didy ou put your child on a schedule, or do you follow your child's lead?

i am going back and forth between trying to schedule her and then following her lead...

did you make a schedule and then your child adjusted to it or did you adjust to your child's schedule?

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always do a bottle schdule but at around 5 months I follow my Dc's nap time need. That's how their nap time is established. It's all by observing them.

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I kind of followed their lead. I would write down their daily schedule of feedings and naps and at a certain point, around 3 mos, I would see a pattern forming. I would tailor it from there if I needed to.

I will say however, that I was/am a stickler for a consitent naptime. If that meant staying home so that they could sleep in their own crib, it was a temporary sacrifice that I was happy to make. I think that REALLY helped our schedules.

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With my oldest I let her lead because of breastfeeding. Now with this time Im trying to do a schedule b/c she was put on formula much sooner than I expected to be and with a toddler, i need to. Otherwise I like them to schedule themselves it seems to work out.

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I followed my children's schedule in terms of when to feed them and I always put them to bed on their schedule (early) and did not force them to work within mine.

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Re: didy ou put your child on a schedule, or do you follow your child's lead?

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I followed DS's schedule and he slept thru the night. I noticed that when he started waking up earlier, it was time to increase his formula/food and then he'd sleep thru the night.

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I followed their leads & then later when they're older went with the daycare schedule.

If daycare regular had naps at 10am & 2pm, I tried my best to stay the same on the weekend. I didn't want my child to go through the adjustment on Mondays & give them a hard time because I couldn't get it together.

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I followed his lead

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i did not follow her lead. i moved her feeds/ naps around until it worked for the household. She sleeps through the night for a long time already as well.

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I followed his lead. The first couple of months, I BF'd on demand, and he fed every 2 hours, pretty much around the clock.

Now @ 3 months, I noticed he is developing his own schedule. While it's not concrete, he feeds about every 3 hours, and goes to bed around 930-10pm. He wakes to feed at 330 & 630am, up for the day by 8. His naps are generally around the same time every day.

The one thing I will try to do soon is get rid of the 630am feeding, by gradually decreasing the ounces I give him. I read this in my baby books...by 4 months, from a nutritional standpoint, they don't need to feed overnight..it might just be habit. And at the 630 feeding, DS only takes 1.5-2 oz. of expressed BM..so I'm hoping to wean him off that feeding.

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Re: didy ou put your child on a schedule, or do you follow your child's lead?

i am just trying to pay attention to her cues, but aside from daytime naps-- she is pretty consistent at night.

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I definitely paid attention to DD's cues. I kept at them and stayed consistent from day 1 and I can't tell you happy I am that I did that!

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I think it was a little bit of both! She led with the feeding and I led with the sleeping.

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