schedule at 2 months?

okay, i know that this is too early to really have any type of real schedule, but is there some order to things i should be doing to start working towards a schedule? like how often should i be bathing them? should i read to them as a nightly ritual after the bath and bottle? what time should i try to put them down to sleep in the evening. we are doing the 'family bed' thing and elena sleeps with me, while sadie sleeps with my mom. i have tried to have them both sleep with me but both want to be right next to me when i'm lying on my side, and me lying on my back with one in each arm doesnt satisfy them... lol. so anyway, elena sleeps with me and she won't really go to sleep until i'm in bed with her, and that doesnt happen til about 11pm. i have started trying to lay her down about 8-9 but she doesn't sleep that well during that time til i crawl in with her. it's just so hard to find time in the day to even bathe them cuz it's such an ordeal. this is a stupid question but how should i be playing with them? i do their tummy time. and i try to show them objects but they dont seem interested in watching things, or following them with their eyes yet, so it's kind of hard to entertain them. i dont even know how to play with my babies! what can i be doing? can someone give me an idea of what they were doing at 2 months on a typical day? thanks,
amy

 

We didn't have a schedule, more like we tried to do things at certain times of the day. Like a nap early morning, a nap again late morning, a nap afternoon, and sometimes another before bath and bottle. We did read books and we also tried to put them to bed the same time every night. 10pm I think.

Good luck! You are in the throws of the first crazy three months!

 

Sounds like you are doing great! At that age with our babies we did a nightly routine before bed, because bathing was too much work, we just got warm wet clothes and wiped the babies down and put lotion on them and pjs. We only did weekly baths for the babies until they were around 2.5months old. Then we started doing baths every nigh t- mostly because they really liked the bath, it killed some time and it helped to settled them if they were fussy. I don't think you by any means need to do nightly baths! Do what works for you, the wiping down worked well for our babies for quite awhile!
At for games - we did tummy time, putting in swing, bouncy chair, on play mat, all looking at toys, take them to different rooms in the house, walk around and show them the different rooms in the house, put on music and dance, let them follow objects or you around the house with their eyes. Thats about all we did at that age.
As for schedule, we couldn't really get on one - all we did was make sure they weren't awake for longer then 1-1.5 hrs before we started trying to get them to sleep. I didn't realize until I read one book that babies can't stay awake that long without needing a nap!! So at that age they would go down for several naps during the day - watch for any sleepy signs, then swaddle and put them to bed!
Good Luck, it does get easier and more fun!

 

We were on the 3 hour feeding schedule, so inbetween feedings & napping we would be on the floor on blankets & I would show them toys/books, then switch to the swings or bouncy seats. I would basically rotate through those things all day long
I really tried to have them get used to nighttime ~ we did baths every 3rd night at 2 months & then bottles & then bed. We had them in their own cribs at 2 months old & they slept so great. I was still swaddling them as well & LOVED our kiddopotamus swaddles!
During the nighttime feedings I kept things dark & talking to a minimum so they understood that it wasn't 'play' time ~
Good luck & things will keep getting better & better!

 

Our babies are the same age! I'm going through the same thing as you and I'm doing basically the same things as you in terms of feeds and naps. I have tried tummy time and their play gym too and haven't gotten a lot of interest. I do talk to them a lot and sing to them and they seem to love that. Also, I was told "playtime" at this time in their lives is even changing their diaper and talking to them while doing it...Anyways if you ever want to commiserate please pm me!!! Lea




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We were on the 3 hour feeding schedule, so inbetween feedings & napping we would be on the floor on blankets & I would show them toys/books, then switch to the swings or bouncy seats. I would basically rotate through those things all day long
I really tried to have them get used to nighttime ~ we did baths every 3rd night at 2 months & then bottles & then bed. We had them in their own cribs at 2 months old & they slept so great. I was still swaddling them as well & LOVED our kiddopotamus swaddles!
During the nighttime feedings I kept things dark & talking to a minimum so they understood that it wasn't 'play' time ~
Good luck & things will keep getting better & better!

 

My girls are 10 weeks old and were born at 37 weeks. We rotate all day with the bouncy seats, swings and playmat. They love laying on the playmat looking at the lights and all the colors. We have the Rainforest one. I'll try to do tummy time before they get too fussy on it. Sometimes, they'll stay awake in their swings for a while and sometimes they'll go to sleep. I use the bouncy seats mainly for feeding them now when I'm by myself, but if they are sleepy, I can sometimes get them to sleep in them too. I don't put them in their crib for naps yet. I'm too lazy to walk up and down the stairs Sometimes, I'll put them in the pack n' play. The swings seem to be their favorite lately. They go through phases, I've noticed. They use to love their bouncy seats on vibrate and now their not that into them. I put them in their crib around 6 weeks or so. They love it and sleep so much better in it. I also bought the Miracle Blankets and they love them. I only use them for bedtime, so they get used to the routine. We usually feed them around 9pm and they'll sleep until 3am. Then, they are back on a 3 hour schedule the rest of the day. I've upped their bottles to 5 oz., so we'll see if they'll start sleeping longer. Sometimes they'll finish them, sometimes not. I keep hearing that at 12 weeks they'll turn a corner. We'll see about that.

 

I give the girls a bath every other day, I think I always have. I think at 2 months we were doing 90 minutes awake/90 minutes sleeping all throughout the day and night. Of course if they would sleep for longer at night I let them! So they would wake up and eat and play until it had been about 90 minutes and then they would go to sleep for 90 minutes and it would start all over again. GL, the first 3 months or so are hard but then it gets easier once they can go a little longer in between feedings.

 

At 2months it was all about routine for us. We were still on a every 3 hour feeding schedule so we followed eat-sleep-play. "Play" at 2 months was sitting in the bouncy looking out a window, or sitting in the swing, or sitting on momma's lap while I talked or sang to them, or laying under the activity mat, do doing tummy time. We didn't start a bedtime routine until about 3-4 months even though they were still waking up 3-4 times a night. We changed them into PJs, did bottles in the nursery in dim light, rocked a little bit and then we put them in their cribs for bed.

As for baths, at that age we did baths every 2-3 days or as needed (if they had a particularly messy diaper). They don't get too dirty at that age so you don't need to it more often. GL and hang in there. Those early months are rough.