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My LO is almost 3 weeks old and she follows a schedule more or less. I feed her every 3 hours during the day. In between feedings she naps and has some activity time (she's just starting to have more awake time). Her supper feed is at 6 pm, then she has active time and a nap. At 8:30 she has a bath/hair washing, diaper change and pajamas and then story time. At 9 pm she feeds again and I put her down for the night. During the night she feeds at 1 am and then she's good until 5 or 6 am. We used the Moms on Call schedule and so far she's doing well with it.

So far no, but my LO hardly ever cries. The only time she cries is during diaper changes. At night she will fuss, and I wait to see if it stops before I check on her. She's only about 3 weeks old right now though, so we'll have to see if that changes as she gets older.

I say this as a control freak- a schedule for a 4 week old sounds absolutely insane to me. I'm sorry- they are babies, not robots to be programmed. My son is 8 months old and we're consistent with bedtime and feeding schedules but that's about it.

@LemonLong: It's great that your LO has really settled into her schedule! On the other thread, most seemed to think that CIO at all for a baby that young - even for 5 minutes - is not a good idea...

@daniellemybelle: I think that schedule implies a consistent length of naps (which I never experienced). So I would guess to stick to the schedule you are supposed to wake them up if the nap goes longer than the time blocked out for it. Same thing for the "catnaps". I don't think you should wake up babies that young. They need sleep when they need sleep- not when it's convenient for us. And what do you do if they wake up sooner? Then you force them to stay up until the next designated naptime? To me trying to adhere to that timing sounds more stressful than just letting the baby do its thing.

But I also would never in a million years done CIO that young so clearly this philosophy is not for me :).

Elliot is basically on a schedule thats similar. He feeds between 6 and 7, naps again until about 10, feeds, plays until about 12, takes a catnap, feeds at around 1:30, naps from 2 to 4:30 or 5, feeds again, takes a short nap (about 30-45 minutes), plays until 7:30, feeds, gets put into his swaddle and goes down in his crib. He usually wakes up to eat at around 1am and then sleeps until his morning feed. And repeat.
However, we're not strict with it (we adapt to him) and we don't CIO. If he fusses or cries in his crib we go in, put in his pacifier and rock him (if necessary) back to sleep.

@krsmall: we did a similar schedule as you from the first few weeks. of course it varies + or - a few minutes from day to day but having guidelines helped me stay sane and it seemed that he liked having a rhythm to the day, too. he's always been a good eater/sleeper.
when we went out with him we kept the same schedule, just stopped to feed him wherever we were and put him to sleep in the carseat for naps.

Reading that just baffles me - my daughter would never have politely taken to being told when to nurse. Not at 4 weeks, and not now. I also don't get to choose her naptimes. Do some babies really permit that?