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Starting a routine for your baby

Don't worry about establishing a feeding routine at first - leave it until at least eight weeks, especially if you are breastfeeding. Babies often fall into their own routines for feeding, so wait and see what happens. The most important thing early on is that baby feeds when she feels hungry.

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I put in a strict bedtime routine from day one when i had my son (now 6) 6.30 pm bath, dressed in sleeping bag, bottle, story+ a song lights out, he slept though the night since he was 5 weeks old But he was also bottle fed from 5 weeks these two milestones coinsided. my Daughter ( now 4) had a much less strict routine but still mainly the same kinda thing she was breastfed and slept through from 7 weeks, with my 3rd child we took a much different route he still has no real Routine, at 9 mths old i follow his lead and listen to him, untill he was 6mths old he used to stay up with me and have mummy baby time, which i loved, now hes a tad older he goes to bed about 7, He wakes once a night between 5-6 and has a breastfeed and mummy cuddles, i much prefer being an attatched parent!

Posted: 01/05/2012 at 22:12

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