On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep (On Becoming. . .)

I read this in preparation for having our first child. Even before I had an actual baby to practice their techniques on I was confused. It's too hodge-podge. I didn't feel like he went into enough depth, basically he just said 'do this'.
When I did have a child to put to sleep I lost my mind. I had to keep going back to the book to try to remember if I was supposed to count the hours between feedings, naps, or what. I could never remember to actually look at the clock, never knew why I was doing what I was doing and I had a crying tired baby.

I was recommended "Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child" by Marc Weissbluth. My saving grace! This is the book that worked for me. He's an actual doctor. He's studied sleep. He explains WHY which helped me remember and adjust to my baby's unique biology. And he gives examples from real patients and offers different techniques. My baby slept. My 1 yo sleeps. He LOVES naps. He LOVES nigh' nigh' time.
Don't waist your time with a cheap knock-off. Read a book by a man with years of researching and study under his belt. You'll benefit. I promise. Everyone I've given the book to has.

Before trying Babywise, I tried demand feeding because it just felt better. However, it just wasn't working! The baby was constantly crying and constantly eating, and I had no idea what to expect next. My sister used Babywise with her three kids, and she highly recommended me giving it a try. The very FIRST day I used the concepts of this book, her crying lessened dramatically. By 11 weeks, she was sleeping 8 hours a night, and now at 16 weeks, she is sleeping 10-11 hours a night. I don't know what I would have done without this book.

This book worked with both of my girls. They were sleeping through the night by 9 weeks. It was wonderful. I constantly referenced this book. It made me feel like I actually knew what I was doing as a first time parent. Anything that can give you that kind of confidence and results it worth the read.

A sickening, disgusting book that is helping to destroy this country. Satan works extra hard in hospitals and anywhere a newborn is, since they are the foundation of God's people. The latest media alert by the American Academy of Pediatrics says it all: A strong correlation with this book has been documented in Babies who have failure to thrive and dehydration.

we were loaned this book when we found out we were pregnant and ended up buying our own copy. i'm the sort of person that likes to plan things, and this made so much sense to me! i started using this schedule when our daughter was about 2 1/2 months and she fell right into the pattern. we were pretty flexible with it as she had reflux and i was having nursing issues, but she's done great. she started sleeping for 8 hours at night and taking 3 one hour naps a day at 3 months, by 5 months she was up to 9 1/2 to 10 hours at night and since then has moved up to being in bed by 7 or 7:30 and sleeps until 6 am, she also takes a 2 hour morning nap. i also breastfed, so i don't agree with the reviewers who say you can't use this book if you're breastfeeding. it worked for me anyway. our daughter is a very happy, active, social baby. she is in the 97% for height and the 63% for weight. our doctor says she's doing great! of course i also read a lot of other books and used techniques from "happiest baby on the block", but this was the one book i referred to over and over. i found it much easier to read and understand then "healthy sleep habits, happy child". if you like a schedule that can be flexible and want to get some sleep at night, i think this book can really help.