New parent tip from pediatrician

[katrina2017]

@rhianne Ours is change, eat, play, sleep.

We were told to change first so she is fully awake for her feeding. Not really an issue anymore at 7m but we've stuck to that routine

 

[danluc]

@katrina2017 This is what we do too. 5m and it works great. We always ended up putting him down cranky if we fed to sleep.

 

[heyimeric]

@katrina2017 Exactly us too. Every feed is preceded by diaper change. We were told the same as you, it wakes her up so she’s ready for food.

 

[grandma5657]

@rhianne Could someone explain why eating should happen before activity?

 

[rhianne]

@grandma5657 Happier baby - most success with play time!

 

[akb14]

@grandma5657 For my kid the order depends on the length of the nap. If she sleeps an hour plus, she wants to eat right away. If it’s a short nap she is usually happy to do 15-20m of play and then eat.

 

[doris23]

@grandma5657 I’ve always found that it happens intuitively. They usually wake up, need a change, then want to eat. Then they are happy and relaxed enough to play. Then they tire themselves out and are ready for a nap again.

 

[pjnlsn]

@grandma5657 Also can be a good routine for babies with lots of spit up. If they eat then lay down to sleep right away, the milk comes right back up.

 

[njw2137]

@grandma5657 I’ve read that baby is most alert then so they will be a more efficient eater (instead of falling asleep while eating and maybe not getting all they need).

 

[grandma5657]

@njw2137 That makes a lot of sense! Thanks

 

[benlind]

@grandma5657 I think it’s more about putting separation between eating and sleep to avoid eat-to-sleep association

 

[ajay003]

@rhianne Yup!

The first 2 months I was not concerned with our adult ideas of a "schedule". Babies don't have that idea and won't conform to it for a very long time lol.

Go with the flow, more so, go with babies flow!

 

[avronne]

@rhianne Make a safe space for baby on the floor. When I started putting him on the floor I suddenly had so much more time to do stuff

 

[jeanista]

@rhianne Love the advice. However definitely a fan of a food coma to sleep at night. So so so much easier

 

[rhianne]

@jeanista For sure - his feeds from about 1-6 are marvelous as he goes right back to sleep after eating. EASY has helped us keep some sanity during the day.

 

[seth4000]

@rhianne How do you keep your baby asleep while burping?

 

[rhianne]

@seth4000 Truthfully no special trick - he just is really sleepy and falls asleep right after!

 

[benlind]

@rhianne Following the eat-play-sleep routine was a game-changer, along with following the wake windows. Made so much sense after I learned about that! But I love the addition of “Y” in this routine!

 

[muireach]

@rhianne Our approach is a bit odd but it works for us. We have been tracking his patterns on BabyTracker. So he will naturally get hungry every 2-3 hours, and get tired every 1.5-2 hours. Sometimes he eats then sleeps, sometimes the opposite. We just live our life on his schedule. But since we can see a rough pattern, we can plan to do things for ourself on his next sleep, etc. It also takes the guesswork out of his fussiness.

 

[christhepenitent]

@rhianne Our baby had really bad reflux, so we would do Sleep, Diaper, Play, Eat