An "unscheduled" baby.

I have been stressing myself to the max about getting my now 5 week old baby on some kind of schedule.
Everywhere I read has said "get your baby on a schedule now or you'll regret it forever"
But today I've been thinking maybe it's not really all that necessary.
My husband works nights so at night time it's just my little girl and me. I use to be a night owl and stay up until 3 or 4 am and then sleep into the late morning... which is pretty much the sleep schedule that my baby came home with...
But I thought I HAD to get her on a normal sleep schedule like normal people.
But I'm starting to wonder if it's really THAT big of a deal.
I feel like I'm not getting any quality time with her because I spend what would be her active times trying to get her to just sleep.
I think I'm just going to start going with the flow and enjoying her active awake times even if it is at 11 pm or 2 am.
Anyone else have an unscheduled baby or a non-traditional schedule?
How do you make it work?

I think that its going to be like that with my daughter.

She is 5 weeks old she will fall into a natural schedule when she is older. I never really worried about until about 6 months.

This baby is so going to be on a schedule. My son was co bathed, co slept, breastfed until 22 months, and at 3.5 years old getti g him in his own bed is hell. But I loved our connection

You cannot get a 5 week old on a schedule. Just a waste of time

i could never get my kids on a sched. to save my life. I just went with the flow. They went to bad at a good time at night but woke up at least once in the middle of the night just to hang out for about an hr lol not fun but i dont work or it would be different

5 weeks is young for a schedule anyway. My DD didn't fall into a schedule until she was 3-4 months old.

My baby sleeps all day and is awake all night, it sucks , it takes me an extra hour to get her to go to sleep after her feeding times at night

<blockquote><b>Quoting Ravey Candyass:</b>" You cannot get a 5 week old on a schedule. Just a waste of time"</blockquote>




This.

She'll put herself into a routine. I just cruised for the first 3months with my baby. She out herself into a 4hourly feeding, sleeping routine.
Granted she was a perfect sleeper from day 1, though.

i used to stay up until 3 or 4 and it worked that my kids were night people too. it didn't interfere with our daily life at all and they were healthy happy kids. when they got older and closer to school i slowly started to roll back the bedtime until they were going to bed at a time that was suitable for them to wake up in time for school. very unconventional and i got crap about it from other people but it was what worked for us. i don't think it matters what the books say to just do what works for you and your family

You can do routines which can help transition into a schedule when she is older and ready.

Quoting Ravey Candyass:" You cannot get a 5 week old on a schedule. Just a waste of time"

Kind of glad to hear someone say that lol

I'd say wait at least 4 months before trying a schedule. She needs to be fed on demand, and to sleep whenever she wants.

i didnt have a schedule for my son at that age or now and hes almost 3. the only thing thats on a schedule is rest time/nap time is at 1. everything else is what we feel like doing at that moment lol.

You do it however it will work, scheduale or no scheduale. My dd was on one at a few weeks old and I loved it, and she got older it slowly shifted, less feedings less naps and we just altered it and took out whatever it was, she is still on a scheduale today at 11.5 months old..it works for us.

But do whatever you want to.