Moms On Call

angelinthepit23

A friend of mine was telling me about the Moms On Call schedules. She hasn't tried it but a friend of hers did and loves it. Was wondering if anyone has tried their scheduling and how you liked it. Also, did you purchase the book or the app?
I want to try and find a schedule for us to start getting into as my sister will be staying at our house M-F to watch my son while I work. So I thought is we could get a schedule going before I went back in Jan it would benefit all parties.

GoogleMD

I would never use it, I think newborn should be able to feed on demand. I wouldn't even attempt to force a schedule til 4 months at the earliest.

SJFTCA

I posted something similar a couple of weeks ago and didn't get much response. A friend of mine recommended the book/schedules to me, and I'm loving it. My pediatrician basically recommended the same concept...feed often during the day so that you and baby can get longer stretches of sleep at night. LO will be five weeks tomorrow, and he is only waking up once (btwn 2 and 3) in the middle of the night to eat. He goes down to sleep at 9:00, so I'm getting one really good stretch of sleep and then a couple other shorter stretches. He wakes for his first feed of the day btwn 6 and 7. He has responded very well. Last night we had some issues (he had one long stretch but then was restless for the rest of the night and morning) for the first time since we started a few weeks ago, but I'm pretty sure it was gas.

angelinthepit23

@SJFTCA did you get the books or the app or both?

Pontot31

GoogleMD said:

I would never use it, I think newborn should be able to feed on demand. I wouldn't even attempt to force a schedule til 4 months at the earliest.

This. None of those schedule books/apps are good for newborns. Some have been linked to failure to thrive because they don't feed on demand.

taykerslake

Honestly our LO's are only in this stage for a short amount of time. I see no point in this until they're old enough to not have such little tummys and can understand a schedule better. I always say that I am on Arlo's schedule. Not my own. Losing sleep is a small price to pay to make sure he is healthy and thriving exactly how he should be

SJFTCA

angelinthepit23 said:

@SJFTCA did you get the books or the app or both?

I have the book in hard copy and eBook. I don't have the app. And FWIW, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I'll continue to take the advice of my pediatrician. Yours may have a different opinion, so I would definitely ask. I waited to speak w my ped before I started the schedules.