Newborn routine,

Ok I know we will develop our routine but generally what is a normal 24 hours like? How long does bubs sleep, how many bottles a day that kind of think?

Sorry for the crazy question its just dawned on me that this time next week I will be induced so Im trying to prepare my self for motherhood.

good luck with that lol!!!! jordis was a prem baby, 4lbs 3oz, and in the neonatal they had her on a 3 hourly feeding routine which worked well to begin with. once we got her home we kept to the 3 hourly routine and let her sleep as long as she wanted at night - which unfortunately was 4 hours at most    even though she was breastfed it helped to have that day routine. will your girls go to neonates to begin with do you know? they are very regimented about the schedule, and it helps to follow it along until the babies start to "wakeup" a bit more, which is anywhere from 3 weeks on. then you are flying by the seat of your pants, but it all gets better around 3 months!

My friend has just had twins and she is going to try and follow the routines in the contented little baby book. At the moment i think that the hospital basically sets the routine for her for the days: Feed #1 (1hr)change and settle, feed #2 change and settle (1hr), express (1hr), repeat. Not sure about overnight though.

I am following the routines in the save our sleep book and find this helpful at least as a guideline.

Hope this helps, and good luck with the preperation for motherhood.

Laura

For the first month or so Ella was on a 3-4 hour cycle. Would wake up, have a feed (for around 30-45 min), nappy change, play for a short while (15-30 mins) then down to bed for a 3 hour sleep. Gradually as she got older the feeding time decreased, playtime increased and after 2 1/2 months the sleep time decreased.
Would normally have 3 x 3 hr sleep during the day and then wake a couple of times during the night (normally after 4 hrs for the first sleep and then again 3 hourly).
For the first couple of weeks Ella had her day mixed up with her nightime and keep trying to sleep for 4 hours during the day, so I had to wake her after 3 hours to have a feed. Didn't take her very long through to get back to the correct time.

Early on we got into a nighttime routine of giving her a bath before bedtime (and then an extra feed)- found it did help a lot and she really enjoyed it.

GOOD LUCK with the new babies- I am sure you will do fine

I read all the books about routines and wondered if I could do it let alone bubs. I kinda played it by air but made sure he never went longer than 3hours for feeds during the day and that he had sleeps as soon as I noticed tired signs (dont always get this). He has found his own routine which is actually very much like the "strict" ones in the book...but with less stress for mummy! Last thing I wanted was to feel a failure because I couldnt follow a routine.

that said I think my boy NEEDS a kind of routine and whenever I let things slide a bit we are very unsettled!

Briahna is bottle fed so i feed her every 3-4 hours but sometimes she will drink half her bottle then go to sleep so it kinda screws it all up lol.
Basically its feed, nappy change, sleep. And repeat every 3 - 4hours ish.

::Shrugs::

Im not much help. Good luck for next week though.

[EDIT]
Although now shes older she has times where she will be awake a bit longer so we will hang out and have some tummy time or whatever.

Edited by MellnBriahna

When I started reading this I was thinking just let bubs set the routine - I demand fed Ollie and it eventually everything fell into a routine - however then I read Emma's post and realised you are having twins which are a different kettle of fish!



Edited by mummy_dee