Comments on: Does My Baby Need Routine Sleep Time?

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:35:14 +0000

I did not try to enforce a routine, I just picked up on her cues. Usually about 7pm she starts getting super fussy, rubs her eyes, etc. I put her in her pjs and we lay in bed together. By 8/830 she is asleep. I then get a couple hours of mommy time (usually spent doing dishes or laundry) then join her in bed. It works great for us, but some nights its not till 9, some nights its earlier – I just listen to her.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:01:43 +0000

We’ve done this from day 1 with our daughter, and she’s settled into two perfect nap times a day that she picked all by herself! Of course, she spends most of them nursing in her sleep, haha!

By: 1busymommy

1busymommy — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:06:47 +0000

Every baby is different, you just have to see what works for your little one. We found a sleep device that really helped us. ʺSleepy Bee.ʺ We would turn it on like 10 mins before wanting to get her to fall asleep and she would related the sound to sleep. It’s kinda like sleep training. Or the Pavlov’s Dog theory. haha! …not to relate our baby to a dog, but you get the point.

By: Jax

Jax — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:43:06 +0000

What a fantastic article, thank you I have been struggling to find a way to describe how our 6 month old has been sleeping 10 hours a night from about 4 months old. We didnt ‘do’ anything, but let her show us when she was tired and respond to her moods. I co-sleep and she lets me know when its time to put my book down and turn off the light and off to sleep we go, for her to wake up at 8am on the dot every single morning. People cant believe it when I tell them that we didnt use any form of sleep training! Now, when people ask, I will direct them to this article

By: sarah moore

sarah moore — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:00:12 +0000

Very good article. Makes me feel better any having no routine. My kids are happy and well adjusted and I am at peace w our “flow” thank you for our reassurance

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By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:47:55 +0000

Your advice is music to my ears. It’s exactly the way we operate with our 3-year-old and 8-month-old daughters. We have a family bed and very little that arises out of any sort of preconceived structure in our house. We believe we have delightful, gentle, generous, grounded little people, partly at least because we have resisted much of the chorus around us to control and subsume the children. Love your site!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:20:28 +0000

Great article, right on. I see so much energy wasted trying to bend the nature of children (not to mention the earth) to our will.
It takes ingenuity to match our needs and responsibilities to the needs and capabilities of our individual children, but it can be done. And in the end, it’s not only easier, it’s healthier.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:05:48 +0000

This article came at the exact time I needed it to. I am subscribed to the mailing list and it arrived today. Last night I started thinking about whether or not I should put my toddler on a sleep schedule even though I don’t think I should ever have to force him to sleep or wake up. This article confirmed my natural instincts. Thank you.

By: Sharron

Sharron — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:39:10 +0000

Such a great question, and a very common one from first-time parents. Your response is thoughtful from an attachment standpoint, however there seems to be some confusion about the words schedule and routine. Grace and peace.