Wake, feed, sleep cycle

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I am trying to start wake, eat, sleep cycle with my newborn of 8 days but when I try to put him down he just cries and roots endlessly, even if I know he's had a full feed. Am I just trying too early? I've read that many people start this schedule from day 1.

I think you are too early for that type of cycle to be honest. At that age, babies won't have any kind of "routine" in terms of sleep or eating, which is what you need for the classic wake, eat, sleep cycle. They just need to feed on demand and sleep pretty much constantly! I don't think my baby had any proper awake time until he was about 8 weeks old! And I am saying this as someone who loves a routine!! I would go with the flow now, feed when baby wants and let him sleep when he wants. You can probably start thinking more about this kind of routine when he is around 2 months and actually spends some time awake looking at things, and when feeding settles into some sort of pattern. Hope that helps and good luck!

DS1 used to eat, play, eat, sleep. He basically fed on waking, and fed to sleep.

I did the EASY routine with my babies

E- eat (give a feed when needed), wind, change
A- activity - kick around on playmat etc
S- sleep - put down in moses basket or cot
Y- you - the parent--what do you need? Cup of tea, shower, snack, rest.

It was easy to remember, went in a 3 hour cycle and meant I could put the baby down. Obviously we had cuddles when feeding and changing etc. I was lucky though, they weren't fussy or colicky. They slept well from early on. (I didn't sleep due to anxiety but that's another story and I'm better now!)

I could never follow it. I tried, but baby never wanted to do it that way round, he’d want to play when he woke up and then eat before sleep, although I never fed him to sleep.
I can count on one hand how bang of the Y bits I’ve had since he was born 😂 babies are different, he’ll let you know what he needs.

*many not bang although I have banged my head against a brick wall many times haha.

I am also struggling with this. My baby is 5 weeks old and he likes to be awake feed then sleep. He gets drowsy when feeding then a little cuddle and he’s flat out. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to change this tho I’m really hoping I can does anyone have any tips ?

Bigbangnerd can you offer milk as soon as your baby wakes and then hopefully he will be awake enough to take more? He might last slightly longer between feeds too. 5 weeks is so tiny though.