Just sleep in general for an nearly 8 week old

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Hello there... how exciting! I get to post here now

I am not following any kind of routine at all, just being led by the baby at the moment so he co-sleeps at night and during the day can sleep anywhere from on me to in his car-seat or moses basket.

His own routine seems to be a few sleeps in the day if we are in the house (in moses basket where I put him once he's fallen alseep on me) and then a big chunk of sleep from around 11pm until 5am followed by 2 two hour sleeps until 9am - broken by a feed, I am breastfeeding.

Basically my question is, should I be trying to get him down in the moses basket at regular times in the day? We're out and about a lot of the time so he often sleeps in the car or whichever pub, cafe or ante-natal meeting place I happen to be at but I worry that he might not be getting enough during the day.

Or is ther any point bothering until he's a bit older?

God: he sounds like a great sleeper! If he's kipping when you're out and about and can drop off anywhere, then I would stick with what you're doing.

I am bloody envious: DC4 is a sleepless bugger!

he can be, though it often takes a few tries to get him off me and into the moses basket; he's definitely not a self-settler.

Personally, I think there is waaaay too much emphasis/pressure on women to get babies into a routine early. Don't get me wrong, if it's what the woman needs or wants, then great!

I always feel that seeing as your baby has spent so long inside you, it's only natural for them to be close to you after birth. I tend to co sleep with mine and let them kip wherever in the daytime, whether car seat, pram or in sling, until about 8 months. (Sometimes they kip in the cot.)

This has always happened naturally for both me and baby, and seems to be a time when we're both ready to have separate sleeping places ie;cot at night, next to bed, or even direct switch to own room..

They have so far all seemed to self settle around this age. Don't ask me why!

I really would leave it if you and DS are happy: it's a personal choice though and one you should be comfortable with..

Thank you :)

I don't want to follow a routine but I don't want to deprive him of sleep he should be having IYSWIM. He seems happy enough but because he's my PFB I worry that I am not noticing the signs of when he's tired and might be damaging him by not making sure he naps.

I was soooooooooooo unhappy until i decided to hell with trying to force DS (12 weeks) into a routine and just go with it. Since then it's been heaven in our house. Pretty much the only thing i decided to do right from the word go was a proper bath and bedtime routine. Once we cracked that we found that daytimes also worked out better for us, purely by following DS's lead. He's a really good night sleeper, but does get unsettled if he doesn't nap enough during the day. After a while a morning nap came about naturally and it's become regular for him. He's also beginning to nap more regularly in the afternoon, but it's still a bit hit and miss. The only difference is that my DS is a self settler. Yours might benefit from a bit more guidance in the right direction at some point in the future. I think if yours seems happy enough don't stress it for the time being but perhaps try to guide him a bit more from around 12 weeks if he doesn't get there on his own.