https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:24:26 +0000 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:37:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=31732 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31732&PID=941792&title=3mth-routine#941792 Author: tiptoes
Subject: 31732
Posted: 18 February 2010 at 2:37pm

I'm glad to hear it's a phase as we're going through the same thing!!

Your initial routine sounds perfect jax, just what I'm after but not succeeding in at the moment either.

I don't have anything that worked for us to offer since we're in the cat napping stage too but what if you did a feed at 10pm or something like that as a top up and then she might sleep a wee bit longer.

OR what if you fed her for only a really short time at 5am so that when you wake her at 7am she's more likely to take a decent feed and you can start your routine then.   That's the suggestion from the Contented Little Baby book I think.]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:37:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31732&PID=941792&title=3mth-routine#941792 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31732&PID=941661&title=3mth-routine#941661 Author: kiwisj
Subject: 31732
Posted: 18 February 2010 at 12:54pm

I would get her up at 7am to start the day, even if she was awake at only 5am. We do this with Callum and have done since he was about 2-3mo. Particularly if she's been fairly routine in her sleeping up till now, she should get back into the rhythm of going back down for a nap an hour or so after her first wake up within a few days.

At 3m Callum was still having 3 naps a day (he had three naps till about 10 months old!) and was only up for 1.5hrs at a time ... except in the evening when I'd wake him by 5pm from his last sleep to get in enough feeding time by bed time just before 7pm

Just remember though - it's probably just a phase! It will pass. We have been through cat nap phases as well and it can be bl***** frustrating! But it won't last forever ]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:54:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31732&PID=941661&title=3mth-routine#941661 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31732&PID=941601&title=3mth-routine#941601 Author: Jaxnz1
Subject: 31732
Posted: 18 February 2010 at 11:54am

Ok, so basically our really good routine has gone to s^*&!!! I had DD going down at 7pm, waking at 6-7am, feed every 3 hours with three 1.5-2 hr sleeps a day and 1 nap in the afternoon. Nighttime routine was bottle at 6pm, bath at 6:30 and another bottle at 7 and then bed. We wouldn't hear from her until the morning...........bliss!!

Then it all changed. She all of a sudden one day started catnapping, going down at 6pm due to exhaustion and waking at 4:30am. Her daytime naps are all over the place and she's screaming by the end of the day because she's so tired. Don't get me wrong, I am soooo grateful for nightimes and her sleeping through, it's the daytime I'm trying to fix.

My questions is, if I'm wanting to get her back onto the 6-7am wake time, do I wake her if she's asleep and if she's only fed at 5am ish?? I doubt she would be hungry at 7 again and would probably get grumpy for getting her up and we would start the overtiredness at the beginning of the day!

Also, what sort of daytime sleeps do they need now, maybe she needs to start having less sleep during the day, in which case does anyone have a good routine they can share for a 3month old?
She gets very overtired very easily. She's also got reflux which probably isn't helping the situation......planning to go to the Dr's on Monday to get something for it.
The catnapping thing is wearing me out and I would like to get onto a good routine again as she's proved she is capable of doing it...... I just don't know where to start!

As you can tell I'm a routine girl, I like to plan my day and would also like more than 20-30mins to do things!

Am I being too picky or will she fall into a routine again eventually? Maybe I was just spoilt for too long there

TIA ]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:54:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31732&PID=941601&title=3mth-routine#941601