5 month old routine
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Topic: 5 month old routine
Posted By: Bexee
Subject: 5 month old routine
Date Posted: 03 January 2010 at 12:36pm
| So DS is 5 months next week and I want to get him into a routine... but we've never had one and I have no idea what to do. Prior to getting sick/going on holiday over the past two weeks he'd been having one good 2 - 2.5 hour nap and usually one last 1.5 hours. Everything has gone out of the window since being away when he slept in a pram etc... How long should he be up at this age? And how many day time naps? how long? He's FF and we're about to start solids. |
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Posted By: Katep
Date Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:00pm
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Hey Bec- Leah and I are still working on a routine, but this is what she is doing at the moment. She sleeps from 7-7. Generally she has an hour nap in the morning 10am-ish in her buggy and then another one in the afternoon at about 1 or 2pm. This one can last anywhere between 1-3 hours.
She is breast fed first thing and then she will have a bottle about every 3 hours (sometimes she might need it after 2.5hours. I offer her solids after her morning BF and then again ealy afternoon (generaly before her avo sleep). I offer her a 250 bottle but often she wont finish it- We have only been bottle feedng for 2-3 days so this is all very new to us! I have found it really easy to put her into a (semi) routine, she must have been ready. Oh, and remember it was only a couple of weeks ago she was BF every hour and would not sleep at all during the day..  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Mum to the Gorgeous Leah! 7 months |
Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:05pm
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My DD2 (5mos) has roughly three naps a day, sometimes four, and they always tnd to vary in length a little but that's never worried me too much.
She is up on average for two hours at a time, give or take 20mins, and will sleep for anywhere from 40mins to 3hrs. What is it that is motivating you to change things? Is it just struggling to settle back in after the holiday? And is he sleeping OK at night? We were away in your neck of the woods for 8 days and things were always up in the air because of her sleeps but that said, if we wanted to go out we did and DD2 just slept in the sling. Things are still a bit out of sorts now we're home but I was expecting it, and imagine it could last a few more days. We've just started solids but that hasn't really affected things yet, and we're taking more of a baby led approach to this too. In short (sorry for the novel!) we're planning to just roll with it, as the way things are now is working really well for us - and I don't want to screw that up LOL ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 03 January 2010 at 2:11pm
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I just let Caden slip into his own routine at that age, and that worked well, that way I wasnt putting him to bed when he wasnt tired. So generally, he woulkd last about 2 hours up then start getting grouchy so I would pop him into bed awake and he would settle hismelf off to sleep.
He usually had a bottle every 3 hours, but each day was different. The only thing we did as a "strict" routine was his bedtime one, bottle, bath, play, then another small bottle at bedtime. Im doing the same with Isabella, just following her cue's, she is breastfed on demand. ------------- |
Posted By: wellygirl
Date Posted: 03 January 2010 at 5:35pm
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The routine we had (from Save Our Sleep) went:
7am - up and feed 9am(ish) - nap 11am - feed 1pm(ish) - nap 3pm - feed 4-4.30 - nap (usually in stroller) 6 - bath and feed 7 - sleep When solids were introduced, we gave them at midday, then later added 8am and also 5pm. DD is still on this routine and it works well for us - most of the time! |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 03 January 2010 at 8:37pm
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A month ago Morgan routine was roughly (very rough - as her naps were all over the show still!):
6.30am one boob 7.30am the other boob 8.30 nap (usually about 1.5 hours - anywhere from 30min-2hr) 10/10.30am - BF 11am(ish) - lunch 12ish nap (30-60mins) 1.30 - BF 3pm (ish) - nap of about 30mins 3.30/4pm BF 5pm - dinner then play, bath, bottle and in bed about 7/7.30pm. Now that shes about a month older and has gone down to two naps and up to 3 solid meals and dropped a BF in the arvo its a little more "routine" (shes still a bit random but alot less than in the past!!) ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 03 January 2010 at 8:47pm
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Good timing! Ashley was feeding 3.5 hourly in the day and sleeping 11 hours at night from 10 weeks to 16 weeks. Then I started to top her up before her naps and it all went to custard. She has since been feeding 2 hourly in the day, 4 to 6 times before bed and waking twice a night. I am certain that for her (not for all babies) the top-ups before sleep are to blame as it has created an association that I struggle to maintain as it means Elle is left on her own far too much.
As of today I am feeding only when she gets up which equates to 3.5 to 4 hourly. It has gone REALLY well today so fingers crossed tomorrow is just as good. Once I get the nights sorted and hence the day starting at around the same time each day I will probably look towards the Save our Sleep routine outlined above as it will work in great with Kindy runs etc etc and will suit Ashleys emerging pattern. At present I can't get to that point as she often feeds at 1am and 5am and then wakes for the day at 6.30 but isn't hungry....this then throws things quite a lot. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: RoSee
Date Posted: 04 January 2010 at 11:57am
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At 5 months Ty's routine was:
Wake up 7:30 am - bottle Bed @ 8:30 am Wake up 9:30 am Play / bottle Bed @ 11:30am Wake up 1:30 pm Play / bottle Bed at 3:30 pm Wake up 4:30 pm Play / bath / bottle Bed @ 7:30 pm In summary he had a 1 hr nap in the morning, 2 hr nap at lunch and 1 hr nap in the arvo He is also FF and we started solids at about 5 and a half months.
Good luck hun!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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