does my baby need to be in a routine?

[lucy_x]

my mums friends all keep saying she should be in a routine, (bath,story,bed).
but things are working just fine as they are...
should i start working on one?

 

[_Vicky_]

nnooo your baby your life your way - everyone else can live their life but dont let them dictate to you. I personally would die without routine but thats twins for you lol

If it aint broke dont fix it xx

 

[Celesse]

We have a morning routine and a bedtime routine, but the rest of the day (and night) happens as it happens. If you feel you want a routine a bedtime routine of bath before bed is a good place to start, but its not necessary.

 

[ouchwithNo.2]

We have a morning routine and a bedtime routine, but the rest of the day (and night) happens as it happens. If you feel you want a routine a bedtime routine of bath before bed is a good place to start, but its not necessary.

yep - me too
but that is only because we have to have one (school run, 6yr old...)
bedtime routine is always a good one especially if you aren't convinced by having one (also the easy one to implement).
if you don't need one though, for example no other children, not working etc.. and you are all happy with the way things are leave it be.
you may find LO develops their own pattern anyway.

 

[pinktaffy]

we made up r own bedtime routine. its sing songs dance around like a loon hehe, then bottle chillout time on the sofa then bed.
its ur baby ive had people say 2 me u should do this and do that. and im like no my babys perfectly happy with how i do stuff i dont need 2 do what everyone else does just becouse its more normal 2 do bath bottle bed.
people wind me up somtimes u do whats working for u and your baby, the only critic u should listen 2 is your baby if shes unhappy she will let u know xxxx

 

[Pux]

My routine when Ryley was smaller was that she would have a bottle and that would put her to sleep... now she's 13 months and we find it hard to get her to sleep with out feeding her and we're trying to stop her habit so she doesn't get "baby-bottle-teeth"

 

[kerrie24]

Do whatever your happy with,we dont have any routine at all,apart from getting the older kids to school everything else just goes with the flow.

 

[bump_wanted]

ah just do what suits you the only thing Ollie is in a routine with is his bottles and what time he goes to bed the rest of the day he sleeps when he feels like it and plays when he wants if he doesnt have a bath in the morning he'll have it at night or vice versa im lucky to have a baby who decided his bedtime and religiously falls asleep then xx

 

[Seity]

We have no routine and like it that way.

 

[hivechild]

We don't have a routine either. We have a bedtime ritual but it's irrelevant to time and starts when he is getting sleepy in the evening. Over the months, he has started wanting to go to sleep around the same time most nights anyway without us having to enforce anything.

 

[trumpetbum]

I think you answered your own question when you said 'things are working out just fine the way we are'.
Your baby probably does have something of a routine, albeit a loose one, based on her own natural routine and your own way of life. Rigid routines can be a nightmare for some families because that's just not the way they work. Do what seems right for you.