Babies and routines and eyes ( a job lot of Qs)

[edgarcat]

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As you know Edgarcat - I can't comment, mine is nearly 2 and still hasn't got the sleep thing sussed!

Mine had a routine by 2 months, helped by my regular walks am and inability to entertain him pm
I also think 6 wks is about when the eye's change colour, if they do - will have to check that though.

edgarcat, I am sure as with all things there is individual variability, and of course a lot depends on whether you encourage regular naps, but one of my sleep books talks a lot about the development of daytime sleep patterns (i.e. from the physiological point of view), and the author reckons that regular nap patterns become established from about four months onwards. (one reason why I'm not convinced of the merits of GF for younger babies...) HTH

oh, same book suggests that before this age, you simply try and ensure that they are asleep within two hours of waking (to avoid overtiredness). I'm sure some babies if following this pattern would probably slip into a regular routine rather sooner.

My childs eyes changed at 12 months dont know if this is normal !

My DD had blue eyes for about 6 months, then they went kind of green and almost overnight at 12 months they turned dark brown.

eyes - apparently start to change by 6 months if they are going to.
I'm still waiting for my alien children's bright blue eyes to go a deep muddy brown like mine, it is dawning on me that it isn't going to happen. they look like someone else's children. hope the next one is brown-eyed...

DS1s eyes did not change colour until he was over 12 months! They were blue/grey until about 13 months when we noticed they'd gone brown.

DS2s are still blue/grey and he's 26 months - maybe they're going to stay that way

DD's eyes changed colour when she was about 2 months old. They have been the same for a while now. Her sleeping patterns have just started to cement themselves now - she is 5 months next week. No GF involved, she has an hour in the morning, an hour in the afternoon and goes down between 7-8 and sleeps through most of time. Thank God is all I can say!

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daytime naps were always a nightmare for us. At 10m, she has a nap after about 3 hours after waking. Then she will probably want to sleep another three hours after that. In bed by about 7pm, and sleeps through. So if she wakes at 6.30 - 7am it's a pretty good day which works out fine. It doesn't happen often, but if we have a strange morning, where she wakes late, between 7.30 and 8 - this affects the sleep pattern, and she just won't go to sleep at 11. Then she's tired and irratable, doesn't eat much lunch and then wants to sleep at 12:30 / 1pm and it kinda screws the day up. Hateful, but I think the idea of waking them so they don't sleep in too long in the morning, actually makes for a better day.

Don't let her nap after 3pm, cause then it's more difficult to put her down in the evening.

Weirdly - this is not based GF, but I read it recently, and it's kind of fallen into a similar routine she "advises"... (NO - I'm not advocating ... No flaming )

I have read eyes can change colour anywhere up to 6 years after birth.

Hi I'm a new mum's netter and I need some advise about day time routine, my son is 12 weeks old and is doing well in that he sleeping through the night from about 10.30 - 7am, he then sleeps for three hours in the morning, he has naps of about an hour in the rest of the day, what i need is advice about how to get him to sleep less in the morning and more in the evening, I would also like to know if anyone has tried this and it has messed up the night sleeping as this has only just started. If anyone has any advice on winding I would also be really grateful as the fact that I can spend any time from 10mins to an hour winding means that a strict routine is difficult to implement!!

I've done the well known routine with DS since birth practically, not really strictly but just regular naps, bathtime and bedtime like clockwork with a reassuring routine of cuddle and wind-down, looking for signs of tiredness, making night time boring etc. Worked like a dream, have happy baby and happy mummy! Not for everyone but if you like regular sleep and free evenings you could give it a go...

I did try at the beginning but got put off when my son was tired when he was supposed to be awake and then awake when he was supposed to be tired, i felt like a failure when i gave in and have been put off giving it another go as it just reminds me of that time, but i guess that giving it another look now he is more settled may be a good plan. I am just anxious that it may mess up when he is prepared to go to sleep as it is already 10.30 and he wakes at 7 and this is great for me, but at some point I want to go out so I need to take the gamble! I don't know why but all decisions even relatively small ones take on monumental proportions when it comes to children and there are such different opinions that I am still finding it difficult to find my own way!

I agree with Elliot's comment earlier - as long as my DS is asleep two hours after he woke up, then he is fine - if I try and keep him up longer than that, things go horribly wrong. He's 5 months now, and we've used this as a basis for his daytime sleep since he was about 3 months.