Hello all
I am just hoping for a little bit of advice. My 12-week-old son is generally a cheerful, placid little thing and he, my partner and I are quite happy. DS is bottle-fed, and is pretty much sleeping through the night - he sleeps from 7pm til his 1030pm feed, then through til around 530 - 6am. his night time routine is bath, bottle, quiet play then sleep.
However, this is the only part of his routine that is predictable. We followed the eat, activity, sleep routine for a while, and it worked well, but now he tends to sleep less during the day so often isnt due for a feed as soon as he wakes up. He will play, then feed, then play some more,then sleep. Sometimes he falls asleep on the bottle and we let him. He usually has a morning nap and afternoon nap, and we go for a walk in the pram in the afternoon most days, as well as mums group once a week.
My DP (we both are lucky enough to work from home, so he is as heavily involved in DS as me)reckons we should try and stick more to routines every day, whereas I lean towards thinking that as long as DS gets a few hours during the day, has a predictable bedtime routine, and seems happy with that, we should just take each day as it comes. I just dont want to stick too rigidly to a routine, because if we go visiting, to my mums group, etc, I dont want to be stressed that his routine is thrown out... At the same time I know routines are important. What do you all think??? Anyone elses experiences would be highly appreciated!!