BabyWise 0-3 Months

0-3 Months

I used a three hour schedule.  Those first two weeks of life don't stress about being on a strict schedule because your baby sleeps so much anyway and if your nursing your establishing milk. I chose to wake my baby every 3-4 hours.  I let him sleep longer at night and would therefore usually wake him up at around 3:00 AM to feed him to keep my milk production up.  Once we got through our two week appointment our pediatrician gave me the clear that he was gaining weight just fine and I didn't need to wake him at night. This was nice, he usually slept till around 4:00 AM and then would wake up hungry until he was about 6 weeks. He then started to sleep till 5:00-6:00 AM till he was about 8 weeks. During his 9th week of life he transitioned to waking up between 6:00-7:00 AM. By 10 weeks he was sleeping till 7:00 AM consistently.  The trick to this though (which I learned the hard way) is letting him "fuss" for at least 15 minutes before I went and fed him. Often times he would fall back asleep, which slowly prolonged the time he slept at night

Schedule:
0-3 Months
(6 feedings)
7:00 AM- Wake, Feed, Play
8:30 AM- Nap
10:00 AM: Wake, Feed, Play
11:30- Nap
1:00 PM- Wake, Feed Play
2:30 PM- Nap
4:00 PM- Wake, Feed, Play
5:30 PM- Nap
7:00 PM-Wake, Feed, Play
**KEEP AWAKE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE
10:00 PM- Feed, Down for the night

(Feed during night until he reached 10 weeks, but every kid is different)

**Sometimes your little one may need to take a little cat nap, which is fine, I would just always wake him up about 20 minutes before the bedtime feeding, either to take a bath or to just get him ready for bed. You can do it however you like.