What's you typical day with your 10 week old baby?

[moomin35]

Just that really!

[pickletalk14]

He's 11 weeks-
I get up about 7, quickly eat breakfast and express before waking ds up for feed about 7.30.
Get him clean and dressed.
If we have somewhere to be get me showered and dressed.
He naps fairly reliably about 9/9.30 for an hour or so.
From here the timetable varies each day- we tend to go somewhere either for a class or just coffee most days. Activities are me orientated at the moment but if we're at home we'll spend time with the play gym or watching me do a couple of chores while I chat to him.
He's fairly reliably feeding every 3 hours and naps before each feed for about an hour/hour and a half.
I feed and he sleeps pretty much where ever we are, sometimes buggy, sometimes sling, sometimes car seat.
In the last week we've started a bedtime routine- Bath, feed, settle in cot aiming for sleep at 7.30/8.
Dream feed at 11ish (expressed bottle)- not sure this works for us but that is a whole other thread.

Is that the kind of info you were after? What do you do?

[seasaltbaby]

My DS is 10 weeks old today
Today he woke about 7.45, fed, played in cot whilst I showered/dressed, then on playmat whilst I are breakfast (all the while trying to make sure DD (2.10) has not poked his eye out etc) then slept in sling whilst I played with DD, for hour or so. Then basically repeat this all day! He'll sleep having cuddles/sling/car/pram/cot depending on what we're doing with dd. When she's at nursery we usually just at home doing chores, not v exciting.

I don't really do any activities specifically for him yet, he just joins in with us & watches us all a lot! So this afternoon he came to park with DD & me (first time out in public with two kids-v proud of myself!). We start bathtime about 5.45/6 & then he's asleep by 6.30/7 ish & now goes in his cot. At the moment he sleeps til about 1.30 for feed, then again about 5ish. We stopped the dream feed as making no difference but takes a bottle at first night feed so I can alternate with DH from sept I'm hoping to do a few more things just with him (swimming, yoga) but at the moment he's barely awake long enough for anything like that!

[seasaltbaby]

Oh & most importantly, once the kids are asleep in bed, pour myself a large glass of wine & congratulate myself on getting through another day

[PenguinsIsSleepDeprived]

Mine has two older sisters, so at 10 weeks (a few weeks back) he was all over the place. Wakes up somewhere between 7 and 7.30. Hangs out, one of the girls watches him whilst I shower, sits in the bouncy chair for breakfast time. At some point after that gets tired. Might sleep 30 minutes in his cot if we are lucky. Feeds all over the place (bf). From there it is anyone's guess. Nights completely unpredictable too. Sometimes as good as three hour stretches, sometimes up every hour.

[MaryAnnTheDasher]

My schedule is very boring!

• Give her to dh at around 6ish each morning and get an hour and a half sleep on my own (bliss).

-7.30-8.30- is all about getting the 2 older dcs ready for nursery and out the door (dh takes them)

8.30- my breakfast

9- feed 6oz (ff baby)

The rest of the day is made up of feeding every 3-4 hours, a bit of mat time here and there, some walking around the house chatting, desperately trying to help her nap (shes terrible at this). I watch box sets, drink cups of tea, tidy up when she's asleep, wash clothes etc. I aim to get out once a day, usually just to shop to buy dinner, which is about 15 min walk away.

Dh and other dcs back in at 6.30, so there is an hour of complete mayhem and I'm in the bedroom feeding the baby her bedtime bottle from around 7.30, she is.normally settled by around 8.30. Nights are a nightmare, wakes around 3-4 times, will only fall asleep on me but can usually get her styled back in basket within about 45 mins of her waking.

Repeat ad nauseum.

One thing that makes it all more bearable is my lovely mum comes most days and looks after dd while I go back to bed for 2 hours. I would bit survive the nighttimes otherwise...

I don't do any activities and will not be doing. I tried them all with my other 2 and have finally admitted i hate them :-)

[moomin35]

I'm confused as to what I should be doing in the evenings. My LO doesn't go into the cot until after the last feed of the day around 10pm/11pm which is when I then go to bed myself. Luckily DC sleeps through the night so no problem there. But should DC be going into the cot earlier in the evening then back out for the 10/11pm feed then back to sleep? Just worried if I do this it will upset the good stretch we're currently getting through the night...

[PenguinsIsSleepDeprived]

if it works, why change it? There is no 'should' about daily routine for babies.

[seasaltbaby]

Absolutely no 'shoulds' for a baby's routine-they are all so completely different. He will almost certainly be sleeping in his cot in the evening at some point in the future. In the meantime try not to stress & enjoy the baby cuddles. And enjoy the good nights sleep!!!

[MaryAnnTheDasher]

Moomin, agree there are no shoulds, for me I started to notice that dd was very sleepy after her 7ish bottle and so decided to start giving her that in the bedroom and putting her down. It's not a magic solution, she still wakes very often in the night but it gives me and dh an hour on our own to have dinner and watch something on telly before the night feeds begin.

[pickletalk14]

We did the same as MaryAnn for pretty much the same reasons. He seemed ready for it and we needed to move him from his carrycot (used to carry upstairs from front room) to his proper cot.

[animalsunited]

My baby is 16 weeks and my third.

Up at 7.45 ish. Mad dash to get older two to school. Home for a coffee and read/play with baby.

Then it's feeding/playing and while she naps I rest/read books. Sometimes I bake. I do essential chores but am shattered as she still gets up 2-3 times a night for a feed.

Not doing any set baby groups as I'm a bit introvert and quite enjoy pottering at home but do try and organise a cuppa with a friend once a week.

[ReuT3]

Mine wakes at 6ish to feed. I put her in basket to get a quick shower and spend most of day in living room.

I try to challenge her with new skills like holding her head up and laying on her belly.
Feed, nap in middle of day. Try to settle her down in afternoon.
Have dinner at 12 and 6ish 7
At 7 to 8 pm bath.
Bed about 8 to 9ish.