Babywise 4 week old schedule. Babywise one moth schedule for the one month old newborn baby. Babywise tips for newborns from a Babywise mom of 4.
This summary is for McKenna ages from 3-4 weeks old (the fourth week). This week was once again smooth and uneventful. Here are a few highlights (highlights of uneventful? You must be sitting on the edge of your seat!).
Post Contents
- GAS in a Newborn
- NURSING a Newborn
- WAKETIME for Newborn
- NAPS for Newborn
- NIGHTTIME SLEEP for Newborn
- OUTINGS/EVENTS with Newborn
- Postpartum EMOTIONS
- HELPFUL BOOKS for Newborns
- RELATED POSTS/BLOG LABELS
- McKenna Newborn Summary Posts
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week One
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Two
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Three
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Five
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Six
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Seven
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Eight
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Nine
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Ten
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Eleven
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Twelve
- McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Thirteen
GAS in a Newborn
More of the same. She still has gas; I still give gas drops. I have been looking into gripe water and have found it is hard to find in stores around here. I appreciate all of the suggestions of good gripe water brands and the tricks you have for them. If you have more, keep them coming!
NURSING a Newborn
During this week, she started staying awake even more for nursings. I am able to read more during the nursing sessions. I love to read while I nurse. During this week, I no longer needed to change her diaper between sides for most feedings; she would stay awake without it. She did still have sessions where she only ate on one side, but I knew I had done my best to get a full feeding from her.
WAKETIME for Newborn
During this week, she had very few intervals with no playtime. In other words, she played after almost every feeding. I keep waketime to 40-45 minutes (including feeding). Some waketimes are a little longer, especially the ones that include a bath.
During this week, I started to back off of the 4 S’s routine. I still have my nap routine, but I cut down on the holding before the nap. I think I know her well enough that I don’t need to hold her before the nap to time it just right. Every so often, I can tell she needs to be held before the nap.
Read: Adding Waketime to Your Newborn’s Day
NAPS for Newborn
Along those lines, she continued to sleep well for every nap and go to sleep without crying. I still had to wake her for 6 of the 8 feedings a day, with a few days waking her for only 5.
NIGHTTIME SLEEP for Newborn
We continued on with me waking her in the night to eat so she had two feedings in the night.
OUTINGS/EVENTS with Newborn
This week we had our first walk and first trip to the park. I put her in my Graco stroller that lays down all the way (Quattro Graco Stroller), swaddled her up, and we set off. She went to sleep just as she would in her crib. It was a nice outing for us.
This week I introduced McKenna to her Kiddopotomus Swaddleme (see Kiddopotomus Swaddleme). She slept just as well with it as she does her flannel blanket with me swaddling her. I wanted to have her accustomed to a swaddle blanket in order to avoid her being dependent on me to swaddle her. Kaitlyn was very picky about how she was swaddled, and only I could do it right. This meant I had to be home for every nap/bed. Since I work with the youth of my church, I have one night a week that I need to leave before McKenna would be in bed. This way, I can feed her and then leave while she has some waketime and someone else can swaddle her and put her to bed.
I have to also say that I love this swaddle blanket because it can go in the carseat. Newborns startle so easily that this is a wonderful thing to have in the carseat. It keeps her a lot more calm.
At the end of this week, I introduced her to her gym. She didn’t seem to react to it in any way.
Postpartum EMOTIONS
The week started out rough for my emotions but then ended well. I felt like my normal self 🙂 I do still plan on doing a post on emotions.
Okay, so this week was not that interesting. But since I am about halfway through the next week, I can promise you it gets better.
HELPFUL BOOKS for Newborns
They are the same, but still helpful:
- Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
- On Becoming Baby Wise
- What to Expect the First Year
- The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior–Beyond the Basics from Infancy Through Toddlerhood
RELATED POSTS/BLOG LABELS
- How To Help Your Baby Sleep Better With Swaddling
- Gentle Sleep Training: The 4 S’s
- Newborn Summary: Week Three
- Newborn Summary: Week Five
- Brinley Newborn Summary: Week 4
McKenna Newborn Summary Posts
McKenna Newborn Summary: Week One
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Two
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Three
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Five
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Six
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Seven
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Eight
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Nine
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Ten
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Eleven
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Twelve
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McKenna Newborn Summary: Week Thirteen
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