Is my 2 month old supposed to be in a routine by now?

snazz · Apr 3rd, 2012, 22:12 PM

LO is 2 months old and we really don't have much of a routine...he BF's on demand, he usually wakes up a few times during the night, naps when he's tired (this is sometimes only once a day!), and I bathe him whenever its convenient for me.

Should I start to put him into a routine by now? I would think it would make my life easier...how do I do it?

Button# · Apr 3rd, 2012, 23:12 PM

We've started a bedtime routine last week. We bath him after dinner and then I feed him then bed. We just started doing it even if he was asleep and I think he's starting to fit into that timing. Other than that he is BF on demand and I try not to let him go more than 1.5 hours without a nap or he gets overtired

GracieGoo · Apr 3rd, 2012, 23:54 PM

Agree with above poster. We have a bedtime routine.... Bath, feed and then bed. Everything else he sets but in fairness most days follow the same pattern unless he is going through his growth spurts. I feed on demand, but he generally feeds the same times each day, wakes at the same times each day.. :-)

Xx

lozzy21 · Apr 4th, 2012, 02:26 AM

I let my LO find her own routine and went from there, it's easier to get then into a routine that closely follows their own

Periwinkle · Apr 4th, 2012, 02:58 AM

I started making an effort with routine at about 12 weeks with bath, feed then sleep. I do think it helps her to know when sleepy time is.

As for getting daytime naps into a routine - only just starting to happen now at nearly six months! Edit to add - that happened on its own, I didn't do anything.

ellie27 · Apr 4th, 2012, 03:08 AM

I have never had a routine with either of the 2 of mine - it works for us.

LO is 5 months, breastfed, doesnt wake at night but I pick him up for a feed around 2am, and wake him in the morning.

I like to do things spontaneously, so sticking to a routine is not me!

He feeds on demand and sleeps when he is tired

Kaede351 · Apr 4th, 2012, 06:32 AM

I introduced a bedtime routine about a week ago. I give him a bath, then bottle and story then bed at 7pm

he doesn't always go to sleep, in fact most nights he has a snooze for an hour, then is awake for an hour and has another half bottle, then he usually falls asleep at about 9-9.15pm and sleeps until about 12.30-1am. So it's not too bad and it gives me my evenings to spend with DH and chill watching some tv lol

XxX

Mindy_mini · Apr 4th, 2012, 06:34 AM

your baby should be on routine if it suits you and him. if it doesnt then youre doing fine.

As some one else suggested maybe try a bedtime routine to just get him used to it and take it from there. i found my LO put herself into a routine when she was ready (although she was doing this by 6 weeks but she was just a very easy baby)

helent1983 · Apr 4th, 2012, 06:36 AM

You do what feels right for you.

We have had a routine since day one. Bath at 6.30pm, breast feed and in bed (awake most nights) by 7.15pm. She will then self settle. She is 13 weeks old and has slept from 7.15pm - 7.30am for the past week without waking through the night.

Totally recommend doing a routine but you do what feels right for you and your family.

xxx

Mum2b_Claire · Apr 4th, 2012, 06:37 AM

No! mine still feeds more or less constantly in the day. She more or less STTN but we don't do any bedtime routine stuff, i take her to bed when i'm tired!

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snazz Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 117	Is my 2 month old supposed to be in a routine by now? LO is 2 months old and we really don't have much of a routine...he BF's on demand, he usually wakes up a few times during the night, naps when he's tired (this is sometimes only once a day!), and I bathe him whenever its convenient for me. Should I start to put him into a routine by now? I would think it would make my life easier...how do I do it?

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Button# Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,713	We've started a bedtime routine last week. We bath him after dinner and then I feed him then bed. We just started doing it even if he was asleep and I think he's starting to fit into that timing. Other than that he is BF on demand and I try not to let him go more than 1.5 hours without a nap or he gets overtired

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GracieGoo Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,412	Agree with above poster. We have a bedtime routine.... Bath, feed and then bed. Everything else he sets but in fairness most days follow the same pattern unless he is going through his growth spurts. I feed on demand, but he generally feeds the same times each day, wakes at the same times each day.. :-) Xx

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lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 23,600	I let my LO find her own routine and went from there, it's easier to get then into a routine that closely follows their own

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Periwinkle Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Essex, UK. Posts: 1,958	I started making an effort with routine at about 12 weeks with bath, feed then sleep. I do think it helps her to know when sleepy time is. As for getting daytime naps into a routine - only just starting to happen now at nearly six months! Edit to add - that happened on its own, I didn't do anything.

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ellie27 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: uk Posts: 10,560	I have never had a routine with either of the 2 of mine - it works for us. LO is 5 months, breastfed, doesnt wake at night but I pick him up for a feed around 2am, and wake him in the morning. I like to do things spontaneously, so sticking to a routine is not me! He feeds on demand and sleeps when he is tired

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Kaede351 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: County Durham Posts: 8,041	I introduced a bedtime routine about a week ago. I give him a bath, then bottle and story then bed at 7pm he doesn't always go to sleep, in fact most nights he has a snooze for an hour, then is awake for an hour and has another half bottle, then he usually falls asleep at about 9-9.15pm and sleeps until about 12.30-1am. So it's not too bad and it gives me my evenings to spend with DH and chill watching some tv lol XxX

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Mindy_mini Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,080	your baby should be on routine if it suits you and him. if it doesnt then youre doing fine. As some one else suggested maybe try a bedtime routine to just get him used to it and take it from there. i found my LO put herself into a routine when she was ready (although she was doing this by 6 weeks but she was just a very easy baby)

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Apr 4th, 2012, 06:36 AM	#9
helent1983 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 787	You do what feels right for you. We have had a routine since day one. Bath at 6.30pm, breast feed and in bed (awake most nights) by 7.15pm. She will then self settle. She is 13 weeks old and has slept from 7.15pm - 7.30am for the past week without waking through the night. Totally recommend doing a routine but you do what feels right for you and your family. xxx

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Mum2b_Claire Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 16,777	No! mine still feeds more or less constantly in the day. She more or less STTN but we don't do any bedtime routine stuff, i take her to bed when i'm tired!

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