https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:03:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677548 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:10:05 +0000 LCTBQE 2677548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in the @gingerbebe: camp, and I actually got a lot of advice from her and use her time slots listed above almost exactly (thank you gingerbebe!). 8 weeks IS super young, but going by a schedule gave us sanity and I think it was really good for the baby. That said, he didn't nap well for a long time, and the EASY routine didn't work very smoothly until his naps sorted out when he was about 14 weeks old. Maybe your baby is different though.</p> <p>The most important part for us was implementing a bedtime routine at roughly the same time every night--we started at 6:45-ish pm and he was in his crib by 7:30pm. It helped me to think about his period of sleep after bedtime as the longest block of time that would eventually grow into him STTN. When we started doing bedtime (at 5 weeks) he went from sleeping 2.5-ish hours at a time during that first part of the night to like 6 hours, in a matter of days. It amazed me and it was a relief to be able to count on the consistency of that block of time, which it sounds like from your post you could really use. </p> <p>When you say you don't really know when bedtime is or what he will do--I think this is where it's up to *you* to provide that structure, because the baby's not going to do it. IMO 10pm is way too late, I think somewhere like 7-8pm is much more typical.<br /> Here is the thread that helped me more than any amount of talking to friends and family or any baby books I read:<br /> <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-advicesuccess-stories-needed/page/2#post-2635660" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-advicesuccess-stories-needed/page/2#post-2635660</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677487 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:18:47 +0000 gingerbebe 2677487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will preface this by saying I'm a big schedule mom. We started a routine at 6 weeks for DS1 and 2 weeks for DS2. 10 weeks is when things gelled for my second baby. First I would say by 4 months. </p> <p>We did EASY and stuck to a firm waketime and bedtime. So at that age we would get up and start the day at 730 (give or take 30 minutes). So if last feeding was 6am I'd shoot for 8, if last feeding was 630am I'd just start the day at 7am, etc. At 8 weeks my boys were on a 3 hour schedule and barely made it an hour awake so after feeding it would be like 15-20 tummy time and diaper change and back down to sleep. We did drowsy but awake, let them fuss 10 minutes before going in to soothe, and also waited 10 minutes if they cried mid-nap or MOTN at that age. And I woke them at the 3 hour mark even if they were still napping. They did 3 naps plus a 30-45 catnap in the early evening around 6pm. We did a bath every night at 630pm to start the sleep cues. Bedtime was 730pm give or take 30 minutes and we did dreamfeeds at 1030pm before I went to bed. Then we let them wake up when they were gonna wake up. Usually that first stretch you hope is 5-6 hours so you're only up once a night. </p> <p>By 10 weeks DS2 was sleeping from dreamfeed to 7-730am. DS1 was doing that by 4 months. Both were going 12 hours within a few weeks of that when we dropped the dream feed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677473 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:38:31 +0000 DesertDreams88 2677473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @travellingbee: @YogiRunner: @MrsKRB: , not until about 3.5 months when we started childcare and then really hit our stride around 4.5 months when he settled into 3 naps a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677444 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:37:58 +0000 travellingbee 2677444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: Neither of mine really got on much of a schedule until they started daycare. For my youngest, that was at 3.5 months. They had him on a loose schedule of 3 naps and then he took one more when he got home at 4:30. We tried to focus more on the amount of awake time rather than a set schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677443 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:35:41 +0000 MrsKRB 2677443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @yogirunner, not till 4 months or so. It used to drive me crazy, but just kinda follow his cues and it will work itself out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677297 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:19:11 +0000 FaithFertility 2677297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: My DD was a later sleeper, she would go to bed around 10 at this age...I think he gets over stimulated at night when she is around so he id DONE.....lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677288 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:09:19 +0000 YogiRunner 2677288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my guy was that little he didn't have any schedule to speak of... we just made sure he wasn't awake for longer than 90 min and that he ate every 2-3 hours. I don't think it was until 4-5 months that he had any sort of predictability at all, and it was 2-3 naps a day of varying lengths. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677278 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:59:29 +0000 Goldengirl 2677278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: thanks! That makes me feel better :) I would love if I could get him settled for bed that early but it seems he's never ready until later... but I'm not sure if that's because we've gotten him used to that. Sometimes he will sleep around 7 but just for an hour or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677272 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:51:07 +0000 FaithFertility 2677272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soo 8 weeks to me is still so young, I would not expect any type of schedule yet! If you have one that is awesome and I think lucky! DS is 11 weeks and the only "routine" thing so far is night time. He seems done with the day by 6:30/7 so I change him put pj's on and give him his last bottle...he is either passed out after or drowsy enough where I put him in his PNP he will be out in a few (sucks his thumb)</p> <p>Durign the day I truly don't have much of a schedule...I try EASY but sometimes it works others it doesn't</p> <p>The only thing I try to do is tummy time after a nap. he seems happiest and usually isnt too full :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-schedule#post-2677265 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:40:46 +0000 Goldengirl 2677265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 8 weeks old and I'm wondering at what point he might start following a bit of a sleep schedule with naps and bedtime. Right now I can't really choose when he naps. Sometimes he just passes out while feeding and falls asleep (even though I was trying for an EASY pattern!), sometimes one nap will just flow into the next with eating in between, sometimes he'll resist naps for hours on end even though he's clearly tired. Then when it comes to "bedtime" I never really know when bedtime is. For example, last night around 10 he fed but was so tired he only took a bit and then passed out. I thought he might do a good stretch then, but he woke up at 11 and seemed hungry so I thought then he'd take a full feed and go to sleep. But he again just took a small amount and also was NOT sleepy and suddenly awake! Then finally went down around midnight and woke up every 3 hours to feed as usual.</p> <p>Just wondering if veteran moms can share if they went through something similar and if your baby started following a bit more of a predictable schedule at some point? I would just love for him to be able to do a long stretch when we go to bed or at least longer, but I never really know what he'll decide to do. </p>