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3 month sleep routine

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Sprat12 · 27/07/2022 08:16

Can you share yours?

We don't particularly have one yet... at present, DS (14 weeks) is put in jammies around 7:30 and chills in the living room with me and DP. Will generally have a last bottle about 9ish and tends to be asleep and comes up to bed with us by 10. He will wake at anything from 3am - 4am for a bottle, and then back down until around 7:30/8ish.

Any tips on how to move that bedtime earlier so I can dream feed at about 10 and hopefully move or eradicate that night waking? I am more than happy to head up to bed earlier with him and a book or my iPad! Clearly clueless FTM here...

Daytime naps aren't very structured, but does have a good few naps during the day, I do tend to stick to wake windows so he doesn't get overtired.

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Thesearmsofmine · 27/07/2022 08:18

Tbh that sounds like an amazing routine right now and ii would stick with it! It will naturally start to get earlier as he gets older.

Youcancallmeirrelevant · 27/07/2022 08:20

Honestly don't change anything, 4 month sleep regression will hit soon!

Also, you shouldn't be trying to get rid of that night waking, he is still way too little to go all night with no food on a regular basis

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Sprat12 · 27/07/2022 08:34

Ok well that's reassured me! You read all sorts of crap on here by people saying that their LO was sleeping through 7-7 by this age and I was beginning to wonder if we were doing something wrong!

I suppose my next question would be, when do you start to implement more of a structured routine and bedtime? I guess around 6months when he does into his own room?

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Sprat12 · 27/07/2022 08:35

*goes into own room that should have said!

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easyday · 27/07/2022 10:12

That's not bad as things go, but I liked having the evening baby free.
From first day home it was upstairs about 7, bath, little made up story, last feed and down to bed. I'd wait a couple minutes in the dark to make sure he was settled then head back down (we used a baby monitor).
Then when we went to bed about 11 I'd go in and lift him for a quiet feed in the dark, check nappy, then back down. He'd wake again about 3, and then be up and ready to party before 6 (early riser - still is at 18).
Daughter the same though it took her a lot longer to settle. I'd have to go back in several times (I never let them cry for more than a couple minutes). But hitting three months it was like a switch turned on - she suddenly would go down well.
After a while I dropped the 11pm feed and either they woke up during the night for one or didn't.
Set your time five to ten minutes earlier every other night or so. And make sure baby doesn't sleep too long or too late in the day - I don't think my kids napped beyond 2.30-3pm. Just wake them up.

loopyloutoo · 25/02/2023 23:23

easyday · 27/07/2022 10:12

That's not bad as things go, but I liked having the evening baby free.
From first day home it was upstairs about 7, bath, little made up story, last feed and down to bed. I'd wait a couple minutes in the dark to make sure he was settled then head back down (we used a baby monitor).
Then when we went to bed about 11 I'd go in and lift him for a quiet feed in the dark, check nappy, then back down. He'd wake again about 3, and then be up and ready to party before 6 (early riser - still is at 18).
Daughter the same though it took her a lot longer to settle. I'd have to go back in several times (I never let them cry for more than a couple minutes). But hitting three months it was like a switch turned on - she suddenly would go down well.
After a while I dropped the 11pm feed and either they woke up during the night for one or didn't.
Set your time five to ten minutes earlier every other night or so. And make sure baby doesn't sleep too long or too late in the day - I don't think my kids napped beyond 2.30-3pm. Just wake them up.

Sorry this is an old thread but would you wake a newborn to ensure they don't sleep too much? Mine is 4 weeks old and their night and day is totally mixed up (as expected of course) just wondering if I can influence that in any way since you seem to have established your routine since birth

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