We laugh because even if he is totally wired, he'll often start rubbing his eyes as soon as we turn the white noise on. With the backdrop of white noise, a brief rock in your arms can be the final lullaby before they're off to dreamland. Our 2 month old son eats amazing, sleeps 8-9 hours a night with ONE wake up, and is happy as can be. I owe everything to y’all - my two babes are healthy, wonderful sleepers and I tell every new mom that the only book they need to read is MOC.

The schedules and tips are so concise and helpful - and allow you to create a routine for your child that allows you to have both predictability AND flexibility when you need to. It’s a scenario familiar to many parents, including Jennifer, one of the authors, who watched her sons try that very feat. Mom of two I became pregnant during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when all birthing, parenting, Lamaze, you name it, all classes were canceled. It’s not just about closing their eyes, but creating a foundation for them to drift into dreamland seamlessly and soundly. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Let's delve deeper into understanding the importance of this and how you can implement it effectively. Also I believe self soothing is such a bogus concept for an infant, anyone with an older child knows that self regulation (calming and rationalizing emotions and behaviors) is something we have to continue to model and guide children into. However, the routines established courtesy of this book have really helped to make sleep possible no matter where we are (at home on the East coast, traveling on the East coast, in Chicago, or even Hawaii). However, I wanted to get on more of a schedule so that I knew how to plan things for us throughout the day.

The schedule structure and the basic principles of how the schedule worked was SO helpful even if the timing was different, having a general guide was my lifesaver.Dark as midnight for nighttime sleep, maybe letting a little soft light filter in for those daytime naps. Helped me as a first time mom have a reference for a schedule for my little one; however, I personally am anti cry it out and they do a light version of Ferber method. In regards to the feeding schedule being very regimented, when breastfeeding is being established early on, and when growth spurts and major neurological development are happening, there will be cluster feeding and it is not something that can go by a timer. It’s also been so nice to have for quick reference as needed- I love that it’s all in bullet-point form and that it has sample schedules for each age range up to 6 months old.