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No plan here. I just go with the flow and do what feels right. We have naturally fallen into EASY, except it looks more like EAESY for us. I only know of the term because of this site though.

I didn't follow a plan either time (also had two terrible sleepers). However, a friend of mine followed baby wise very closely and had great success with it!

@lamariniere: I really shouldn't complain because he only has one wake up most nights but man, sometimes they are loooooong! He's literally laying on my bed kicking away happy as a clam, with zero interest in sleep.

No plan, I was a big believer in just following her cues. But we also had feeding/supply issues nbear the beginning so if she was fussy she was hungry

No plan just followed her cues.

I needed a plan so we did BW from almost day 1. My baby was pretty much a classic baby so it worked well for us.

We started EASY pretty early on, mainly to try to separate eating and sleeping (of course as a newborn many times she just fell asleep right after eating), and I often woke her during the day if she was going to go more than 3 hours without eating. Now at 11 weeks, we are still somewhat on an EASY schedule, which is working even with short naps, I think because I am more relaxed about feedings being when she actually needs them and not just because she woke up from a nap and "should" eat right away.

No way. I think the best thing I ever did was not even being aware of these things, because to me they just create neurosis.

Nope, first few weeks were just survival mode. Overall we just went with following baby's cues (both times) and loosely following an EASY schedule, not necessarily in that order. Worked out for us just fine, both babies have been good sleepers.

Like @Mrs. Pickle is seems as though we've naturally fallen into EASY, but it's not something I really think about or truly follow. The same thing happened with DS and aside from the newborn days he's always been a pretty good night time sleeper. My only mistake with him was letting him nap in the swing a lot so when it was time to transition to his crib for naps he was NOT happy.

We winged it and still do at 10.5 mo. The only 2 things I stick to is I wake her if she's been napping over 2 hours and we stick to the same bedtime.

We did EASY early on, and then gradually into 2-3-4.

@Foodnerd81: for naps I can put her down drowsy and she'll go to sleep on her own, but at night I do have to nurse her to sleep. I try not to think about having to sleep train one day.

We didn't follow a plan and it makes things easier/more flexible for us! Like the ability to travel without worrying if he'll nap in the car seat or stroller.

We did EASY with both kids, although with Logan, it became more EAESY because nursing him to sleep just worked for us better.

We totally go with the flow and wing it. I don't even know what these acronyms and methods are! I didn't stress about a schedule and she kind of made her own and it's great now. Well, besides naps. She's great at night, so I'm not stressing about the naps. Yet.

Similar to @MrsLonghorn. We tried 5S, Baby Whisperer, and all sorts of schedule or gentle sleep training methods and the only one that worked DS was a super rigid feeding and sleep schedule (we had weight gain issues on top of sleep issues so we switched to bottlefeeding at set intervals through EP and supplementation, with comfort nursing on demand).

We basically ended up with extinction CIO and Babywise, which is not what we thought we'd do, but DS finally got up to 50% for weight by his 1st birthday and is (for the most part) a great sleeper now. We love having a schedule with DS1, so I would be happy to do it with DS2, but I think what we've learned with DS1 is that ultimately they determine the method. If we have an easygoing baby, I think going more with the flow would be great (especially with a toddler). But if we end up with another high-needs baby, we'll know what to do.

Nope. Totally winged it. Still are at 4 months.

Hell to the no. I don't believe in scheduling babies or putting them on a plan. In my experience it is a ton of heartache and hassle, and then you have a baby who 'needs' to follow this exact schedule, and your life revolves around it. No thank you. I wanted flexible children and that's how I raised them.

I also feel really sad for people who stress about 'bad habits'. I nursed my older daughter to sleep until 2, probably, and it was just never the big terrible thing that they make it out to be. Other people could put her to sleep. I enjoyed it. Never once had to do some crazy rocking/shushing thing to get her to sleep. Really never understood the fuss about it.

We winged it (wunged it?!) but I'm a creature of habit and routine so my kids seem to naturally "routine" themselves.