12 hours/12 weeks book

CatherineDC2012

Ok I'm reading it- who has done this and who is thinking about it? Any thoughts? Good, bad, didn't work, best thing ever?

RedDawnsRevenge

What is it?

babybarnes87

I started reading it and got completely overwhelmed. It's not for me. I'm just following baby's cues for now and it's working well enough. Good luck!

mrscrcalli

So.many.books

MrsEmilyS

I read it and could never get DS to eat every 4 hours during the day, which is one of the requirements for getting the baby to sleep 12 hours at night.  I do like some of her principals.

mooncusp22

I read it & implemented a schedule. My schedule is not perfect but it's working. I try to feed her every 4hrs (I FF). I'd say 90% of the time she is fine with that, sometimes she is just crying for food so I give in. Since I started this at 7wks (she is 13.5 now) she has been STTN with the exception of maybe 6 times where she has gotten up once to eat in the night or very early morning ( like 5/6am)

ambarnett1

How do you get them to eat every 4 hours? Do you starve them initially to get them on that schedule?

Eta- I haven't read it yet, so I don't know how it wworks

CatherineDC2012

Never be sorry- love all the opinions! I'm overwhelmed too. I think very four hours is rough, no chance we are there yet. Id like to move her to a schedule that works for all of us.

Teresa1896

Manipulating and starving a newborn baby so their sleep schedule is more convenient for you(not YOU, OP. Generic "you.") is just an ass-y thing to do.

(I obviously don't mean in the case of multiples, where you're trying to get them on the same schedule- that's just survival.)

Eat clarification.

NatalieBier

I read it and did a modified version with my first two. I would try to feed them as much as possible in one feeding. I would also sometimes give them an ounce or two in between if they seemed really hungry. I have been doing more on demand with this one, but don't think she is ready for any schedule just yet.

bpatrick0809

Mine DS is 9 weeks and has put himself on an every 4 hour eating schedule

Jessimax

Not familiar with this but sleeping 12 hours overnight then feeding every 4 hours would only be 4 feedings a day, that does not seem like a lot to me.

zoopsiedaisy

bpatrick0809 said:

Mine DS is 9 weeks and has put himself on an every 4 hour eating schedule

This is my daughter too. It actually had me worried at first that she might be too young to spread it out that much. Plus she's starting to sleep 6-7 hours a night. It doesn't seem like enough eating. I guess we will just have to see how it goes. I get nervous sometimes and feed her at 3 hours.