Sleeping schedule

[Doxylover30]

My DS is 4 months old, sleeps through the night for about 10 hours and has 3 or 4 naps a day but doesn't have specific times he naps, we all usually go to bed around half 11 at night. I bf him to sleep and during the day he sleeps on me which I don't mind, I love the cuddles and I can get things done around the house whilst he is playing on his play mat or when my partner is home. He is my first child and is doing well, reaching all his milestones and gaining weight. Do I need to put him in a sleep routine? Is there any benefit of putting him in a routine? I just want to make sure I'm doing the best I can for him.

Hi @Doxylover30 just bumping this for you and hopefully some Mumsnetters will be along soon with some useful advice.

Hi Doxy
I don't think there are any rules, parents do everything different to suit their own needs / habits.

With my first I got into a mad panic that she wasn't sleeping as much as she should, I had one of those tracker apps and was obsessive about her naps. I developed proper anxiety over it.
I spoke to my excellent HV about it and she told me to chuck the books away and just go with the flow.

Between 6m and 12m a natural pattern emerged and as it happened she was always a shit napper and gave them up entirely before she was 2.

Now I have a 6m and his pattern has emerged loosely around my daughter's school day.

I'd say just see how you go, you might find that he naturally goes into a pattern of a nap after breakfast, one before lunch, one in afternoon, one in evening.

Also you'll find that if you try to change one element of his sleep the whole bloody thing changes and you're worrying about something else.
They have sleep regressions and teething messes everything up too.

If you're BFing that's easier in a way because you can just Co sleep/feed to sleep and until you've hit your limit it's a wonderful tool to get them to sleep!

Good luck