Looking to Get My Almost 10 Week Old on a Schedule Any Tips

I am thinking back and basically what we did was follow our daughter's lead. The key is to pay close attention to the schedule he is already on, and if you like it, stick as close to it as you can so that's what he gets used to. If you'd rather his schedule be tweaked one way or the other, do it slowly and he will adjust to it. I'd also talk to your pediatrician for advice with this too because mine has been so great with all sorts of advice. They are really a wealth of information! Hope this helps!

A baby changes everything.. its time to change YOUR schedule around your baby's. Hes only 10 weeks old... life changes.. its time to get use to that. I dont mean to sound rude.. but its all about your baby, not about you. I put my baby down to bed at 9 PM and wake up EVERY morning (even weekends) to feed her at 6 AM and she is 6 months old. Its all about consistency, they will put themselves on their own schedule in due time.

Read the book "Babywise." It worked for us and our daughter was on a great schedule, and sleeping through the night from 10pm to 7am at 7 weeks old. She is still on a schedule at 9 months and has always slept through the night. An idea for a 10 week old is feedings starting at 7am, every three hours until 10pm. Eat, play, nap is a great routine so try not to let him sleep after eating. It takes about a week to get the schedule going so don't give up...wake him up if it's time to eat and put him down for naps even if he doesn't show sleepiness. Same time every day. He may cry the first few days but he'll catch on and then you'll have a schedule! My husband and I looked at it as this: she is a part of our family and she will blend in with how our family works--not the other way around where we blend in with what she wants. She is the happiest baby and rarely crys...she knows when it's time to eat and knows when it's time to nap so she's never crying or cranking because she's confused or both tired and hungry. Plus, I know exactly when she'll start getting tired so that I can plan our outings around her naps. The baby will give you some sort of lead but in general he'll be on a 3 hour schedule with 6 full feedings and 5 naps that last about an hour with the last feeding at 10pm and straight off to bed. Good luck!

Hello C. S.

What worked with me and my son was that is that he slept less during the day. So I started skipping naps so that he would be able to sleep all night. My son is 1 yr old and he goes to sleep around 8-10pm depending on what schedule I am on. I used to feed him every four hours but now I dont feed him past 8:30 and he wakes up everyday regardless of what time he went to sleep between 7am and 7:30. I suggest just having set feeding times, and if you are going to skip naps just make sure he has something to keep him entertained. My son loves pots and pans, hes not into tv as much, if hes starting to walk in a walker or a push walker that tires them out. Also try to have to routine during bed time whether its a bath or reading a book. My son knows its nite nite time when I turn off the lights and give him his blankly. Let me know if you need any other ideas.

Good Luck

Millie
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Single Mom

Hi C.,
I have 2 children and too had the same problem (with my 1st). What you need to do is get up and wake him up. Get him up around 7:00-7:30am at the latest. And keep him awake as much as possible. I know when they are that little they need to sleep quite a bit but not more than 1 1/2 to 2 hours at a time and maybe only 3-4 times a day (roughly). And put him to bed earlier than midnight. If you do this for a couple of days you will realize that he will go to bed earlier. You have to be consistent though and wake him from his naps and play with him to keep him awake or anything to stimulate him.

Hope this helps,
~M.

The best thing I did was get him used to taking a bath right before bed. Now, no matter when I get him ready for bed, he knows the bath is the signal to get sleepy and go night-night. I can put him to bed at 9pm or 11pm...as long as I give him a bath he's asleep about 15 minutes later. Hope it helps!! (mine's 12 weeks old)

Hi! My husband and me use the method of FERBER, and it worked pretty good. You need to do the same routine every night, same time, same everything. Also babies need their naps because when they are more tired sometimes is not easy for them to go to sleep.