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My baby is 2 1/2 mos old now, and I am looking forward to a little regularity in his schedule! As it is now, I just follow his sleep/hunger cues. They are still so random, and it would be nice to get on a schedule. When wil I start seeing some regularity, and how can I promote it? Any ideas?
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| Posted by Jade on 02/21/2007 03:12 PM
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| I have a 4 month old son and also needed some regularity to my days at about 2 1/2 months. I asked some friends who were also moms how I would go about doing this and they both recommended the book "On Becoming Babywise". I read the book and followed the suggested schedule and we are still on it to this day. I use it as more of a routine instead of a "schedule" and I do find that my son is much happier on a schedule and so am I. I didn't take everything the book had to say as it is somewhat rigid but we do follow the wake/feed/play routine. Hope this helps. |
| posted by Christy on 02/21/2007 08:53 PM
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| I also followed the Babywise schedule starting around 2 months with my daughter. I didn't take the book word for word because some things on there didn't quite fit with my parenting philosophies. However, I am SO glad that I got her on an eat/play/sleep routine. Now she never associates eating with falling asleep so we don't have trouble with her needing to nurse in the middle of the night to get to sleep (however, we have our own sleep issues!). Plus I know when she's crying 3 1/2 hours after the last routine ended that she is probably hungry instead of playing a guessing game about what is wrong with her. It makes my days more predictable and it works better for her too because babies need routines. Good luck! |
| posted by Briana on 02/22/2007 04:33 PM
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I had Kaylee on a schedule by two months but I wasn't strict about it. She didn't have regular naps or anything like that and she basically ate every 3 hours but it wasn't the same time each day.
It wasn't until recently when she was diagnosed with her disorder that I had to go onto a strict schedule with her. It's hard because she's only 8 months old (5 months at the time of diagnosis) but soon she realized that if we deviated from the schedule she didn't feel right. So now she complies with eating every four hours (except at night she sleeps through the night) and getting her medicine three times a day without complaint.
But all I did really was keep things consistant. I didn't change things up. She ate whether she liked it or not and after a while she accepted it as what meant to be. |
| posted by Pamala on 02/23/2007 12:31 AM
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