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posted by : BABYGURU on 4/27/2008 at 11:32 AM Flag For Abuse
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I agree that Gina Ford works for some and not for others. I took some good tips from her (e.g. she encourages pumping early on, and her tips for calming a baby before sleep worked wonders with our baby). Her strict scheduling was not for me. However, her book was the only one I saw that gave me a glimpse of how all-consuming baby care was going to be. I remember reading it when I was about 5 months pregnant and thinking Oh My God, what have we gotten into?! I also read The Baby Book, and got some good tips from them too. Though I think the Sears' paint a very rosy picture of the first few months and can leave you feeling guilty for wanting to spend some time away from your baby, not loving every minute of breastfeeding or wanting to go back to work (they pretty much imply that if you want to go back you are obviously not really attached to your baby!).
BTW you two, I love your columns and imagine that I would have enjoyed reading your book whilst pregnant.
posted by : babymom on 6/21/2008 at 12:02 AM Flag For Abuse
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We sleep trained my daughter at 9 months, and then a month later started moving our baby onto Gina Ford's routines for that age. ZOMFG! Our happy daughter was back. At meals, she eats a ton of food, (she's 10th percentile) and when we put her in her darkened room to sleep, she fusses for less than two minutes on average.
It's like she's ASKING to go to bed, it seems like to me.
I haven't completely eliminated nighttime feedings. If she wakes up and cries between midnight and 4, I'll go in and nurse her once. Often though, she doesn't cry long or loud enough to wake me. (less than a minute sometimes.)
I don't regret the first 8 months of cosleeping and feeding on demand, but once she started crawling, she was just too excited to sleep, and stay asleep. The routines and sleep training were the best thing we've done.
It's hard to hear your baby cry, but there'll be harder things ahead as a parent. I think her routines would be tough on a younger baby, but who knows? I'm comfortable with the decisions I've made.
posted by : Carole in Korea on 8/18/2008 at 2:55 AM Flag For Abuse
