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A Typical Day with a Newborn
  • SqueakyTweaky
    Posts: 39Member

    (Just for curiosity's sake...)

    For the mothers of newborns/young babies:  Please describe a typical day in your life with baby!  Schedule, routine, daily activities, that sort of thing...

    I'm just trying to get a feel for what it's going to be like! hehe

  • Monkeynmoo
    Posts: 1,420Guest
    Ear, poop, sleep! Do you only have this one?
  • meandmy243meandmy243
    Posts: 6,356Member
    Mine was easy he slept the first 6 months... Eat poop sleep repeat every 2 hours...
    mom of wild children
    going to the chapel 7/5/2014
  • momofdbbmomofdbb
    Posts: 9,096Member
    Eat poop sleep, sleep some more ,poop and eat. I nicknamed my youngest ds the blob. He didn't do anything except sleep and poop! I have a much better realationship with the monkey now lol. :(|)
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  • canadamom
    Posts: 867Member
    Up at 5:30 am - change wet diaper, nurse, burp, put us both back to bed
    8:30 am - up again, change wet diaper, nurse, burp, I eat.  Then I bathed her. Snuggles, then back to bed for her.  I got in shower. Tried to do some housework
    12noon - up again, nurse, burp, change diaper,eat lunch fo rme, play and interact.
    1- 130pm nap time for both of us until 4
    4pm up again, change, nurse, burp.  Put her in carseat to watch me make supper. Ex came home, played with her, we had supper.  Bath time for her again, clean pj's for sleep. Nurse, burp put down about 7pm
    7pm slept until 11:30pm up again, change, nurse, burp, back to bed until 5:30 am.

    She slept through the night 11:30pm - 5:30 am at 3 weeks old, but until then I was up for a 2am feeding as well.

    Now I was really lucky and little girl came out with this schedule, I just kind of followed her needs.  She nursed only every 3.5-4hours right from the get go.

    And yes for the first year of her life, she was bathed twice a day.  Don't worry with my DS, I only bathed him once a day before bed lol.

    It morped into up at 6, nap at 9-11am, up 11-1;30, nap 1:30 - 4pm, up 4pm - 7:30, down from 7:30 to 6am.  Morning nap went at about 10 months, but afternoon nap lasted until kindergarten.



  • beambeam
    Posts: 1,070Member
    newborns don't have schedules, gotta go with the flow - if you're formula feeding then there are feeding schedules (well periods of time to respect between feedings) if breast feeding - it is whenever the baby is hungry.
    "Magic things are fond of deceptions.” ― Tom Robbins
  • mommydeliriousmommydelirious
    Posts: 3,253Member
    ETA...I Completely spazzed out and didn't realize this was a newborn thread...I have a 1 1/2 yr old...Ill leave the link anyways, then you can know whats coming up in the next year and a half :P 


    I actually Did a blog post on this...here's the link, it actually was too long or formatted to long to fit in here...

    http://www.unleashedvoices.com/profiles/blogs/the-life-and-times-of-a-1-1-2-year-old



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  • Katescrazymom
    Posts: 1,849Member
    For the first 4-6 weeks mine were only up briefly to interact. Maybe 20 minutes max, once or twice a day? Then they would get fussy, and my theory for the first month or two was if s/he cried, stick a boob in his/her mouth. It worked for us most of the time. If it didn't, I tried burping, with a back or tummy rub, bouncing, etc. It was a bit of a shock when they started wanting to stay up longer. They fussed at first, but once they got in and I started moving, they both enjoyed the baby carriers.

    They would wake up, and I'd nurse, up to 45 minutes one side at first. Then burp until something came out, change if necessary- and it almost always was, nurse from the other side, until LO fell asleep, then burp gently, so LO stays asleep if possible. Maybe another diaper change in there. Repeat every 1-6 hours. Lucky for me, the longer stretches were at night naturally.
    I'm not into all the newborn bathing. Mine only got it every few days, but I mostly cloth diaper, so I used cloth wipes with water, not the disposable wipes. They got lots of face and neck washes, those creases get dirty, and smell like sour milk. I had to laugh, my mom is a big believer in baby baths, yet always said my LOs had much better skin then her kids! And they only got lotion after a bath. That horrified her.
    Nursing can literally be a pain at first. If you're planning to breast feed, don't be afraid to ask for help.
    My kids changed the schedule every couple weeks for the first 6 months or so. Now they only change it every couple months.
  • canadamom
    Posts: 867Member
    I figured I showered everyday so why would I do less for her.  But even when DD17 was a baby, I was bathing her more often than most who only bathed once a day.  I bathed her at night to get her nice and clean for bed - get all the milk out of the creases, etc.

