https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:35:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992578 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:14:57 +0000 MCD919 1992578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the first 3 months, I completely followed his lead... Bf on demand and he napped in my arms or rock n play, stroller etc. Bedtime was around 8, and he woke up 2-3 times to eat. At 4 months, I started following a loose schedule of putting him down to nap after 1.5-2 hours of being awake, and always in his crib. We tried EASY for a couple of days, but it just didn't fit with my parenting style. Also never woke him to eat, even as a newborn. Now at 11 months, he naps around 10:30 and 2:30, and bedtime is 7-7:30. He usually sleeps 12 hours, and wakes up once around 5 to eat, or sleeps through. He still nurses on demand, but I also offer solids at breakfast, lunch &amp; dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992569 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:00:51 +0000 Dandelion 1992569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No schedule here for my 8.5 month old. Our days are tio unpredictable to worry about the clock. He sleeps when he sleeps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992557 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:43:36 +0000 gingerbebe 1992557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: Yep we are on a schedule. Feeding on demand and following his lead did not work for us - our son was losing weight and not getting enough sleep and was screaming all the time (he had colic and reflux). He is a touchy baby that gets really angry when he's overtired and hungry but is a wonderful baby when he's on schedule because he's fed and well-rested so I have no problem waking him from naps. He's ready to go to bed at 730pm and we wake him for his last feeding at 1030pm (otherwise he wakes at 5am and will be up for the day) and he sleeps through until 730am. He's ridiculously happy when he wakes up from a good sleep and usually goes down for his naps without much protest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992469 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:22:25 +0000 meredithNYC 1992469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but not until about 5 or 6 weeks. I needed it for my sanity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992460 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:54:16 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1992460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did with my oldest. We were all miserable.<br /> We've been letting our second take the lead, so we follow her cues &amp; she goes with the flow. She's a better sleeper and everyone is happier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992456 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:51:27 +0000 fairy 1992456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope I just followed her lead and we got into a rhythm/routine, but not a strict schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992428 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:28:32 +0000 JerricaBenton 1992428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I let her lead the schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992421 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:20:31 +0000 Mamasig 1992421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie:<br /> How were naps? DS1 was a catnapper (20-30 minutes) until about 8 months. DS2 slept a lot the 1st month and gradually lessened. He is 7 months and takes 2-3 naps a day. He fights it of course!<br /> How were night time sleeps? DS1 started STTN at 4 months and then stopped at 7-8 months. He began cosleeping with us so we could all sleep. He has low sleep needs and has always been a crappy sleeper. DS2 STTN beginning around 5 months. He is just generally a better sleeper.<br /> Did you have a consistent morning wake up and bed time? They set their own wake up time and it was pretty consistent. Bed time varies based on their last nap. DS2 goes to sleep usually between 7 and 8:30, but if he has a late nap it could be later. DS1 goes to bed late - not by my design. Like I said, he doesn't require or want a lot of sleep.<br /> How long would you allow a nap to be? Till they wake up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992411 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:11:41 +0000 snowjewelz 1992411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been wondering about the same thing! DD is 2 weeks old and she pretty much just eats &amp; sleeps with minimal awake time in between. There really isn't a "bed time"... It's usually between 10:30-11:30, we head to bed either after a feeding or to start the next feeding in bed. She did gain back her birth weight so I stopped waking her at night to feed but during the day we're still waking her every 3 hours or so if she hasn't woken up herself... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992385 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:30:53 +0000 Zbug 1992385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I think we started 2-3-4 around six or seven months but went with the flow before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992380 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:27:47 +0000 Smurfette 1992380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992342 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:56:17 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1992342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We followed a loose schedule with lo, mostly because I wasn't disciplined enough myself to stick to it. I am going to try harder to stick to it with baby 2. The waking doesn't bother me. I had to wake lo from his naps until we switched to one nap all 18 months. If I let him he would sleep all day and wake up at 4 am forever. No thanks. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992323 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:43:13 +0000 Grace 1992323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: I followed a routine rather than a schedule. I never waked her, she got fed when she woke and I put her back to sleep after a certain amount of wake time. Once she was 6 mo old, I had more of a schedule in that she napped at 10 and 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992319 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:39:32 +0000 pui 1992319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I let her determine her own schedule for feeding, naps, ect so far at 3.5 months. It's worked in to being pretty similar day to day anyway. She sleeps pretty well at night for a 3 month old baby, usually from about 10:30pm to 10am with 2 feedings in the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992224 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:42:29 +0000 LovelyPlum 1992224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: we don't really have a schedule except for one that my baby sorta put herself in. I might not be a great person to ask, though, because my child isn't big on sleep. I fed on demand, and we ended up co-sleeping to get a good night's sleep. They have a routine for her at daycare now, but even with that, she doesn't really sleep. She's happy, though, so we just go with it.</p> <p>I don't wake the baby if I don't have to. I wouldn't wake her up in the morning or from a nap unless we have somewhere to be. I am totally OK with her falling asleep in the carseat or stroller, though. I don't go home specifically so she can sleep, but I don't like to move her if she's already asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992208 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:36:23 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 1992208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really like the schedule because I hate watching the clock. I have a couple questions for those who didn't have a schedule.</p> <p>How were naps?<br /> How were night time sleeps?<br /> Did you have a consistent morning wake up and bed time?<br /> How long would you allow a nap to be? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992159 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:07:06 +0000 matador84 1992159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did with my first child, it was very rigid. I thought I had to have a schedule and it did nothing but make me stressed and inflexible. No schedule with child two and it has been a million times better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992153 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:02:18 +0000 pinkcupcake 1992153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I just went by her cues and demands. I stopped waking her up to eat once she was two weeks old and back to her birth weight </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992148 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:01:05 +0000 catomd00 1992148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I didn't. I just followed baby's lead. I would NEVER wake a sleeping baby (assuming they didn't have weight gain issues!) She's 10 months now and has been on a pretty consistent routine that developed naturally since 6 months. I can't imagine watching the clock so intently, but if it works for you go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992145 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:59:31 +0000 nana87 1992145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo is 8.5 months and I've always just followed her lead, watching for her tired and hungry signs. I haven't woken her since she was like 2 weeks old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992140 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:56:12 +0000 loveisstrange 1992140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More like a timeline? For us, it was more about noticing her natural patterns and then building a routine around that, adjusting when necessary. We stuck to a 45 minute wake period pretty rigorously until she was about 5ish months old. She had few sleepy cues and it kept her from getting overtired and helped her nap better. </p> <p>I absolutely never woke her to eat. She generally would wake up when she wanted and eat right then. The only time I woke her is if she napped too close to bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992138 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:54:38 +0000 Lindsay05 1992138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I too went strictly off of baby's lead. Seemed less stressful to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992133 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:53:09 +0000 Mamaof2 1992133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No schedule here and no way would I wake a sleeping baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992132 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:52:55 +0000 Mamasig 1992132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I just followed the baby's lead. My mom watches my babies and they have a routine but I wouldn't call it a schedule. I don't think I could be a SAHM - I'm not organized enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-put-your-infant-on-a-schedule#post-1992128 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:50:41 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 1992128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3 month old is on a 3 hour schedule of eat, play, sleep from 9am-9pm. I wake her to feed her every 3 hours if she is still sleeping. I feel so bad waking her. I'm still not sure whether waking her is a good thing, but if I don't have a schedule, I don't think I'd know what to do.</p> <p>It's your infant on a schedule? What's your schedule? </p>