Waking newborn to create routine

[Mumma301]

Looking for any positive stories for people who have used a Gina Ford or similar routine for their newborn.

Long story short I did baby led routine with my son who was a horrendous sleeper and eater. Waking every couple of hours and only drinking a couple of oz at a time.

18 months later and my second baby is on the way in the next few weeks and so I've been reading Gina Fords CLB and Toddler. She obviously advocates that from the get go you must wake up a newborn to feed every 3 hours which makes sense. However I've got a million people telling me I must be mental to think about waking a sleeping baby and this time I may get a good sleeper and by waking them regularly I'll actually encourage them to become a regular waker and bad sleeper.

I'm really desperate to get a routine going from the start and particularly to get my milk supply up. Can anyone give me some positive stories of when these routines or something similar have worked well for newborn? So when I'm tired in the middle of the night and tempted to leave the baby to sleep I have the motivation to keep to the routine and wake them for a feed?

Not looking for criticism on trying to use a routine I've tried baby led and it just didn't work for me and definatley won't this time with an 18 month old running around too!

Thanks in advance xx

I've got a three month old and a 23 month old and i actually found it impossible to get a routine going with the little one. It was incredibly stressful initially as it felt like every time i tried to put the baby dien for a nap for example, it would be sabotaged by DD1 (accidentally bless her!). Admittedly that wasn't waking baby to feed her, but i can't imagine how I'd have done that if I'd wanted to! Now DD2 is 3 months she's starting to slot into the routine of the day. For example, i simply can't feed her when i need to be cooking her sister's dinner, and so she's adjusting slowly. Or I'm helping her to by timing her feeds differently.
I've got a friend who initially tried Gina Ford but she quickly abandoned it when she realised it meant waking her baby at 7sm to feed, when actually the baby would naturally sleep til 9am if left. She couldn't resist the extra couple of hours sleep for herself. Fair enough too!

I completely get where your coming from with wanting to establish a routine but i think just be prepared to give it up if it doesn't work. I'm finding it really tough having two and I'm a real perfectionist. So if I'd decided to use one method and it didn't work then I would have taken it badly. To be honest, i believe that all babies have different rythms and physical needs and need different amounts of sleep etc. I'm not sure how they can all fit into one mould. And it makes me wonder if it is actually making life harder than it needs to be. That's really not a criticism! But for me it's all about survival at the moment and doing what works in the moment each day.

Good luck!