Baby Wise?

Re: Baby Wise?

• suitern member

  May 2014

  Honestly, you probably going to get a mixed bag of reviews from this thought process. I would do your own research and see what you think. I tend to agree with @TheEmireNeedsYou....this NEVER would have worked for us as my son was fed on demand and never slept through the night until he was 11 months.
  
  To each their own, but I would research as much as you can about it before making a decision....
  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

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• JSS1002 member

  May 2014

  I own it and read it before I knew of all the controversy. It's nothing earth shattering and not to be taken terribly literally IMO. I actually thought there was only one valuable part and it was about how to structure your day while home with a baby so you're not just locked up watching tv all the time. I think that when followed with the caveat of "feed the baby when the baby showsa hunger" on top of the scheduling stuff, it's probably fine. What's not fine is when people deprive babies of food or sleep because it doesn't fit the prescribed schedule.

     

  
  

  
  

  

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• Djcieply member

  May 2014

  My sister in laws swore by these books, they are very schedual oriented people. They gave me them to read and I took some things from them but for the most part I didn't feel like that whole method was going to work for us. I don't feel like there was any one book that I 100% agreed with I took bits and pieces from a bunch of books and figured out what worked best for our family.

  

  Mr C born 10/25/11  Miss M born 9/11/14

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• JenniferAnn1972 member

  May 2014

  Thanks for all of the feedback- I admit to knowing nothing about the premises in the book. The friend that recommended it is a pretty laid back, easy going person so I certainly wasn't expecting the controversy or unrealistic expectations.

  

  
  

  
  

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• hizah05 member

  May 2014

  I wasn't a fan either. I read whatever version my cousin gave so it's older. For me it went against my instincts of what I felt was right for my son. I don't believe there is one set way for every baby so it wasn't for me.

  

  
  

  

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• AR1of2 member

  May 2014

  I am reading Babywise along with a couple of other books that were recommended to me. I don't have expectations of perfection, but my goal is to have enough information in my head so that I can somehow navigate new motherhood! It does make sense to me (what I have read so far), so we'll see if it makes sense to my newborn...
  
  The book was recommended to me by a close friend who successfully used the method with her 2 children, who are now 3 and 5, as well as by my paralegal whose children are now 16 and 14. Worked for them, but every baby is different! A lot of people have also recommended The Happiest Baby on the Block to me, but I have yet to start reading that one.

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• rlyttle member

  May 2014

  Just like any book, I read it and took a few things from it that I thought were good. My mother has always told me that you have to "teach" your baby to sleep and this book kind of says that same thing. DS was one of those crazy babies that STTN at 7 weeks. I've always been a mean momma when it comes to sleep, but DS is a wonderful sleeper. 

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• JenniferAnn1972 member

  May 2014

  I just ordered the happiest baby on the block book

  

  
  

  
  

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• CplusJ=S member

  May 2014

  Happiest Baby on the Block is great! Dr. Karp's methods worked amazingly well for us. He also released another book a few years ago called Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep. I found this book to be even more helpful when DD had passed the newborn stage and hit the dreaded 4 month sleep regression. I can't recommend these two books enough.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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