Baby schedule

[brenna]

I saw this on the July/August board awhile ago and thought it might be interesting to talk baby schedules.

Age?

How often eating?

How long awake before next sleep?

How many naps per day?

Length of nap?

Bedtime?

Wake ups per night?

Wake up time in AM?

[brenna]

Age? Almost 4.5 months/19 weeks

How often eating? 2.5-4 hours during the day. It depends on how long of a nap she took.

How long awake before next sleep? Her stretches are definitely getting longer! Usually an hour fifteen minutes-90 minutes for the first few stretches, closer to two hours in the afternoon and evening.

How many naps per day? Most of the time 3 naps, 2 longer ones and then a shorter one in the late afternoon.

Length of nap? Anywhere from 45 minutes-2+ hours. She's getting much better at going back to sleep after waking up after her first sleep cycle.

Bedtime? Usually around 6:30-7

Wake ups per night? Ha last week she was sleeping 10-12 hours straight but the last few nights it's been 3-4 wake ups. My boobs are so confused!

Wake up time in AM?
Usually between 7-8, sometimes later.

[mirabelle]

Age? 4.5 months

How often eating? Anywhere from every 2 to 4 hours, more frequent as bedtime approaches

How long awake before next sleep? 2-4 hours of awake time, sometimes longer 😬

How many naps per day? 2 or 3, he cat naps a lot in the mornings

Length of nap? Lots of 10-40 minute catnaps, one-two longer naps; one AM one early afternoon that go about 90 minutes a piece

Bedtime?
9:30ish

Wake ups per night?
None right now

Wake up time in AM?
6ish

Eta to add photo, sorry if it’s huge. Pdq will poof later.

[tbirdlove]

Age? 16 weeks tomorrow

How often eating? Every couple hours or so. I honestly don't really pay attention to the timing! I just offer her a boob a lot throughout the day.

How long awake before next sleep? 1.5-2 hours. Starting to lean more towards two hours of awake time lately.

How many naps per day? 3 - midmorning nap and midday nap are becoming more predictable. Then she usually has some sort of cat nap in the evening.

Length of nap? 30 mins - 2 hours.

Bedtime? For a while it seemed like she was ready for bedtime at 7:30, but lately it's been closer to 8:00.

Wake ups per night? It's been in the 2-4 wakeups per night range lately. When she's in her crib.

Wake up time in AM? 8:00-9:00 am

[pixiepink24]

Schedule?!?

But I also have the youngest here so I don't know if that's correlated.

[tbirdlove]

You're good pixiepink24! I think at that age you should just be starting to see some regularity in the first nap of the day only 😊

[brenna]

Haha pixiepink24 when I made this thread I was thinking that you would probably respond like that. 2 months ago I would have done the same 😂

[Nymeria]

Age? 4 months tomorrow

How often eating? I think average is 2-4 hours depending on naps.

How long awake before next sleep? Also 2-4 hours. 

How many naps per day? There's really no pattern here still. Starting to get a long mid-day nap most days in his swing, but he's still a cat-napper like big brother was for a long time.

Length of nap? Average 40 minutes to 2 - 2 1/2 hours.

Bedtime? Maybe 8:30ish? Some nights he goes down then and I get a long stretch, other nights he treats it like a nap and is up 2 hours later. I don't mind the second situation when I then get a long stretch the next time. It only sucks when I have literally laid down to go to sleep and he wakes up.

Wake ups per night? Usually 1. 2 is not uncommon.

Wake up time in AM? Somewhere in the 6-7am range.

[Nymeria]

Thinking of moving him to his crib over the weekend now that he'll be 4 months. I've still been sleeping on the couch with him in the pack 'n play - the dog likes to sleep on the couch with me and I imagine he makes a decent amount of noise at night so moving DS2 to his crib might help him sleep longer stretches.

I also need to break the habit of continuing to hold him after he falls asleep at night. I love the cuddles but if I let him sleep an hour in my arms, transferring never goes well. Just having a hard time giving up the snuggles.

[brenna]

I think we are for sure starting the 4 month sleep regression. DD is still sleeping good during the day but nights are getting rough. She was up 4 or 5 times last night. The last few nights have made me so tired.