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my 3 month old is sleeping through the night. kudos babywise!
I found this book helpful in providing the information on how to set up a structure for a child’s bedtime, feeding and playtime but it didn’t necessarily work for me right away. As a first time mom, I particularly liked that they encourage flexibility. It isn’t always going to go s planned - and for me, the moment I wanted to give up was the moment it worked. Go figure... but as far as sleeping thru the night, it’ll be awhile till then I’m sure :)
Eat. Play. Sleep. Keep the baby's activities in that order. Start the first feeding of the day at the same time. This is what I pulled from the book.
Some people complain that the book promotes a very strict schedule-based feeding, and puts the baby's growth and mother's milk supply at risk. The book generally says to feed the baby every 2-3 hours (from start of feed to start of next feed). That's a pretty typical routine for all babies, I've found. At one month, I started tracking when the baby asked to be fed, and it fit within those parameters anyway. It also says if baby wants to eat every 1.5 hours, go ahead and feed him (lots of growth spurts). My son adjusted well to the 3-hour feedings. He never cried from hunger, so I never had to let him cry it out (which I'm not a fan of, anyway). I never woke him at night when he slept longer.
I do believe that when the baby feeds at longer intervals, his actual mealtimes get longer, and therefore he is getting more of the filling hind milk. I have some friends who were nursing 10-12 times a day for months. Their babies were not gaining weight faster than my son. I speculate that it is because they are jsut getting a lot more of the watered-down, less caloric fore milk, even though they are eating nonstop. But who knows, every kid is different and my next one might be more of a grazer...
I switched to "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" around 10 weeks. My son was sleeping about 6-7 hours at night by 10 weeks, and 10-11 hours (YAY Charlie!!!) by 12 or 13 weeks.
Some people complain that the book promotes a very strict schedule-based feeding, and puts the baby's growth and mother's milk supply at risk. The book generally says to feed the baby every 2-3 hours (from start of feed to start of next feed). That's a pretty typical routine for all babies, I've found. At one month, I started tracking when the baby asked to be fed, and it fit within those parameters anyway. It also says if baby wants to eat every 1.5 hours, go ahead and feed him (lots of growth spurts). My son adjusted well to the 3-hour feedings. He never cried from hunger, so I never had to let him cry it out (which I'm not a fan of, anyway). I never woke him at night when he slept longer.
I do believe that when the baby feeds at longer intervals, his actual mealtimes get longer, and therefore he is getting more of the filling hind milk. I have some friends who were nursing 10-12 times a day for months. Their babies were not gaining weight faster than my son. I speculate that it is because they are jsut getting a lot more of the watered-down, less caloric fore milk, even though they are eating nonstop. But who knows, every kid is different and my next one might be more of a grazer...
I switched to "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" around 10 weeks. My son was sleeping about 6-7 hours at night by 10 weeks, and 10-11 hours (YAY Charlie!!!) by 12 or 13 weeks.
This book is extremely controversial and I can see why. I thought this was a pretty sensical way to approach infant sleep training and eating and really liked that it opened my eyes to how beneficial creating a schedule can be for the baby and the parents. Some aspects of the book were harder to swallow such as implementing "cry it out" when they're less than three months old. All in all, I think the information of this book is strict but misunderstood. Must be read with an open mind and tweak as the parents need.
I like the idea of a parent directed schedule. I've been working on the Eat Wake Sleep cycle, but things haven't really gone well. I'm uncomfortable with the idea of letting my baby cry it out, so there's that. Maybe it would work better if I did.