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Ian&EmmesMommy23
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so re-teach me about newborns
its been 5.5 years since i had a newborn and all of a sudden i feel like i know nothing. this baby is coming in 5 weeks! i know i had Ian on a schedule pretty early but is it still...change, feed, play, sleep, repeat every 3 hours? does tummy time still start immediately?
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jessnbrian
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so re-teach me about newborns
Tummy time immediately, I BF so everything was on demand for a good long while, and he got himself on a pretty good schedule early on. He didn't like tummy time at first, so we would do it in short increments, but then he started rolling over at like 3 & 1/2 /4 weeks and holding his head up really well. Now, he actually prefers tummy time, especially if he's on the boppy, he can watch everything. We went for walks every day it wasn't raining (which was great for me). We tried to wake him every 45-1hour as the ped had recommended at about 1 week (he was in NICU for 5 days). So excited for you!
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Shroggie
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
It's only been 21 months for me and I've already forgotten. I'm pretty sure I did something like that. Things are about to get crazy in this house in 2 weeks with a newborn and a crazy toddler.
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MrsT809
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
Posted by IansMommy23
its been 5.5 years since i had a newborn and all of a sudden i feel like i know nothing. this baby is coming in 5 weeks! i know i had Ian on a schedule pretty early but is it still...change, feed, play, sleep, repeat every 3 hours? does tummy time still start immediately?
Sounds like a good plan. We did pretty much that for a while until dd decided she was over it and threw the whole routine out the window at 3 months. We're slowly getting back into it after a crazy 2 weeks of chaos. The first few weeks were more like sleep eat sleep eat repeat. Once she woke up more we got into the eat play sleep routine but I follow her cues as far as the timing. It could be 2 hours or it could be 4 hours depending on how long she naps or plays.
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PitterPatter11
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
I BF so DS was fed on demand, but we still tried to follow the "EASY" schedule. Eat, activity, sleep, your time.
We started tummy time during the first month.
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jessnbrian
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
Posted by PitterPatter11
I BF so DS was fed on demand, but we still tried to follow the "EASY" schedule. Eat, activity, sleep, your time.
We started tummy time during the first month.
I like that, I have never heard that before! That's awesome and so EASY to remember (teehee... yeah, I'm lame).
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NervousNell
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
Posted by jessnbrian
Posted by PitterPatter11
I BF so DS was fed on demand, but we still tried to follow the "EASY" schedule. Eat, activity, sleep, your time.
We started tummy time during the first month.
I like that, I have never heard that before! That's awesome and so EASY to remember (teehee... yeah, I'm lame).
I thought I'd be able to do the EASY but with my DD it was more like SCFED
Scream, Cry Fuss,Eat, Doze (for 20 min)
Repeat.
Day and night.
Oh and There was no Y- YOUR TIME.
My Time was spent curled in ball crying from lack of sleep and pure frustration and swearing I'd never have another!
Yeah. Good old colicy newborn!
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Sparrow
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by jessnbrian
Posted by PitterPatter11
I BF so DS was fed on demand, but we still tried to follow the "EASY" schedule. Eat, activity, sleep, your time.
We started tummy time during the first month.
I like that, I have never heard that before! That's awesome and so EASY to remember (teehee... yeah, I'm lame).
I thought I'd be able to do the EASY but with my DD it was more like SCFED
Scream, Cry Fuss,Eat, Doze (for 20 min)
Repeat.
Day and night.
Oh and There was no Y- YOUR TIME.
My Time was spent curled in ball crying from lack of sleep and pure frustration and swearing I'd never have another!
Yeah. Good old colicy newborn!
This was more or less both my kids. They never were into the idea of following any type of routine until around a year old. I don't know where these routine following babies come from!
eta- My kids weren't colicy but BF on demand and had no zero interested in following any routine I tried to set, or napping regularly or STTN. 
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jessnbrian
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so re-teach me about newborns
DS is 4 months next Saturday and once I started putting him into his crib still awake but drowsy (about 3 weeks ago) and putting him down to bed earlier in the evening, he's been STTN like a champ! Goes down around 8:30/9ish, wakes up between 5 & 7, depending on the morning... like this morning I had to wake him at 7:15, but earlier this week he woke at 4:30 to eat and fell right back to sleep until 7:30.
ETA: DH and I are really soaking up this time, as we know it very well might not last, especially once he REALLY starts teething (he's starting already, but not teeth breaking through yet).
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Mrs213
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so re-teach me about newborns
Idk that there are any rules. I never had dd on a real schedule. We startedtummy time around 1 month age. I think we did eat play sleep. I cant remember. I hhaving my baby on monday and planned on just winging it lol
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drpepper318
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
Posted by NervousNell
I thought I'd be able to do the EASY but with my DD it was more like SCFED
Scream, Cry Fuss,Eat, Doze (for 20 min)
Repeat.
Day and night.
Oh and There was no Y- YOUR TIME.
My Time was spent curled in ball crying from lack of sleep and pure frustration and swearing I'd never have another!
Yeah. Good old colicy newborn!
 Sounds like my experience!!!
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PitterPatter11
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Re: so re-teach me about newborns
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by jessnbrian
Posted by PitterPatter11
I BF so DS was fed on demand, but we still tried to follow the "EASY" schedule. Eat, activity, sleep, your time.
We started tummy time during the first month.
I like that, I have never heard that before! That's awesome and so EASY to remember (teehee... yeah, I'm lame).
I thought I'd be able to do the EASY but with my DD it was more like SCFED
Scream, Cry Fuss,Eat, Doze (for 20 min)
Repeat.
Day and night.
Oh and There was no Y- YOUR TIME.
My Time was spent curled in ball crying from lack of sleep and pure frustration and swearing I'd never have another!
Yeah. Good old colicy newborn!
Note that I wrote "tried" DS was more or less attached to my boob for my entire maternity leave. All he did was eat...people would comment on it all the time. Fun times!
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Mom1234
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so re-teach me about newborns
it's only been 2 years for me and i feel like i forgot.
i def tried to stick to EASY and my dr stressed tummy time from day 1 even if only for 1 min at a time.
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