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"I believe trying to put a baby on your schedule will just make it hard on everyone involved"-- No actually it made it very easy. It only took us about 1 day of my schedule and it was HER schedule. I like being able to leave my breastfeeding baby for 2 hours---knowing that she wouldn't want to eat until about 3 hours. My kids did beautiful with the scheduling. They never cried and never wanted to eat sooner than expected. I know my experience isn't probably the "normal" with Babywise--and I didn't choose to do it with my 4th baby---but it does really work for some parents and babies. After saying that---Any book that could cause harm to any baby--should be banned.

YES!! That is the problem with that book. Parents really think that if they don't do it ACTUALLY the way it says--then their baby is not going to be "perfect", and sleeping. I was like that in the beginning. My sister who used it also--told me to relax and just not be so strict. The baby will tell you when they are hungry. We we had growing spurts--I would try to feed sooner then 3 hours and for longer---for a about a day or so. Then we would get back on routine again. Sometimes the baby gets sick and the whole "routine" is out the window--but I never let my baby cry when they were sick and not on schedule!! It's sad to think that some parents would not listen to their baby's cues for the sake of the "schedule".

What do you mean--"single breastfeeding"? At each feeding? Or never nursing on one side? I've only nursed on one side at a time--good, fatty hindmilk when doing this. Yes--I know some people who take what they read to heart and follow it as "law". When I did BW--I never knew of anything bad from it. My dd is 6y now and my son is 2.5y. I was never on the internet much--so I knew nothing about Ezzo. Now with my 4th child--I choose not to do it--in fact just the opposite--co-sleep, babywearing, etc. Now at 10 mo old--I sometimes wish I would have gone back and done it. She nurses all night long and has to be touching my warm body. I haven't gotten much sleep in the past year. With the others--it was a necessity for me to sleep at night. I worked nights, had no sitters when I came home, stayed up all day and HAD to sleep that night. I worked like every other night. For my lifestyle--I had to get some sleep. Since I don't work now--it wasn't as important to get any sleep with my last baby. Plus--I had no choice by to have her in my room. Can't put her in with a spirited 2.5yo!!!

I graduated from school in 1989 and back then----I couldn't get into a "speciality" without at least 1 year experience in med/sur first. So I moved out of state to Kansas. I got a job in adult ICU (my BIL was the director) until an opening in nursery/NICU. (high level 2). I waited 7 mo and a job opened up. I've never looked back!! If I ever thought that I was going to HAVE to work med/surg first---I would have never become a RN.

I've never posted here before--but I have experience with Babywise---with 2 of my kids. It was a lifesaver for us. Even the NP that I worked with loved it for her kids. I put my babies on a schedule--or "routine". Eat, play, sleep. That's the order. Fed every 3 or so hours. Sometimes 2.5--sometimes 3.5. Not strict. You adjust for growing spurts. Those two babies both slept thru the night by 9 weeks. (10-12 hours). They didn't have FTT, they were in the 75-90% in weight/height. VERY happy babies. Secure. My reasons for trying Babywise in the first place was not to get my baby to sleep at night, but to get my baby to stop eating every 1-1.5 hours, puking after feedings, and then screaming until the next feeding again. I demand fed her. Within 1 day of this "schedule"(waiting 3 hours to feed her, play, sleep)--she stopped puking and became a very happy baby. Within a couple of days--this schedule was HER schedule and was not forced. Worked so well with her--I used it again with my son. I have choose not to do it again with my last daughter.