem was that he was hungry every 3 hours in the day time. I felt that it was a pretty fair trae for an all night sleep.
2007-01-08 10:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by mommy_2_liam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't even try to put her on a schedule for a while. Babies eat when they eat and sleep when they sleep. I always gave my son a bath before bed but that was really it. When he was about a month he starting taking naps at roughly the same time of day and his eating was pretty predictable. But it was what he wanted to do. If he wasn't hungry than he ate later, if he wasn't sleepy than he slept when he was tired. If you are breastfeeding trying to feed you baby on a schedule is like a death sentence.
2007-01-08 11:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by Kristen B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every newborn child is different! You have to revolve around their schedule. When the baby is older, you can set a schedule that is more comfortable for you. Good luck, and con grads!
2007-01-08 10:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Newborns won't be able to tell the version between day or nighttime extremely. they basically sleep and wake-up as how they subconsciously keep in options doing it even as in mummy's' tummies in the previous they were born! suitable way I learnt in the course of the first 2 weeks is amazingly now to not fuss to a lot about getting any agenda accurate. basically concentration on getting adequate relax for your self and the toddler receives right into a recurring quickly adequate. this can take max 3 weeks. Please do not wake her up contained in the day.. it would want to be extremely hectic, for this reason perchance the fussing you're dealing with. particularly have her take her naps in a ordinary room surroundings even as you go about consisting of your on a daily basis better 0.5 and little ones events, getting waiting lunch, doing gentle housework, observing television, listening to the radio etc. Reserve the cozy "sleepy" settings for day naps & bedtimes in consumer-friendly words. even as her senses advance added contained in the subsequent 2 weeks, she will be able to have the capacity to associate the sounds, factors of interest and smells to diverse cases of the day and her organic body clock will kick in. Very quickly, she'll have the capacity to pick to do each of the relaxing stuff contained in the day and could be exhausted by way of the time it truly is bedtime at nighttime!
2016-12-28 10:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by stolfi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did not put my baby on a schedule--I let my son breastfeed when he wanted to and allowed him to sleep whenever he wanted to...Unless you have to be at a certain place or ahve certain time committments, I think it is better to just let your newborn have a natural schedule--She will cry when she is hungry and will fall asleep when tired...natural is best...
2007-01-08 10:31:31 · answer #6 · answered by Shay 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don;t make my newborns adhere to a schedule...they are still very much on demand at that age.
2007-01-08 10:29:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