Baby Wise: Our Survival Plan

We love the wisdom that is found in this book and know many other families who have followed the advice and been so thankful. On Becoming Babywise is sort of a "how-to" on feeding and facilitating sleep for your baby. It offers guidelines for scheduling naps and feedings, always with the notion that you have to be flexible with a newborn baby and constantly evaluate what his or her needs are. This is not a "feed the baby whenever he cries" philosophy. You wouldn't do that with your two-year-old, or yourself.

I can say we did this really well with Lucy, and we were a little more lenient with Adam, but it works, and we got sleep, and so did the kids. They both grew and ate well as infants.

In my experience, the people that criticize the book haven't actually read it.  It was recommended by several family members and friends, and Pete and I think its pretty logical. It contains a lot of good practical advice from baby's first day through over a year old. I will be referring to it quite a bit, once again, in just a handful of weeks. Nine more weeks til due date!