General routine/patterns 2 month old

[JasperMama]

Hello i have a 9 week old baby boy and i am just wondering what sort of sleep/play/eat patterns other babies have had at this age

If anyone can remember past babies or have one of a similar age that would be ace :)

[lovingpickles]

Everything was in a 3-4 hour cycle at that age, ie: feed, activity (under babygym/watching me shower/just being awake basically), sleep. DS would generally be ready for a sleep about 1.5 hours after he last woke up.

[Puddlelane]

Hello jasper me too!

We have a very loose routine here.

Ds dont seem to have a fondness for long day time sleeping but does a good stretch at night. He falls asleep in our arms then is put down. At night I can stroke his face and he'll fall back asleep. He sleeps in a rocker during the day and a crib at night.

Our routine (very lazy day at home, had our jabs yesterday) today has been

7am- feed of 6 oz
Slept on and off until 11.00
11.00 had tummy time and me chatting to him/ interacting.
11.30- next feed
3.45-4.15 feed
Slept on and off had some tummy time and some time on his activity mat
6.50- feed and cuddles with daddy.
Sleep til 7.10 and then just chatting to himself in his chair chewing his hand.

Probably a feed at half 10ish then down for the night. He normally sleeps for about 5/6 hours. He sleept from 1 til 7 last night.

Its not perfect by any stretch and I probably should start putting down for naps upstairs soon- I dont really know when.
I started on the baby whisperer routine I'm not sure we really stick to it tbh.
I'll probably start a bedtime routine soon too. It will probably have to be at half 5 though or when daddy gets in I guess. he doesnt really have a bedtime. I just time his last bottle for our bedtime really.
Im pretty sure that doesnt help sorry! do you mind me asking what you do jasper?

[Puddlelane]

Oh blimey, sorry jasper I wrote you an essay! Should of been more concise like lovingpickles < puddle exits muttering about being left with a baby brain>

[Puddlelane]

Oh my goodness 'ds dont seem' ds doesnt seem. Oh the shame. Must have more caffeine.

[JasperMama]

Jasper wakes around 6/7am, has a quick feed and then we have a cuddle, go downstairs and get him ready for the day. sometimes i have a play with him if he is still really awake and put him in his jungle gym

Then he usually naps for a short while, maybe 40mins and has another longer feed - often after this he is tired so goes down for a nap again

we often go out then, he is in the sling asleep and i go out to meet friends in town or have coffee or whatever, he loves the sling so that is all good

then in the afternoon we have another long sleep and a bit of playtime, generally just until he gets grumbly and then i put him down in his chair for some chill time - i also play him the guitar and sing to him throughout the day, usually when he is in his chair looking at me

but at night, he gets really grumbly at around 5.30 (just when daddy gets home) and becomes impossible to settle, i feed him for anything up to 2 hours in the evening, he just has a good long feed and we change him when hes dopey enough for it not to upset him but awake enough for it not to wake him up, then more food and then he is just a grumble bum until we take him up to bed, usually around 9.30/10pm

thing is, he goes down like a light as soon as we take him upstairs so i would like to start taking him up at a set time, perhaps after having some play in the evening, and settling him up there so he is not all grumbly and over tired in the evenings

he sleeps ALOT though, most of the time he is just asleep but now he is spending more time awake i am wondering if we have the sleep/play/eat cycles down okay...

[mamasunshine]

My 2 dc's had practically no routine until about 6 months when began introducing solids...then it all just seemed to fall into place! Don't know if that helps at all probably not! I personally wouldn't get too hung up on routine at that age, just give them what they want when they want it and enjoy naps and cuddles

[Roo83]

From what I remember I think the restlessness in early evening is very common. Ds used to be like this, and I now have a 2 week old who is settled all day, and then has a massive boobfest from about 6-10pm. Are you bf? I think they often cluster feed at this time to build up for the night.

We did start putting ds into a regular routine of bath, story and bed from about 6 weeks, but he would still often wake before 10pm for more feeding until he was a bit older.

[JasperMama]

yep fully breastfed and definatly likes his cluster feeding in the evening! He tends to have a long feed in the evening and a long feed in the morning, i am not complaining at all because more often than not he gives me 5 solid hours sleep before waking for one feed and going down for 2/3 more hours.

i heard they should eat/play then sleep but he is always so knackered after his food we havent quite got the hang of that!

Anyway i am going to put him down to sleep tonight at seven upstairs and hopefully he will not mind that, i really have no problems with him waking for feeds any time of day or night, but think its time we established an 'upstairs' time and a downstairs' time

we were bathing him every night but we were told by two friends of ours that its silly to bath them so often as their skin is porous and therefore constant bathing gives problems like ecexma and things

we just bath him twice a week now. stll trying to get a bedtime routine sorted out though :)