News Flash

A certain little baby, in a certain little house, where a certain little family lives, just happens to have slept through the night!!! YIPEE! She went from 10:45 last night to 6:15 this morning, allowing Mommy and Daddy to get a good 7 1/2 hours of sleep! (8 hours between feedings). Oh, what a beautiful day! As you can tell, I really like sleep! :)

Ironically, Boo slept through on the exact same day her big sister did...the night before they turned 9 weeks. Babywise says most babies will sleep through the night between 7 to 9 weeks.

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I LOVE Babywise! For some reason it seems like Doctors are against it and I have no idea why?!? We have a 9 week old baby and we just got 7 1/2 hours of sleep! What's not to like?

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My mom saw a episode of "The Doctors" about Babywise and the doctor was saying that he gets people coming in his office with malnourished babies. I'm not sure how that could happen since you are supposed to monitor their diapers and their weight to make sure you detect any problems right away. Boo is in the 75% for weight and one glance at those chubby little cheeks tells you that she is definitely not missing any meals. :)

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As far as I'm concerned it's a really simple program. A 2 1/2 or 3 hour feeding schedule, keeping them awake for a bit after they eat, and putting them to bed awake so they learn to put themselves to sleep. That's pretty much it. The hardest part is keeping them awake, at the newborn stage, after they've just eaten and have a nice, full, warm belly, but that's also one of the most important parts. Now that Boo is over 2 months she is in the habit of playing after she eats so we don't have to wake her up anymore.

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We are so thankful that my sister-in-law told us about it. We've had two successes with it so far and I am definitely using it with any other children we might be blessed with!

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YAY for sleep! :)