DD is now 9wks and I think for the sake of my sanity I have reached the point where I need to establish some sort of routine but I really don't know where to start...
I am EBF, have not even been expressing to date, which is exhausting and draining and makes me feel like I never get a moment to myself. She doesn't really have any set times for feeds and is definitely a snacker rather than wanting big feeds which fill her up for a long while.
Whilst DD actually sleeps fairly well (comparitively) her issue is location, she has always found it difficult to sleep on her own. This was compounded by some sort of reflux issues at about 4 weeks, which seems to finally be easing up. In the last week she has been getting better about having naps in the carrycot, although prefers to sleep on me or in sling. We cosleep and have a cot attached to the bed but even getting her into that rather than cuddled up close to me is really hard. However I don't know if the problem is that I am just too soft with her?! I hate to hear her cry...
I am beginning to notice some patterns in her behaviour - She wakes around, 7ish in the morning and is happy for up to 2 hours before needing to sleep again. she seems to like a long sleep in the afternoon, then is alert in the evening and grumpy and ready for bed just before 10pm at which point I head to bed as well.
I have seen loads of routines for baths, feeding etc which end up with baby sleeping from about 7pm, but am confused how I can achieve this if DD doesn't want to sleep alone and if she has slept alot of the afternoon.
Just some pointers of where to start would be great!
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Routine for 9 week old - where do I start?
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Humperdink123 · 06/01/2013 17:19
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