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Did you follow a "plan" for your infant?

  1. looch

    wonderful pear / 26210 posts

    Yes, I followed a plan. I had to do something, I had all these hours and a kid that wasn't sleeping. We weren't doing anything outrageous, it was literally just the EASY plan, but I needed something to get through those days. You know, Happy Mom, Happy Family. It helped my son, as a side benefit.

  2. gingerbebe

    cantaloupe / 6131 posts

    @hilsy85: Agreed!

  3. birdofafeather

    pineapple / 12053 posts

    we stuck to the EASY routine pretty intensely with DD1 and it was great. i didn't worry about timing necessarily, but as soon as she woke up, i fed her immediately! now we DD2, we do the same thing, but i'm not so rushed to get her fed right away. i do like it though because it lets me know where we are in our day, like, i know she's crying because she's hungry, or tired, etc.
    i couldn't do BW with 1 kid and definitely can't with 2! i am not a scheduled person and it would drive me crazy to try to be with 2 kids. i know some friends that thrive on it, so good on them, but i'm a better parent when i'm not looking at the clock like that.

  4. Mama Bird

    pomegranate / 3127 posts

    No plan. DS was completely unpredictable until he started day care. DD was ok with eat-play-sleep for a while, but by the time I sort of work out when she likes to nap, she changes it up on me.

  5. mauxie

    persimmon / 1043 posts

    No real plan, just went by cues. I was aware of EASY and it made sense to me, but I didn't follow it in a regimented way.

  6. 2littlepumpkins

    grapefruit / 4455 posts

    We did easy with both but were much stricter with dd who happened to be the fussier baby but the sort of better sleeper. Ds we just go with the flow all day, and have a loose schedule for bedtime and he's three months. When we're done traveling we'll probably have a better routine.

  7. ValentineMommy

    pomelo / 5791 posts

    We loosely followed the book "12 hours sleep by 12 weeks". DS1 slept 12 hours a night fairly regularly at 10 weeks and DS2 slept 12 hours a night by 14 weeks. DS1 is almost 3 now and still sleeps 12 hours a night with no problem.

    Neither of them ever CIO or anything either. We found the method pretty intuitive and simple.

    That being said, they were both FF.

  8. NurseDMB

    kiwi / 643 posts

    We somewhat follow EASY. Unfortunately, he's still a snacker all day long (eats every 2 hours) because he has reflux and can't take a lot of ounces at a time.

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