Routine

[preggersteach]

My ds is 12 weeks old and we have got quite a good bedtime routine (although his duration if sleep differs and time he wakes differs) he is generally sleeping pretty well at night but has no pattern at all for the day and just wondered when and how we should try and get a routine for the day? He also naps pretty badly during the day despite best efforts so wondered how to make these longer? When he's napping he's in the Moses basket in the living room and know this isn't the best environment but then thought about putting him into his bed but then I'll have to sit upstairs with him through the day whilst he naps in the dark as too young to be left alone still? Or is this what ppl have done? Any help would be greatly appreciated x

Have you tried white noise? Works a dream for my little one. And swaddling if he isn't rolling or looking like he might soon

I found getting all mine in a routine worked great for me. It also meant they slept well during the day if I have them feeds at specific times. I just altered it by 5/10mins per day until it was what I wanted.

Following with interest as I’m at the same point.
I have no real routine and we just go with the flow on a daily basis.. however, I think it will help us now to get some structure. I had been told that 3/4 months is the earliest time to introduce routine and anything before then is a waste.

my baby sleeps - if we are at home- in his Moses in a spare, quiet room near where I am. But it never lasts long. Naps in the sling whilst I’m out are much better.

• we have bought a video monitor and there have been a few evenings recently where he is so tired that I have taken him upstairs to sleep in the quiet dark room and then gone back downstairs for a delicious hour of relaxing.

So a few questions..

• for day time naps, how does your baby fall asleep? On you, or in the Moses?
• does your baby settle easily?

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I've tried white noise and it does help but not amazingly. As soon as he is awake for 90 minutes in the day you can literally click your fingers and he starts getting really grumpy and shouty and really fights the sleep. How did you get yours into a routine?

@Nonomore2 I try and get him down in the Moses basket but sometimes just give up and let him sleep in me but at most it'll be a hour and he doesnt have more than one nap in a day of an hour in the basket, the rest are little cat naps but then if we're out sometimes he'll sleep for 2 and a half hours so he does need the sleep, if he's only cat napped during the day he is incredibly irritable during the evening. See I was worried about leaving him upstairs on his own despite having the monitor as health visitor has said they shouldn't be going upstairs to bed without us until 6 months

And @Nonomore2 he doesn't settle well in the day at all

Hi
Sounds like he’s doing really well with bedtime sleep so naps will probably follow.
My baby resisted naps abput this age (but wasn’t a great sleeper. Fed to sleep and then up twice and not easy to get back to sleep), but around 4 months I got him into a nap routine.

You could probably do it earlier. Initially I would lie down with him to help him, though this doesn’t sound like this would work for you! For me it was a welcome nap.

But generally keep putting down at same time or try walk in pram so he’d sleepy and try to transfer. Eventually will get used to it.

At 3 months mine needed to be in a quiet room. Safe sleeping advice is to stay with your baby at all times whilst sleeping. Realistically, most parents don’t follow this- even if baby was in sitting room I’d go into other rooms etc whilst he was sleeping!