i have done
babywise with my 2 older kids and now with my 5 week old.
We started
Babywise with our Son now 12 weeks old when he was 8 weeks old.
My first baby is 3 months old and I really want to do
Babywise with her but I am struggling!
Hello i have a 4 week old, I did
Babywise with my first and was very successful.
I did
babywise with my 2 year - old and know that it pays off greatly, but am struggling with this little one on CIO... I never had to let me other one cry for even one 30 minute time.
I have a 3 year old that I did
babywise with, and he sleeps like a pro and has since he was 10 weeks old.
Our third princess is 3 months old and we have loved using
Babywise with all of our girls!
I have a 2 year old which I did
babywise with and now I have a 5 week old that I am trying to
babywise with too.
I DID use
Babywise with my oldest daughter, and modified it with my second daughter.
I too have used
Babywise with my almost 8 month old - and i too get lots and lots of compliments on how happy she is... we have our ups and downs as she develops but thats life:) I also think if you are going to use babywise - you cant use it losely - it will just confuse mom and baby.
We did the a modified method of
Babywise with both our kids, while our first was sleeping through the night at 4 months old, our second took a bit longer to take to not waking up once or twice a night until he was 8 months old, but I think a lot of that was that he was sleeping in the room with us until he was 8 months old.
We have been doing
Babywise with our first two kids and it has worked really well with our family.
I started
Babywise with my daughter about 4 weeks old and my son 3 weeks old.
I'm expecting my second and need guidance (we did
babywise with baby # 1).
Hi, I have read through all the disruption posts, and have done
babywise with all three of my children.
I started
Babywise with my now 20 month old daughter at 2 weeks and never woke her during the night.
I did
babywise with my 2 year old, and before the baby came he was a very well - mannered, independent, and obedient child.
We did
Babywise with first son, but I can't remember how we made his secon merge.
I did
babywise with my now 2 year old twin boys.
I've done a loose version of
Babywise with my babies, and I think it's been helpful, but I've never done the dreamfeed.
I have done
Babywise with all four of my children and they are all fabulous sleepers.
Not exact matches
Having read
Babywise at the advice of a childless friend, I knew I would put my newborn on a schedule and fill my maternity leave
with useful pursuits like crossing items off my to - do list and initiating sewing projects
with the baby by my side in a bouncy seat.
When training
with babywise, do I go off how old he actually is, or base everything off of his due date?
BUT if
Babywise does not «mesh
with God's design for how breastfeeding works», then how do people ever have success?
Second, I would just like to say that for those people who have «issues»
with the
babywise method, it literally may have saved my family.
This is why so many people have an issue
with Babywise, because it does seem to encourage a drop in milk production between 3 - 6 months, which contributes to early weaning in many situations.
I would say to continue to follow the
Babywise schedule, make sure they are getting enough feedings during the day and
with time, they'll start to sleep longer.
I really appreciate your sharing the stories of success
with Babywise.
However, though I agree
with many
Babywise principles, I think that their breastfeeding advice is incomplete and often just wrong.
I would be willing to bet that
Babywise moms at the very least are in sync
with those numbers of the general population.
Feel free to see these posts for my thoughts on BW myths: Combating
Babywise Myths: Go Three Hours Between Feedings No Matter What: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/combating-
babywise-myths-go-3-hours.html Combating
Babywise Myths # 2: You have to abandon your child's needs: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/combatting-
babywise-myths-2-you-have-to.html Combating
Babywise Myths # 3: Your Baby Will Not Thrive: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/02/combating-bw-myths-3-your-baby-will-not.html Combating
Babywise Myths # 4: If you need help
with it, then it is obviously a wrong thing to do: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/02/combating-
babywise-myths-4-if-you-need.html Combating
Babywise Myths # 5:
Babywise will cause you to lose your milk supply if nursing: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/02/combating-
babywise-myths-5-
babywise.html Combating
Babywise Myths # 6: BW parents call their kids words like «manipulative»: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/02/combating-babwise-myths-6-bw-parents.html Combatting
Babywise Myths # 7: Your child will not be interactive
If I hadn't found
babywise when I did, I would have stopped nursing all together before Ronin was even 2 months old, not to mention the strain that was placed on the relationship between my husband and I. Anyone who has a problem
with babywise has more than likely not read the book, or has followed it incorrectly.
Babywise nor Preparation for Parenting was in any way responsible for my wife abandoning breastfeeding
with any of our children.
With over 2 1/2 million books in print On Becoming
Babywise continues to gain international recognition for its immensely sensible approach to parenting a newborn.
There are a lot of posts that should help you
with really understanding the principles of
Babywise.
I nursed my first child and
babywise worked wonderfully for us but now
with our second child I am unable to breastfeed.
I've always struggled
with this component of
babywise.
I have read
Babywise, although I am finding it difficult now to even stick
with a feeding schedule, as the baby is CONSTANTLY rooting (5 weeks old).
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).
My daughter who is almost 3 was a textbook
Babywise for the most part, started to sleep 10 hrs at night at 6 weeks old and never looked backed except for a few times when teething or sick, but for the most part never had issues
with night.
I think the only reason I've been able to stay somewhat sane
with her is through
Babywise.
Different groups have different strengths (some seem to have strong contingents of
Babywise supporters, some have lots of resources for lactation consultants, many have both) but they'll all GET it, and there will be other moms
with toddler + twins that will have tips and advice and general commisseration.
«Problems
with the 45 - minute intruder portions of the 2001
Babywise» by Laurie Moody, lactation counselor and former GFI contact mom
A household name among many Christian parents
with newborns, Ezzo has been unable to shed doubts about the child - rearing methods in his popular book On Becoming
Babywise.
«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.
Preparation for Parenting /
Babywise tri-fold brochure PDF format
with permission granted to print and share
I needed to get all of that said so that you'll fully know that the points I am picking at when it comes to
Babywise have to do
with Mr. Ezzo and his book.
What I hope to do in this series of posts is present some of the main points of the
Babywise philosophy
with which I take issue.
With many apologies, I simply have to say one more thing before I move into my closing thoughts on Mr. Ezzo,
Babywise, and something significant the Lord revealed to me about this whole topic in the past week.
I've pondered whether or not I spoke clearly enough that my purpose here is to cover my concerns
with the text of
Babywise, not to condemn, belittle, judge, or criticize those who have found it to be helpful and positive in their families.