What do you do, and when, with an amenable baby?!

[ThatDamnDog]

So DD's 4 weeks old now and I haven't got a clue what to do with her because unlike her brother she (currently!) sleeps of her own accord and hasn't got colic.

She's sort of found her own wee routine - she's EBF - and it's going fine. But when do you start bedtimes, routines etc? Can't be faffed with that malarkey yet but because it took the best part of a year for DS to go down sleepy-but-awake I'm not sure what to expect and when to expect it with a less manic child!

DD (20 months) has always been an easy-going kid too.

I deliberately haven't imposed a specific routine because there hasn't been a need.

Some kids do need more of a guide I think, but I have found that my "amenable" baby naturally developed her own rough schedule from a very early age without conscious interference from me.

She goes to bed with me, sleeps at night, wakes in the morning around an hour or two later than I would normally wake and usually naps after lunch and supper (or any big feed at your DD's age). I EBF'd on demand until 6 months and then several times a day when I was able to nip out of the office into the work nursery.

So, in the absence of problems, I guess my advice is just to follow her cues.

I think I've got one too. My 1st was like this and she soon organised herself into a good routine. My second was a nightmare, never slept much, and now my third is really settled and only cries if she has wind. Once that has been dealt with she sleeps well.

I just make sure that she knows when it is night and day. So she goes up into my bed room at 7pm and lights off and quiet and then in the day she is usually in the kitchen and it is bright and chaotic slightly noisy.

Forgot to say that my son (2nd) had colic and I was revved up and ready for the misery but she doesn't get it (touch wood). Life is SO much easier without it. i used to hate watching my son squirming around in pain.

Well, went off to bed last night and settled down in there for a last feed. She immediately started a marathon of panting, rooting, grunting, kicking and generally insisting on sucking, punctuated only by a pause midway through for a massive projectile vomit all over my right boob. She settled around 1.30am by which time DS had woken up.

Serves me right, doesn't it? [hollow laugh]