Sleep advice for 11 week old

[Jasonh]

Hi all,
First time dad here, at home with wife and 11 week old DD due to illness at the moment.
Baby sleeps 8 pm until 3-4, has a feed then back to sleep until around 7-8 am. Just wondering for the tomes she is unsettled in the future what we can do.
We don’t really do anything to settle her, my wife feeds her which is our only trick. She doesn’t like being rocked or held too much. Loves to chat whilst we are standing over her. But when the sleep regression hits (maybe) or teething is there something we can do as chatting to her will stimulate her. Just interested to hear how other people helped their little ones.
It’s wonderful being a father, especially being here with them at the moment

Hi @Jasonh, we're just bumping this thread for you in the hope that some Mumsnetters will be along shortly with some advice.

Only advice I have is if something is working for you all at the moment then just go with it.
There’s no right or wrong way (as long as safety guidelines are being followed!), and you can’t really pre-empt things like sleep regressions or teething - they just happen and you do the best you can at that time.
It’s very much dependant on the baby too! I’ve had two babies who have been patented in the exact same way, and have been polar opposites in terms of sleep. DC1 hit the regressions hard and had a really rough time teething. DC2 just never really slept for more than a few hours at a time until he was 2, so we didn’t notice regressions, and he wasn’t bothered by teething until recently when his back molars started cutting.
I guess my point is, you can’t really plan for these things!

Thanks for your reply, yeah I guess we are just winging it, kinda get the feeling that’s what we want pretty much everyone will be doing for the next 18 years lol
We are following the safe sleep guide, to be honest baby seems happy to sleep on her back anyway.
We will just carry on trying to respond to her as needed, I like to have a plan with most things but I’m learning you can’t really apply that to being a parent beyond a loosely defined direction

For sure!!
You can read all the books and websites about what you and your baby apparently “should” be doing at various stages of development, but your baby sure as hell hasn’t read any of the books or websites
All babies really need is a parent who responds to their cues and meets their needs when they need something - and it’s sounds like you and your wife are doing that already. My kids are now 4 & 2, and we are expecting again later this year so are about to embark on the newborn phase all over again!