baby schedule?
My son just had his 4 month appointment yesterday and the doctor said this is the good age to get him into a tight schedule. I have been doing things mostly around the same time but she said to try and wake up the same time each day, depending on my baby and try to do feedings the same time and so on. What kind of schedule have you used that works for you? I am breastfeeding and will also be returning to school in the fall, but his grandmother will keep up the schedule for me. Thanks for your opinions!
More Questions From This User See All
Answers & Comments
Verified answer
I just put my four month old son on a schedule about two weeks ago, and I love it. I was worried because I felt like I was forcing him into something, but he's actually a lot happier and fusses less. I read the book On Becoming Babywise. I just got it from our library because a friend recommended it, so I thought I'd try it. It has worked so well. I used to have a hard time knowing when to put my baby down for a nap, but now it's just part of the schedule. He cries for like 30 seconds at naptime, sometimes not at all. The way it works is you have a pattern of feed/wake time/nap time. It only took me one evening to read the book (I skipped all the parts that were irrelevant, like how to hold your baby when breastfeeding). I highly recommend it.
people don't always live on tight schedules ; you have to be able to be flexible or that is when trouble sets in if you ever do anything from the norm; don't be so rigid that you can't live other than by that schedule; I love doctors who say more than they should ; all people even doctors have opinions and many an opinion is wrong; coming as a sibling of 7 and mom of 4 ; we had general times but not tight schedule ; so if lunch was at 1 instead of 12:30 or nap time wasn't until later etc; you have to adjust the schedule to your needs; when I went back to work,I woke up baby early to nurse at 5 am ; play, and then down for morning nap since I started work at 7 ; a schedule is only as good as the benefit it brings; too rigid , not flexible can be your worse nightmare; so around the same time frame is good as a rule of thumb but subject to change to fit the needs of the family.
Like she said.. Start by waking up and putting baby down same time every night.. This will make feeding times at same time each day ( 4 hours apart ) .. So this will make naps at around same time.. It will take about a week of strict scheduling to get your baby's internal clock adapted..
Read " Baby Whisperer" by tracy hogg.. she suggests one of the routines your doc. is taking about. it's calle E.A.S.Y.. I dont agree with alot of methods she uses in that book, but this routine is truly helpful.. Try it
well my baby when he was 4 months would wake up at 8 and sleep at 8 at night again, so during the day I would feed him 5 times, and always the same time everyday. it's good to keep your baby on a schedule, see what time he wakes up and go from there.:)