Wake windows
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We have this same issue - we’re aiming for 80 mins at 1 month, and if we hit that with a good feed then she goes down beautifully, but if we miss that time slot we end up doing tummy time/play to keep her entertained and she’s up for hours and is overtired and fussy all evening! Not at all sure how to order the nappy change, feed, tummy time in these short windows. Interested to see if anyone else has any ideas!
Every baby is different. Just watch out for sleepy signs. My girl came early and is eight weeks now she can only last between 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes. I do think she’s more of a high sleep needs Baby.X
@Lisa do you have to pay for this feature? I use the app but it doesn’t seem to tell me about the wake window. I saw someone else say they used it for that and loved it but wasn’t sure if this was an paid for feature x
@Heidi it is a paid feature x
Huckleberry’s sweet spot feature (where it’ll predict the time for the next nap) kicks in at at about 2 months and won’t be available / very useful before this; our wake windows vary massively still so it’s very much us going off his cues! It’s anywhere between 20-40 minutes (usually in the evening) to up to 3 hours at 3 and a half weeks x
I just go with the flow and watch out for the queues
I have been thinking the same as I read so much online about wake windows and sleep routines for babies but I think it’s still too early to get into a perfect routine. Sometimes my baby will have her feed and immediately want to sleep again and she’s been doing this all week. Other times she has stayed awake for a bit and will have some tummy time or go in her bouncy chair. It’s so different every day / every week so I just go with her cues and if that means she doesn’t have much awake time during the day then fine! The only thing I will do is if I can see she has been awake for quite a while, like over an hour then I’ll start trying to settle her before she gets grumpy haha. I think take the pressure off of yourself and just go with your babies cues and when they get a bit older then it will be a lot easier to be in a routine 😊
We just go with the flow. No wake windows or routines. They're so little still x
Use the Huckleberry app - it’s great! It’ll tell you how long Bub should be awake for at every stage :)