Breastfeeding and routines??

mel_emeraldeyes

Hi,

Can someone share with me how you can have a breastfed baby on a routine? Everyone tells me how important it is for a baby to have a routine for naptimes and such... Other than establishing an approximate bedtime and routine activities, I just don't understand how you can have a routine when you feed on demand. Sometimes my baby wakes up at 6am, sometimes 7:30am, sometimes he still wakes up in the middle of the night. He catnaps throughout the day (mainly in his sling) but by no means will have 2 or 3 long naps during the day. Can someone please share with me what you do? Or, do you think it is fine to just have a routine bedtime, a latest time to wake them up in the morning and just make sure they have naps throughout the day?? So confused!!