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At that age, I did whatever worked!!! I would let LO sleep on me after nursing, in the stroller on a walk, in the moby, in the swing, in the carseat...whatever it took to get him to sleep, I would do. He was only able to be awake for 45 min to 1 hour (including time spent nursing and doing a diaper change). I think it's hard to get into a routine at that age because they're still so new--it's kind of just cycles of sleep eat sleep repeat, often with fussing/crying thrown in there!

@maybebaby: YES to swaddle, white noise, and dark room if your LO is having trouble falling asleep...I would make the swaddle as tight as you can. Have you seen Happiest Baby on the Block? I found it helpful!

Swaddled and would start to get her to sleep after an hour of awake time. Hour and half at the most. There was no routine but all naps were in my arms.

LO was a terrible napper as a newborn. I felt like a failure because all of the newborns around me were still sleeping all the time and anywhere. LO mainly napped on me or in the car at that age. We did a lot of babywearing. Do whatever works! Routines and schedules are not only hard to establish at this age, they're also pretty unnecessary.

I would say we really didn't have a schedule until 3 months. In that newborn stage she slept when and where she slept. Naps were really sporadic with some really long and short. We were nursing on demand but she never seemed to want to go longer then 2 hours between feedings day or night. We did use swaddles, dark room and white noise whenever we were able to. Other times we just let her sleep wherever (carseat, bouncy chair, swing, our arms). Once three months hit we started to try to get into more of a nap and nighttime sleep routine.