I’m a “Baby Wise” momma!

Man it can get ugly when you are trying to figure out the best system for you and your family when trying to “train” your baby. I was tugged in all different directions while carrying my oldest, Annora. Do this, DO NOT do this, make sure you are doing this, etc. It can get overwhelming very quickly. What I did do was carefully listen to both my sister-in-laws who each have 4 kids. Experience is the best advice right?!? They expressed the system they used and how it worked. The system is found in the book Baby Wise by Gary Ezzo. I bought the book soon after the suggestion and started reading…NUMEROUS times. That book was so informative and really helped me understand the system of getting your kids into a  solid routine and the importance of it. I decided to go “all-in” with the tips the books offered and see where I landed. Besides…it worked like a charm for my sister-in-laws!

Baby Wise has been a lifesaver for us and our family. My first daughter slept through the night at 6 weeks and my second daughter at 9 weeks. We simply followed the book and it worked. It is now the book I give to all of my friends having babies. It is my #1 baby shower gift I give and it is the advice from this book that I give to EVERYONE!

Best described…Baby Wise is a lifestyle. When you get to know the why of what you are doing, you don’t reference the book to “tell you what to do” with your baby. It just all comes naturally. You don’t worry and stress out about meeting that sleeping through the night goal by 7-8 weeks because “the book says that is the norm.” You know and can tell baby is headed in that direction and these night wakings will soon be a distant memory. You also know that if your baby starts sleeping through at 14 weeks instead, that is fine. No problem.

This doesn’t mean you have to follow Babywise principles with an “all or nothing” approach. I think that in just about any parenting book you read, there will be things you agree with and things you don’t agree with. There will be things you will do and things you will think, “not for me.” I think the only way you would agree with something 100% is if you wrote it yourself–and in a couple of years, you will likely find things you disagree with!