    I didn't use a lot of soap or shampoo, so her skin didn't dry out.  
  • SqueakyTweaky
    Posts: 39Member
    Monkeynmoo said:

    Ear, poop, sleep! Do you only have this one?




    I have a daughter who is about 19 1/2 months old... But due to a lot of complicated circumstances, when the new baby comes next week she'll be coming with me to live with her daddy so it'll be us & her grandparents.  But I do plan on her being able to spend some time with her big sister too!
  • SqueakyTweaky
    Posts: 39Member

    Did you guys find that the babies are content to be sitting in a carseat (or otherwise safe place) in the room with you while you're, for instance, doing laundry or dishes?  

    & how much time spent actually holding/cuddling them? 

  • Babymakesthree
    Posts: 496Member
    I had a bouncer my kids loved, or swing and set them where they could see me. Or a snugli type carrier to wear baby while cleaning for my fussy one. I personally spent a lot of time holding and cuddling bc thats just my personality
  • beachmommybeachmommy
    Posts: 2,523Member
    SqueakyTweaky said:

    Did you guys find that the babies are content to be sitting in a carseat (or otherwise safe place) in the room with you while you're, for instance, doing laundry or dishes?  

    & how much time spent actually holding/cuddling them? 



    My DS 4 mo hates his carseat... he is just now getting to the point where he at least doesn't holler when he gets put in it - but God forbid I leave him sitting in it for a minute without actually being in a moving car.  He is most "content" sitting in his bobby pillow on the couch - he can sit up enough to see what is going on, but is comfy.  He will also hang out in his high chair for up to 30 minutes or so without getting fussy.  But you won't be able to use the highchair for a while (until they can hold their heads up). 

    As a newborn, I would wear him in a sling across my body as i did "chores" or when I was out and about.  He liked that best.

    My beach is still Sandy....
  • beachmommybeachmommy
    Posts: 2,523Member
    SqueakyTweaky said:

    Did you guys find that the babies are content to be sitting in a carseat (or otherwise safe place) in the room with you while you're, for instance, doing laundry or dishes?  

    & how much time spent actually holding/cuddling them? 



    Oh - and on the holding/cuddling - i held him every chance I could get.  I didn't care if others thought I held him too much.  But the truth is, he quickly (within a matter of weeks) became the type of baby that liked to be put down in his bassinett / packnplay to just "hang out" by himself. I think it was bc I held him so much that he realized I was coming back and wasn't afraid to be alone.
    My beach is still Sandy....
  • GritsGrits
    Posts: 3,757Member
    beachmommy said:

    SqueakyTweaky said:

    Did you guys find that the babies are content to be sitting in a carseat (or otherwise safe place) in the room with you while you're, for instance, doing laundry or dishes?  

    & how much time spent actually holding/cuddling them? 



    Oh - and on the holding/cuddling - i held him every chance I could get.  I didn't care if others thought I held him too much.  But the truth is, he quickly (within a matter of weeks) became the type of baby that liked to be put down in his bassinett / packnplay to just "hang out" by himself. I think it was bc I held him so much that he realized I was coming back and wasn't afraid to be alone.


    That's the way all mine were. They all hit that point at different times, but they got there. DS is 3 months and he'll even fall asleep on his own from time to time. All babies have an adjustment period after they're born. For some it's longer than others. My DD3 and DS both loved their carseats! We put a blanket in it and lay them down and that was it! I think because of the safety padding in it, they kind of felt snuggled in it, if that makes sense.
    "I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles." ~Audrey Hepburn
  • fatchickonabikefatchickonabike
    Posts: 5,499Member
    Mine was very high-needs. I could put her down for maybe five minutes before furious baby appeared. She didn't like her high chair, car seat, bouncy chair or swing. It was someone's arms or nothing. She only got over that once she got big enough to start crawling and cruising and exploring on her own.
    "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof bullshit detector.” - Ernest Hemingway
  • momnipotentmomnipotent
    Posts: 498Member
    I wore mine in a snugli all the time, but he also liked to chill othe places too, bassinette, car seat, bouncy chair... depended on the day,his mood, the weather lol
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