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Wen my first was little I planned EVERYTHING around nap. A baby who naps well is a more pleasant baby to be around! I felt pretty pathetic for awhile but in the long run it was totally worth it!

Now that my second is here, I worry about trying to keep both schedules. Ultimately, I have a feeling it will be nearly impossible!

Naps and feeding trumps all. Don't mess with it, and don't feel too bad about it. If baby ain't happy, mama ain't happy. If baby doesn't sleep, mama doesn't sleep. And if mama is cranky and tired, well, no one is going to be happy.

lo is 6 months and i still try to go with the flow. when she was a newborn she was easy to take out because she would sleep anywhere. Nowadays if i have to make an appointment the i try to do it around her naptimes, otherwise if i need to go out then i generally do since she usually falls asleep in the car.

I didn't follow any schedule because she slept everywhere! I hope Baby 2 is the same way.

At that age, we followed 3 hr eat play sleep cycles so we webt around that. Ds is 4 mths. Ww do whatever during the sat on wknds but nigtime we try to be home latest by 8. His bedtine is norm 730

We didn't really plan life around naps until she dropped to 2. I didn't want to spend all of my time stuck at home. And, truly, schedules are more for you. Babies do well on them, but babies are also adaptable. I nursed her everywhere, so I wasn't ever concerned about that.

I plan around feeding, but lo falls asleep whenever we are moving...so in car or in stroller. It makes it much easier!

But he doesn't eat as well when out and eating is so important for us, so that is stressful.

Oh gosh, looking back on it I would just go about my normal day and not worry about "routine" because 8 week olds an still sleep places and you can tote them around in carseat easier etc. my 1 year old will not sleep anywhere but home and won't transfer out of carseat. Go while you can!!

We also went out a lot at 8 weeks because he would sleep well in the car seat, stroller, etc. Around 3 months, I started to make sure that he took at least two naps in his crib each day and then another nap could have been in the car or while we were out. Now at 9 months, our whole schedule is based around his two naps and they need to be in his crib or else he's a crankypants at night. We try to get out of the house inbetween naps for an hour or go out after his afternoon nap.