A few months after having Jem, I was sitting in Barnes and Noble with my mom talking to her about not knowing how to put him on a schedule. I didn't want to just let him sleep whenever he wanted and I knew that he needed to eat every three hours. But how did I get it to work? I felt like my child was in charge. I couldn't really make plans to do anything because I never knew when he would want to eat or how long he would sleep. I was frustrated and confused.
And then a lovely lady, whom I'm convinced was sent to me by God, walked over and said, "I couldn't help but overhear your conversation and I wanted to recommend the book Baby Wise." My mom and I ran over to the shelf and pulled it off. Mom, thankfully, bought it for me and I took it home and devoured it that day. And within a few days, I had Jem on a schedule. I no longer had to guess about his nap time. I knew exactly when a feeding would take place. It gave me back some of my freedom. I could make plans knowing that I wouldn't have a screaming baby on my hands who was demanding food. The book was a lifesaver for that stage of my life. And I pulled it out again with each subsequent child. (You think that you'll remember how to do the baby stage but you don't.)
And now that I am almost out of the baby stage completely, I am moving on to other books in the series. I wasn't even aware that they had any but one of my friends told me about them. I just picked up Child Wise at my library and I've been reading it for the past few nights. My friend has been talking about this book for over a year and I've just been nodding and saying, "That sounds great. I should try that." And when I cracked it open for the first time the other night I made Sam pause the tv so that I could read bits of it to him out loud. I've already started implementing some of the techniques they talk about in the book and tomorrow I'll write about what has happened with that.
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