On Becoming Babywise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep (Anniversary) (Anniversary)

Great book! Very helpful in learning what to expect and what to do to help your baby learn independent sleep!

This book has been the single most useful resource so far in the 4 months of motherhood. Rely on granny for love and nanny for help, but do read this book for knowledge. It has helped me understand my baby better and make life easier for both of us.

Great one.. really informative and useful.. read it twice before the baby came to be prepared and it helped me alot

My baby is now 8 months old and I specifically came back here to review this book. The good things that I could implement from this book have been- 1. The authors write about sleep-wake-feed cycle. I implemented it and it worked very well. 2. That led to a good schedule for baby. When he was about 4 weeks old, he developed a wonderful schedule which allowed me to predict when he'll eat, how much he shall need and when he will sleep. Although the timings have chai, he still follows a schedule. So this removed any unpredictability and unwanted surprises. And I resumed my work very soon post delivery. 3. Because the authors stress on full-feeding, my baby developed a good appetite. Now, he's eating solids and he has never been fussy with food, touchwood. I have been saved from the cluster feeding disaster. Iv seen so many of my friends feed their babies every hour or 2 hours. Thankfully my baby started keeping gap of 3-4 hours between his meals very early on. What didn't work? 1. The whole reason I purchased,read and followed this book was to make my baby sleep through the night. I did everything the authors said. But even today, my baby won't sleep for 10-12 hours a stretch. He stopped demanding nightfeeds long back. But his night sleep isn't as peaceful as I would like. 2. The whole stress that I put on myself in the initial 6-7 weeks after my child was born, in order to set his routine, took away a little bit of joy from my motherhood experience. It gave me unnecessary tensions, expectations and disappointments when things didn't work out the way I expected to. But looking back, it was very much worth it. But this book has helped me tremendously. A huge thanks to the authors and Amazon. It made many things a lot easier for me. I highly recommend it.

Great insight and wisdom for new parents

Such a nice book.... really helpful for expecting parents.... this is a must have for them I would say...

very useful book. A must read for new parents

Most of the book is common sense.. stuff you would already be knowing.. but then it did make me feel more confident about the dos and don'ts. Since it's an easy read, it's worth the time invested.