Is it worth trying a sleep routine with a 7 week old?
We are trying to implement a loose routine in the evenings which is not going well at the moment. DS is formula fed and will feed every 4 hours like clockwork in the day (and will often go longer if I don't wake him). He will feed, we do an activity or two (gym, bouncer, tummy time) and he'll nap on and off, usually in the sling, until his next feed.
In the evenings he has 3oz at 6:30 or 7:00, a bath, then another 2-3oz afterwards. He is very awake in the evenings, usually until 9:00 or 9:30, and we always end up bringing him downstairs so we can eat dinner which kind of undoes the whole relaxing bath and feed in low light.
Is there any point persisting with the 7pm bathtime routine in the hope that he will eventually learn to start going down after his last feed? Or should I be moving bathtime to fit in with his natural schedule? Or am I being crazy in thinking there's any point to all of this?!
He will also quite often want to sleep through his 11pm feed - should we let him or continue with the dream feed? My concern is if we don't feed at 11 he'll wake up twice during the night and I'm rather enjoying having a baby that only wakes at 3am and 7am!
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spacepoodle · 01/11/2016 14:54
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