My DS is 5mo and the closest we have to a 'routine' is a bath, bottle and bed around the same time every night. He sleeps through and is quite a happy baby. During the day he feeds and sleeps when he wants (I haven't started weaning yet). Recently he has a come a bit more predictable with timings though I don't dictate them to him.
My friend has a 3mo DC and lives her life round a routine. She decides what time and for how long her DC feeds and naps. She tries to make the baby nap and when nap times over she wakes the baby up. This usually results in deafening screaming which makes me feel really uncomfortable but I don't say anything.
I think it's upto her to raise her child how she likes but she's started making the odd remark about how my DS has no structure in his day because of the lack of the sodding routine - not in a nasty way particularly -but she is very confident in her approach which is the opposite to me and really making me question everything I'm doing.
I'm a first time mum and genuinely feel like I'm winging it most of the time. Am I too laid back and should DS be in a set routine already?! I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing!
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To not understand the obsession with routines? Am I doing it wrong?
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ThatCuckingFat · 05/03/2015 14:02
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