When will babies start being on a schedule?

When can I expect my boys to be on some sort of schedule and differentiate somewhat between night and day? They are 6 weeks old today.

 

I think my twins were 8 weeks old when I started figuring out their schedule. 

 

mine took till nearly 3 months

 

I want to say my boys were in the 2-3 month range.  With my daughter, I don't think she was on a schedule until close to a year.  With a 2-3 year old in the house, it was hard to get her on a schedule. 

 

My twins started having predictable routines which I could start working with (mainly nudging them closer together into one routine for both) around 10-12 weeks.

 

For us it started around 12 weeks.

 

Day 1. Seriously. Like freaking clock work

 

In terms of eating, Day 1.  They came home eating every 4 hours during the day, and when they woke to eat at night--during the day, we would wake them to eat at the 4 hour mark if needed.  For sleep, about 3 months when they started sleeping 12 hours at night.  Around 8 weeks old, they dropped the 1-2 am feeding, and would eat at 11-12, then 6.  Starting at 3 months, they would sleep from 8 to 8, then we started 2 regular 2 hour naps--and never looked back.

 

My boys turned 6 years old in May and I feel like we will have some predictability any day now
 
Just kidding. My boys were always very regular eaters, but sleeping was always a bit of a gong show. They started sleeping through the night at 12 weeks, and then stopped during teething and colds and then nap schedules change etc. I think sleep schedules are a bit of a myth. I don't mean this to be discouraging at all; just to lower your expectations a little and know that as long as you have your consistent routines (darkened rooms, snuggly jammies, whatever your routine is), they're well rested, and you're getting as much as you can manage, then you're doing all right. At 6 weeks especially you're in the whatever works phase.