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We most definitely did not have a schedule when he was that young! We didn't get a solid schedule until around 5ish months.

I think what you have going now sounds perfect and way more routine than what I had.

Haha. That's funny. We were nowhere near a schedule at that point (and still don't have one, at 7 months!). If a schedule works for you and baby, then by all means you can try something like the EASY method, but really, don't stress too much about it at 3 months!

DD is 12 weeks and we don't really have a schedule. She eats every 2-3 hours (ebf) and we follow her sleepy cues for naps. She is generally up for 1.5-2.5 hours at a time. We try not to let her nap past 6 pm since we start her bedtime routine at 8-8:30.

Her morning nap is generally longest (2-3 hours) and the others are 45 minutes to an hour.

Uh oh..... My first had a routine but my second does not. Just depends on what activities are planned.

Nurse after waking up. Then usually library or music class. I'll nurse again there and if she's cranky I get her to nap, if not she stays awake. If she didn't nap she'll nap through lunch, and then during #1s nap time. I nurse every 2-3 hours. She still wakes up every 2 1/2 hours at night.

At 3 months the only schedule we had was a solid bedtime routine that started around the same time each night. The rest of the day she went about an hour-hour and a half between naps, but the timing was always different depending on when she woke up for the day and how long each nap was. I nursed on demand every 2-2 1/2 hours.

@Smurfette: my thoughts exactly.

Do what works for you and LO. Some babies are more scheduled by that point and some are not. I will say that at that point 3 naps is probably more normal for most babies but otherwise -- go with your gut. I hate that the health visitor said that haha.

My little girl is 16 weeks today and she has to set schedule. She is EBF as well. Bed is usually 11pm. She sleeps until 4:30 when wakes up to eat. Then back to sleep until 8:30am. She eats again and most times will go back to sleep until 10:30. She up till anytime from noon to 2pm and then has her first nap. Second nap is always different in the evening, sometimes 6pm sometimes 7pm. Then Bed at 11pm.

LO#2 is 4 months now, and LO#1 is 20 months....

LO#2's schedule is loosely:

8am: wake up and feed
10am: nap
11am: wake up and feed
1pm: nap
2:30 pm: wake up and feed
4:30pm: nap
6:00pm: wake up and feed
8:00pm: another feed then bedtime
4:30am: night feed
8am: morning again!

since this is LO#2, it's a bit flexible depending on if we are out and about during the day and stuff like that, but generally it is more or less like that!

At 3 months the only thing that DS had started doing regularly was knowing the difference between night and day. He was up a lot more during the day and sleeping at night. But naps and feedings were still totally sporadic, no matter how hard we tried to establish a routine.

LO is 14 weeks old, and we follow EASY. He stays awake for 90 minutes at a time during the day and takes about 4 naps a day (usually between 30 - 60 minutes). He goes to bed around 7pm and has around three middle of the night feedings. He is up for the morning around 8 - 9.

@bunnymommy: I try to get her to take a good nap (1-2 hours) around 3:30 or 4:30. When my DH gets home from work we take turns playing with her and walking around with her while we make dinner. We generally just keep her occupied. Sometimes she will fall asleep for 20 minutes or so while we are eating dinner but that doesn't seem to affect her bedtime.