Moving from 'activity' to 'sleeping'

[Cyclista]

Hi. My gorgeous boy is 6 1/2 weeks old and I'm trying to start gently guiding him into a routine. Not trying to do anything nazi but just help him to establish a routine if possible.

The various expert seem to agree on separating feeding from sleeping so the child doesn't associate one with the other. Not entirely sure why - is it so awful if my boy falls asleep after a feed? After all, during his night feeds, that's exactly what I want him to do, so why not during the day?

Anyway...assuming I do need to separate feeding from sleeping, I'm struggling to get him to go from 'activity' to 'sleep'. He eats, I can get him to stay awake and then play but getting him from 'activity' to 'sleeping' without milk is proving impossible. I sometimes recognise his sleep cues but can't get him to settle. Any advice?

BTW, night times aren't as much of an issue as daytime feeds.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

My DS3 is 8 weeks nearly and I find it impossible to seperate eat from sleep with him and frankly it is just not worth it! If he wants to sleep, he will sleep. I do try to make sure he is vaguely awake when I put him down though, albeit totally dozey!

Hi

I'm a first timer and my DD is 9 1/2 months, a good sleeper and doing great BLW.

There was many a BF which ended with her asleep & me unable to move without waking her, for about 5 months. I read books about routines but I knew I couldn't try to impose a routine at all.

In the end, I just went with the flow and made sure I had a drink/snack/book handy before I sat to feed her. I actually miss it now!

Enjoy your LO & if it means he is so content after a feed that he sleeps, put your feet up!

hi
we found the eat, activity sleep thing really useful in the early days just to sort of mentally separate the different things and realise there was a pattern. What we found though was that it more went activity, eat, sleep, activity eat sleep so the eat then sleep thing happened naturally and unless he was starving when he work up he could be "active" (ie lying on a mat) for a bit before eating. As he got older he would get to the end of a feed without actually falling asleep but was drowsy enough to be put down so the two gradually separate. Now (at 5 months) he is awake for about 2-3 hours before a general grimble and purple eyelids tells me he is tired. A dummy and the cot (plus a bit of nose stroking) always sends him off. they do fall into their own pattern around your Dcs age it seems