Without reservation I would recommend this program to anyone—
because it works. I demand-fed my first three children, not knowing there
was another way. I didn’t get a complete night’s sleep in five years.
When friends began to share your principles, I refused to listen to what I
thought was simplistic nonsense. I hold a master’s degree in early
childhood education and your concepts challenged everything I had been
taught.
When our friends’ first child slept through the night at six weeks, I
was enraged. My husband and I watched as their second and third
followed the same pattern. They had everything under control, and so few
of the problems that we experienced. When I discovered that I was
expecting baby number four, I was depressed for months. The only thing I
could focus on was the misery of more sleepless nights and demanding
children.
I am ashamed to say that it was out of desperation that we applied
your parent-directed feeding. I was humbled. Our baby slept through the
night at four weeks. We couldn’t believe it was that easy. He was a
delight, happy and content, something never experienced with the first
three. Since then, a fifth child has arrived and, again, success. On
Becoming Babywise has saved our marriage and family. Thank you.
A mother from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
My husband and I want to thank you for getting us on the right track from
the beginning. It wasn’t easy, because all our friends followed the
demand-feeding philosophy and said a schedule was bad for the baby. For
these families, children were a major interruption. That didn’t make
sense to us. We stayed with your program and our baby slept eight hours
through the night at six weeks, and eleven hours at twelve weeks—just
like your book says. My friends said exactly what you predicted: that we
were lucky and had an easy baby. But we know otherwise. Thank you for
being a source of encouragement.
A mother from Fort Worth, Texas