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Sleep schedule for newborn?

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TGLucie · 30/12/2020 19:39

Hello!

I've seen so many different sleep schedules and we want to find some recommendations for sleep patterns/training.

Baby not due for a few more months but want to get some ideas so we can put a rough plan in place.

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OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 30/12/2020 19:47

Your baby will not have read any books.

Have a look at basis online for really good information about normal infant sleep and watch your baby not the clock.

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Tenyearsgone · 30/12/2020 19:48

Newborns don't tend to stick to sleep schedules.

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OhToBeASeahorse · 30/12/2020 19:52

Oh lord above dont start worrying yourself about that now. You cant really instil any kind of routine for 6 months anyway and you have no idea what your baby will be like.

Honestly it will be a total waste of your time and may well just add to anxiety around a newborn

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firstimemamma · 30/12/2020 19:52

There is no schedule! Baby napped in my arms while dp slept. Swap every few hours and repeat for 2 weeks! Breastfed 10-20 times per 24 hours as a newborn too. Very hard but gradually gets easier.

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Emmaaa1990 · 30/12/2020 19:55

Yeah no schedule! Our baby used to go to bed with us after her 10pm bottle and just napped periodically during the day. She slept on me for naps until around 12 weeks! I think until you hit the 12 week mark there is no point in a routine and sleep schedule! From then we implemented a bedtime routine and started putting her in her crib for naps she's been a great sleeper since then but at the start it's not something to worry about

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yankeedoodledandee · 30/12/2020 19:59

Follow your babies schedule.

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GemmeFatale · 30/12/2020 20:01

Mines 18 months. Sometimes he goes to bed at what I think of as bedtime. I imagine a consistent sleep schedule is still some way off.

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addler · 30/12/2020 20:02

Newborns don't follow a schedule or routine. For the first three or four months any attempts will just bring you stress and worry when they don't go to plan.

During that time you can do whatever you can to get baby to sleep wherever whenever they want. You can't spoil them or make bad sleep associations. After that you can slowly start to notice a pattern and encourage it.

Look up the fourth trimester. Human babies should still be in utero for the first few months.

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Megan2018 · 30/12/2020 20:03

Your baby will dictate it’s own schedule. Trying to sleep train a newborn is barbaric. You need to google the 4th trimester.
Feed on demand and sleep when they sleep is the only right thing to do.

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MaizeBlouse · 30/12/2020 20:09

Well I applaud your optimism but yeah don't schedule a newborn babys sleep. It's cruel, unnecessary and a total waste of time.

They'll sleep a bit, gurgle a bit, do a poo, cry a bit and then sleep again. This repeats about 20 times a day until they reach about 6 weeks and then they smile a bit too.

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MobLife · 30/12/2020 20:12

Do not even try to get involved with a sleep schedule 😂
Let them sleep when they need sleep-you'll get to know the cues
Sleep schedules are for much much further down the line

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SallyLovesCheese · 30/12/2020 20:13

Don't worry about it! Just let the baby dictate and sleep on you lots and enjoy the newborn cuddles because they won't last long!

Time enough for a sleep schedule when they're a bit older.

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MyCassiopiea · 30/12/2020 20:19

Honestly don't bother. Baby will sleep when baby is tired. There's no point in planning anything because it will not happen and you'll get frustrated. When your baby arrives you'll get to know them and can build a schedule around them gradually.

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LittleBearPad · 30/12/2020 20:23

Don’t try to create a schedule. It will make everyone miserable.

You’ll figure out their rhythm once they turn up

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Respectabitch · 30/12/2020 20:26

Newborns do not have a sleep schedule. Newborns do not get trained.

Babies sleep when they want to sleep and wake when they want to wake. Your job is to go with that.

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FATEdestiny · 30/12/2020 20:29

@TGLucie

Hello!

I've seen so many different sleep schedules and we want to find some recommendations for sleep patterns/training.

Baby not due for a few more months but want to get some ideas so we can put a rough plan in place.

Sleep/feed cycle for newborn:

Wake
Unswaddle
Feed
Wind
Nappy check/change
Swaddle
Reoffer feed
Lift to shoulder for final upright sway and wind
Put down with dummy in
Sleep

And repeat.

Baby is not really meant to be awake for anything much more than a feed as a newborn, then straight back to sleep.

Good luck!
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Respectabitch · 30/12/2020 20:29

Ps. Trying to "put a rough plan in place" for how a newborn will sleep is setting you and the baby up for misery. Babies just do not work like that.

Stop planning. Stop reading. Your baby will teach you what you need to know when they come, if you accept that your job is to listen.

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Cleverpolly3 · 30/12/2020 20:30

Dream on
Pardon the pun

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supersonicginandtonic · 30/12/2020 20:31

My 18 month old hasn't got a sleep schedule yet 🙈

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Cleverpolly3 · 30/12/2020 20:32

@FATEdestiny

Is that a joke?
Unless by sleep you mean lying by on you so you can’t move at all

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Cleverpolly3 · 30/12/2020 20:33

@supersonicginandtonic

My 18 month old hasn't got a sleep schedule yet 🙈

My 6, 4 and 3 year old haven’t slept wouldn’t sweat it Grin
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Thatwentbadly · 30/12/2020 20:35

@Cleverpolly3 if you read through this board Fate is very much in favour of the idea that young toddler should be sleeping through and babies should be put down to sleep.

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Ginfilledcats · 30/12/2020 20:35

My baby was born early June, this is my track of her sleep in October. Green is sleep, orange breast feed and blue nappy.

No pattern really, or starting to get to one maybe.

The first 3 months they sleep for like 20 hours of the day. When they want to. Just follow their lead. A pattern will emerge eventually

The second image is December, 6 months. Much more of a routine. I've done nothing but be guided by her

Sleep schedule for newborn?
Sleep schedule for newborn?
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Cleverpolly3 · 30/12/2020 20:37

[quote Thatwentbadly]@Cleverpolly3 if you read through this board Fate is very much in favour of the idea that young toddler should be sleeping through and babies should be put down to sleep.[/quote]
Is she Gina Ford?

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Cotswoldmama · 30/12/2020 20:37

No schedule but start straight away with it being as dark and quiet as possible at night and less quite and brighter in the day to help encourage a routine schedule. It will be the baby that decides when it's hungry it's normal to feed constantly with a newborn and even beyond there will be odd days where you feed every hour!

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