My little boy is 5 weeks old. We don’t have a routine really, but he generally has a feed around 6/7pm and then sleeps next to me on the sofa for a few hours (I know it’s not great, but he screams if I put him in the Moses basket, and I’m a single parent, so it’s the only time I get without a baby attached to me, or to eat a meal, all day).
When should I be getting a routine of putting him into his crib after this feed? I understand that they shouldn’t be alone at this age, but if I put him in his crib at 7pm and sit with him in the bedroom from then I wouldn’t have time for tea or to tidy up from the day as it’s the only time he isn’t on me. Can I leave him upstairs at this age? Or is it ok to keep him downstairs? We go up by 10.