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They definitely seemed to correspond for us give or take a week. It was amazing to me because it was usually a few nights of crappy sleep and then one morning she would wake up and could do something new. I dont believe in them so much anymore now that DD is 20 months old, but when she was a baby they were spot on.

Ds hit them a week or two early but usually were spot on as far as the symptoms, milestones, etc. It never lasted as long as the app told us though. After nine months we didn't really check it or notice stages though

They have been hit or miss with both of mine. They do hit those skills listed sooner or later, just not to the day or necessarily week.

My big beef with Wonder Weeks is that you are constantly staring at a chart looking for a thundercloud- I really am very turned off by that. I don't like associating anything with my kids negatively, and I worry that I would feed off of it or my behavior would be less enthusiastic if I were just looking at the next storm cloud coming up. I have the app and check it occasionally when I am having a difficult time, but I don't trust it or rely on it completely to the day or week.

I use the app to figure out their calculation based on the due date vs birth date, and can never make sense of it! But I'm always amazed at how he really does master those skills just as that wonder week is ending.

The timing of the weeks in the book has been off for my LO but she definitely has wonder weeks. Btw, there is usually a growth spurt for babies right around 6 weeks so sounds like that's what's happening!

They were really accurate for us!

Sometimes-although she usually hit them early

She definitely has wonder weeks, but they are often off by a week or so and I've found the earlier ones are worse than the later ones. And I've definitely seen the leaps in development. It's uncanny, for example they would say after this last leap she would be putting rings on the post and stacking blocks. I was skeptical, because it didn't seem like she was even close. Then after the wonder week ended - bam! She was doing those things. It's really cool.

I don't believe in them either.

Spot on for us.

The first wonder week was spot on for us, but until the next couple are also right I won't be convinced.

Right for us!

I'm undecided. Lo is 16 weeks tomorrow and her abilities seem hit or miss compared to ww predictions. Most of the skills she got gradually and before predicted. But a few (like rolling over!) she is supposedly weeks behind on.

Like you though I'm hoping the are real bc lo is supposedly in the middle of a big one right now and her sleep has been bad and she has been much fussier than usual the last week.

They were sometimes right for us but sometimes not (meaning she wasnt more fussy during certain weeks).

I don't believe in them. Sounds like the normal 6 week growth spurt to me.

They were roughly accurate for us, give or take a week. But even if they don't correspond to your baby's schedule I found them to be a really helpful reminder than everything is a phase. So the bad times are going to pass, and I should enjoy the good periods while they are here because they won't stay either. I do recall six weeks being just about my low point as well. These days (11 weeks) when I have a tough day I try to remember what it felt like then to put it in perspective. Just do what you need to do to survive.

Yep, it was spot on every single time. Even my DH who was skeptical about it started asking of it was a wonder week every time DS was fussy, lol.