On Becoming Baby Wise - Book One

  This Helped Me, but I Prefer Other Resources

Amanda Evans of Oregon, 7/16/2011

There's a lot of hype surrounding Ezzo and the Babywise method. I didn't know any of that when I read it with my first baby and I found the advice in this book to be quite helpful in ordering our day.

The most important principle from this book is to feed your baby when he wakes up instead of nursing him to sleep. That way he will fall asleep when he's tired instead of being both hungry and tired and he won't rely on nursing as a sleep prop. Babies should be wakened when it's time to eat again because to regulate their sleeping/eating habits.

This advice worked for me and my son. I have no problems with milk supply so that wasn't an issue for me. And his tendency was to sleep too much in the day. When I learned to wake him up to eat, he was much more cheerful and slept better at night. When my son did wake up before it was "time" I gently trained him to go back to sleep and as a result he learned to both sleep and eat very well.

I know there are many people who have had terrible experiences with this book and I know that it is not a reliable source for any kind of medical advice, but I personally found it helpful.

However, Secrets of a Baby Whisperer gives pretty much the same advice only in a much more friendly, approachable manner. If you would like help teaching your baby to sleep and eat regularly or just want to know how to understand him or her, read that one instead of Babywise.