Baby Wise moms - when did you start?

nikinikinine · December 2010

Did you give yourself a cushion when you got home from the hospital?

I was a little surprised to see the book give instructions for cycling kids that were 0-2 weeks.

I will admit, I haven't finished the book yet and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the process, but I have friends that swear by BW, so I'm trying to understand.

If you BF'd was it harder to get your twins (or more) on a same-schedule? I'm wondering how this will go if I can't get the hang of tandem feeding.

OrangeSmoke · December 2010

I didn't BF but I started at about 6 weeks when the boys had their first month check ups.

I brought my feeding chart with me and my pedi noticed that my boys were getting 10-15 feeds a day. They were eating anywhere from 1-4ozs...He suggested putting them on some sort of "schedule" for our sanity.

So we did it, very loosely. We would try and feed them every 3 hours during the day and if they wanted food sooner, we would offer a paci first. If they insisted, we would give them food. It really was a very smooth transition. At night, we let them sleep as long as they wanted. They started STTN at 8 weeks and at 3 months started doing 10-12 hours.

But again, I never read the book.... we just did the 3 hour schedule.....

caden · December 2010

I believe it says to focus on full feedings and forget schedules for the first week or two. That's critical IMO to getting babies to develop their own routine. I definitely started that from day 1. I did it 4 weeks though b/c my boys were early. BFing didn't work out for me and then at 2 months tandem botttle feeding failed me too (thank you acid reflux). So now what I do is I wake 1 twin 15min before he would normally wake up, feed him for 30min, then feed the other. So 1 is just before the "right" time and 1 is late, but not so far off the time that it can't be fixed at night when DH comes home and they feed together. If your twins feed faster then narrow the time lapse and it'll be even easier.

Temp159135562506975 · December 2010

we started day 1 - considering the way the nurses feed the babies in the hospital is pretty much babywise... a 3- hour rotation. Early on there is very little awake/play time, so don't stress about that... babywise is always flexible- so there's no reason NOT to start right away.

we followed it with the twins and DS1 and all 3 started STTN at 8 weeks. DS1 was 4w early and still did great with it. The twins were 38weekers, so no preterm issues with them.

I EP'd for all of them early on - and it worked out fine. Even when i was nursing in the hospital with the twins it worked great - i tandem nursed then.

I have many friends who have nursed doing BW and it works excellent for them - don't let the crazies on websites tell you it's bad for nursing... it's actually great for nursing - some info about why is here: https://www.parentwisesolutions.com/babywise/common-myths/

amanda31H · December 2010

From Day 1.... my girls were in the NICU so they came home on a 3 hour schedule and we were on one in the hospital anyway.

I BF and supplemented with formula.

Just make sure if you are BF that you don't get so stuck on the schedule that you don't build your supply- that's where it can get harmful. There may be days when you feed 8 times a day and it's great, and then for 3 days in a row, you are feeding 12 times a day. If I could tell that the girls were going through a growth spurt, if they nursed after like 1.5 hours, I would nurse them again at the 3 hour mark. You just have to play with it.

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