Share your four month old routine

[Nemmy]

Hi, I'm hoping others with four-month-old babies could share their daily routine with me?

My DD2 is almost 20 weeks and is FF but her routine changes daily based on what time she feeds during the night and what time her first feed of the day is.

Just wondering how others work their days or if they just go with the flow.

Thanks

[pinkfluffymarshmellows]

personally i would set her routine , baby's dont make routine we make it for them
at that age i started the day the same everyday if they are not awake by 7 i wake them bottle at 7 back to bed at 9.00 sleep till 10.00-10.30 then wake bottle around 11.00 play till about 12.30 then a bath bottle at 1.00 digest that for half hour then bed 1.30-3.30 wake , play till 6 walk in the park then bottle at 6.30 digest then bed at 7 we were lucky enough they sleept though from 8 weeks from 7-7 but every now and then they would wake around 11 for a feed but not often

[Bellini]

personally i would set her routine , baby's dont make routine we make it for them

I disagree. Babies often fall into their own routine, and it's usually the best one for them

OP - I don't have a set routine for DS (just turned 4 months). He feeds when he is hungry, not when I decide he's hungry. And he falls asleep when he's tired. I usually give him a bath every second day at about 6ish/7ish, and he will generally fall asleep after this. He sleeps till about midnight when he wakes for more food, and then will go down again until 7am. So yeah I just go with the flow

[cass87]

I agree, babes need routines and life is a lot less stressful when a routine is in place.

Our routine is:

7am - Wake up , bottle time. Even if he woke at 5 and had a bottle , still wake him at 7am.

8am- Back to bed

10am- Awake from sleep, play for 1/2 hour then bottle time, than more play

11:30am - Bed time

2pm- Awake from sleep . Usually needs bottle straight away. Play time

4pm- Bed time. This is usually only a nap 45mins to 1hr.

5pm - Wake up. Play time.

5:30pm - Bath time, massage.

6:00pm - Bottle and bed

10-10:30pm Dream feed.

Archie sometimes wakes at 5am for a bottle but goes straight back bed til 7am. If he wakes between 6-6:30am we start the day then and we will just catch up to the routine at some point through out the day.

This routine is from Babybliss by Jo Ryan. Ilove her routines because they are flexible and easy to follow.

[Angiepop]

Routines are great. Now that I am back at work it is hard for me to set a routine for my DS during the daytime, but i always make sure I keep him to one at night and 7am is our wakeup time. Our routine is like this:

7am - wake up.

Then throughout the day he feeds 3hrly and has two naps of about 1-2hrs.

6:30pm - bottle.

7pm - bath.

7:15-7:30pm - placed in cot, turn mobile on and it's bedtime. He sleeps straight through to 7am

[Nemmy]

So, for those who have replied, that they have a routine:
*Do you wake your baby in the morning for their first feed in order to start the day at the same time, regardless of what time they last fed?
*Do you wake your baby from daytime naps in order to stick to your routine?
*What do you do if your baby's nap is shorter than usual?

[Guest]

I don't have a set routine, he makes his own, I can't force feed him and can't make him sleep, he maybe just stubborn lol?? But he's pretty good and he'll eat and play the same amounts each day, just the times change and naps change.
The only routine I keep is his bath time at night, bottle, play and sleep by 9-10pm, then he sleeps till the morning but during the day anything goes.

[pinkfluffymarshmellows]

I disagree. Babies often fall into their own routine, and it's usually the best one for them

OP - I don't have a set routine for DS (just turned 4 months). He feeds when he is hungry, not when I decide he's hungry. And he falls asleep when he's tired. I usually give him a bath every second day at about 6ish/7ish, and he will generally fall asleep after this. He sleeps till about midnight when he wakes for more food, and then will go down again until 7am. So yeah I just go with the flow

i know i am doing it now , but just to ask a point , why do ppl feel the need to quote what other people have said and disagree the OP asked a question and i replied from my opinion if mine is different that is fine you dont have to agree ,makes me so mad ppl cant come and reply in here and have there opinion heard without the fear someone is going to come along and put them down :-(
if you do differently fine just come and say it in your own post why pick on mine , also i would like to add i am not pointing this at you only, just a general statement for anyone who does it

So, for those who have replied, that they have a routine:
*Do you wake your baby in the morning for their first feed in order to start the day at the same time, regardless of what time they last fed?
*Do you wake your baby from daytime naps in order to stick to your routine?
*What do you do if your baby's nap is shorter than usual?

we always wake at the same time every day , even if it means they need to be woken ( there is some exceptions if they are sick or had a late night for some other reason but 99 times out of 100 they wake at 7) then the rest of the day just falls into place we allow about 15 min either side of sleep meal times ect to allow for things but generally they stick to it themselves without needing to be woken , if you stick to a routine you will most likely find the same thing

[melandboys]

my little man isnt quite 4 months (3 days away!). He wakes at 5:30, has a feed (he's fully breastfed), back in bed at 7:00, wakes at 8:30, has a feed, back in bed at 10:00, awake at 11:30, and this pattern continues. He has a bath at 5:00, and is in bed at 6:00.

[Bellini]

i know i am doing it now , but just to ask a point , why do ppl feel the need to quote what other people have said and disagree the OP asked a question and i replied from my opinion if mine is different that is fine you dont have to agree ,makes me so mad ppl cant come and reply in here and have there opinion heard without the fear someone is going to come along and put them down :-(
if you do differently fine just come and say it in your own post why pick on mine , also i would like to add i am not pointing this at you only, just a general statement for anyone who does it

I think you will come across this a lot on public forums it's an open arena to discuss different topics, and people will state whether they agree or disagree with another poster. It's ok for people to not agree with you, it doesn't mean they are putting you down...


ETA: I think you will find that this will occur more often if you make generalised statements