We have done
Babywise from the DAY she was born.
I was doing
Babywise from 8 weeks on to about 10 months.
We have been using
babywise from day 1, and we were on a great 3 hour schedule with nighttime sleep extending into the 5 - 6 hour range.
I have twins who are now 19 months old and we followed
Babywise from 2 weeks (well, we followed it from Day 1, but the first two weeks we followed the BW advice to just roll with what came, get to know our two little babies, and make sure they got full feedings).
I tried to do
babywise from birth, but haven't done it perfectly.
I technically started
Babywise from the beginning, just without CIO.
Not exact matches
CBHoff - The BLW concept doesn't have to differ that much
from the
Babywise principle of feeding.
One of the first things I used
from babywise was the daily wake time.
I currently have a 7 week old that is thriving on
Babywise and has just started sleeping
from 11 - 6:30 every night.
Before doing
babywise, he was already sleeping anywhere
from 6 - 8 hours through the night.
I have a 6 week old baby boy, who has been on a
Babywise schedule
from the start.
This is interesting but doesn't it differ
from all the
babywise feeding principles?
You will get a lot input
from many moms that do
Babywise.
I had an older edition of
babywise (borrowed
from the library) at the beginning w / my DS because I had loaned my copy to a friend and they moved.
«
Babywise Advice Linked to Dehydration, Failure to Thrive» PDF Version by Dr. Matthew Aney, reprinted
from the AAP News
«I've heard
from many parents who claim that the recommendations put forth in
Babywise resulted in babies who slept through the night, or most of it, by age 2 months.
«After writing an editorial criticizing
Babywise in a magazine of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Matt Aney said he was flooded with calls
from nurses and other pediatricians complaining about
Babywise parents who would not give up strict feeding schedules against medical advice.
Even though the person who gave me a copy of
Babywise said very, very clearly, «take
from this whatever works for you and don't worry about the rest,» I just could not shake the fear of what my family would turn into if i strayed
from the pages of this book.
I've noticed as I've read through the comments and feedback
from the few brave and admirable souls who have shared their families» positive experiences with incorporating the
Babywise methods into their approaches for baby care: most of the positive feedback had to do with the benefits of a feeding schedule.
Despite all the controversy and the existence of a number of Web sites devoted to discouraging the use of the «
Babywise» program, the books continue to fly off the shelves and pass
from parent to parent, leaving observers frustrated.
The great controversy stems in large part
from the fact that the «
Babywise» approach represents a harsh throwback to decades - old and widely discredited child - care manuals in which mothers were advised to watch the clock rather than their babies» signals in determining when breast or bottle should be offered.
Many of the testimonials at the beginning of the book are
from parents whose households were completely out of control until they implemented
Babywise.
View quotes
from the 1998 edition of
Babywise
With our first child, I was still of the strict belief that babies slept in cribs away
from their parents, but after trying to let him cry it out via similar methods, and witnessing him becoming so upset with the sudden and unexpected transition and the separation
from us that he vomited multiple times and screamed until he could not make a sound anymore, I knew that there was no way that this abuse that is thinly veiled as «
Babywise» could possibly be for real.
[Answer adapted
from the tri-fold brochure «Intrigued by the claims of
Babywise?»]
Finally home
from the hospital, I reviewed the
Babywise book, preparing to tackle the schedule again just as soon as my son had gained enough weight.
Recently, GFI translated their material to secular publications (e.g.,
Babywise) This presentation focuses upon four of the teaching modules: Preparation for Parenting, newborns to age four months (PFP); Preparation for the Toddler Years,
from five to fifteen months (PFTY); Growing Kids God's Way, for toddlers through elementary school age (GKGW); and Reflections of Moral Innocence, the GFI sex education curriculum for all ages of children.
However, a highly placed source within the AAP says that the fact that the controversial «
Babywise» books are produced by a large Christian organization has actually prevented the AAP
from taking an even stronger public position against the popular books.
«The book» is called «On Becoming
Babywise,»
from a Christian publishing house, Multnomah / Questar.
Ezzo writes that «Between seven and nine weeks, parents [who have followed «
Babywise» recommendations
from birth] can expect [baby's] nighttime sleep cycles to be a continuous 7 - 8 hours.
I have a 11 day old and we have started
babywise pretty much
from the 3rd day on.
the rountine ive been having him on just winging it, i hadn't read any other books until
babywise yesterday, is: wake up
from sleeping say 10 am diaper change feed: between 15 - 45 mins say 10 - 10:30 wake time: 1 and a half hours say 10:30 - 12 (he's happy and awake until 40 mins until next feed and then is just miserable, i do everything to stop him crying, often he'll bob saying he's hungry but then at the same time i feel he's tired but every time i put him down to sleep, he wakes within 30 mins wanting to feed.
I have a 16 week old baby, and I started
babywise scheduling
from birth.
Therefore, I don't think I really implemented
Babywise as I should have
from the beginning and now would be considered a «late starter.»
So of course the people who follow
Babywise will have better - adjusted kids than people who are tossing their kids Ritz crackers
from the couch and watching endless reruns of «The Real World.»
Those first few weeks of wondering why my baby didn't seem to conform to
Babywise were spent with me crying, worrying, and even suffering
from PPD.
I used
Babywise and have Addie on a schedule — necessary because I work
from home — but I've always been terrified that if I have another baby super soon, none of the structure I love will be possible.
My son is 18 months old and was a «by the book»
Babywise babe
from day one.
If you are looking for long range discipline right
from birth I suggest you ALSO read the
Babywise and Childwise books by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam.