https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:00:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/putting-baby-on-a-schedule#post-1948129 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:45:41 +0000 raintreebee 1948129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really wish I could go back in time and not stress about putting baby on a schedule too early. I just think babies don't generally get on a good daytime sleep schedule until at least 6 months old. But I did try to transport LO when he just woke up for a nap so that he wouldn't take crappy catnaps in the car or stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/putting-baby-on-a-schedule#post-1948126 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:42:55 +0000 Mae 1948126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dd is 6 mo and we are juuuuuuust now starting to have a schedule. As for going out, we never leave the house for more than 1-2 hrs at a time. Like, ever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/putting-baby-on-a-schedule#post-1948113 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:27:37 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 1948113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok. Maybe I can't put her on a schedule and should just try to work on sticking to the routine. Why is this so hard?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/putting-baby-on-a-schedule#post-1947974 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:43:10 +0000 kes18 1947974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your baby? My baby put herself on a reliable eating schedule around 2 mo, so I at least knew when she would want to eat. But she was a terrible catnapper during her 4 mo sleep regression (3.5 mo-5.5 mo for us). Right around the time her sleep improved at 5.5 mo she consolidated her catnaps and now takes 2 reliable naps a day at 6mo+.<br /> Sooo...I didn't really put her on one I guess. I just waited for her to put herself on one and I learned her patterns. It also helps that I know she should take a nap 2-2.5 hours after she's been awake (except in the evening- where I hold out for bedtime).<br /> If I leave the house, I will bring my carrier with me. If baby doesn't fall asleep in her stroller I can put her in the carrier (I use an ergo) and she usually takes some sort of nap in there.<br /> Otherwise, I don't worry about messing her schedule up. As long as you don't do it every day, an occasional missed nap or shorter nap won't hurt anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/putting-baby-on-a-schedule#post-1947955 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:36:07 +0000 Adira 1947955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EASY is supposed to be a routine, not a schedule. We did EASY and it worked great for us. Going out (not that I did it much because I'm a wuss about nursing while out) wasn't an issue. Usually he'd nap, wake up and I'd nurse him, and then I took him out and about. If he fell asleep while out, then he was just in the "S" portion of EASY and I'd feed him again when he woke up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/putting-baby-on-a-schedule#post-1947926 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:22:12 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 1947926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been trying to put LO on some kind of loose schedule but it doesn't seem to be working. So now I'm going to try to put her on a tighter EASY schedule. </p> <p>For those of you that have your baby on a schedule, how do you manage to go out? What do you do when you need to be out of the house with baby for more than a couple hours? Doesn't the baby just end up sleeping in the car/stroller throwing off the schedule? </p>