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- 5 Reasons I Love On Becoming Babywise
- A Complete Summary of the Babywise Method
- An Honest Babywise Book Review
- I Love Babywise
- Benefits of Babywise in Older Children
- Myths versus Realities of Babywise
Babywise Potpourri
- Babywise Milestones
- Your Babywise Baby: First Year Overview
- Babywise FAQs
- Babywise and Reflux
- Comforting a Sick Toddler/Baby
- Essential Elements to Any Babywise Bedroom
- Evolution of Babywise at our House
- How Is A Babywise Mom Defined?
- How On Becoming Babywise Saved My Motherhood
- How The Babywise Mom Discovered Babywise
- How To Implement Babywise In Older Kids
- Observe The End Results
- Reader Starting Late Questions
- Starting Babywise Late Guide
- Starting Babywise Late
- Baby Whisperer: Starting a Routine “Late”
- “You’re Lucky”
Babywise Theory In Depth
- Adding Baby To The Family–A Balanced Approach
- Adjusting for Context
- Babywise II: Establishing Right Patterns
- Beliefs and Goals (Toddlerwise)
- Boundaries (Toddlerwise)
- Boundaries: Part II (Toddlerwise)
- Childproofing vs. Houseproofing
- The Ever-Changing Child
- Externals vs. Internals
- Feed Baby When Hungry
- “I’m Flexible”
- “Mom, not baby, decides…”
- How to Do On Becoming Babywise
- How To Think
- Immediate Happiness Is Not The End Goal
- Importance of Marriage
- In Action: Mom, not baby, decides
- Prevention
- Problem Solving Using Beliefs, Goals, Why, and How
- The Gist of Babywise
- Reasons for Feeding Sooner than 2.5 Hours
Valerie, also known as The Babywise Mom, is the mother to four children. She has been blogging on Babywise and general parenting since 2007. She has a degree in technical writing and loves using those skills to help parents be the best parents they can be! Read her book, The Babywise Mom Nap Guide, to get help on sleep from birth through the preschool years. You can also find her writing at Babywise.life, Today Parenting, and Her View From Home. Read more about Valerie and her family on the About page. Follow her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for more tips and helps.
My newborn grandbaby is now two weeks old. Her mom and I are stumped though! We've combed through Baby Wise and couldn't find the answer. The baby had her feeding and her awake time (3 hour schedule) then we laid her down. Realizing that it takes her a bit to fall asleep we laid her down with 15 minutes to fall asleep and and hour and a half for sleep. It took her an hour and fifteen minutes to fall asleep. She wasn't crying just awake. Are we supposed to wake her up now after the hour and a half "sleep" or are we supposed to let her sleep?
You could let her sleep an extra thirty minutes. You probably kept her up too long. A two week old should be awake 30-60 minutes tops including feeding times. Be sure to check out the posts on optimal waketime length.
I have a question. My 16 week old son is doing great with the babywise schedule. We definitely have the eat wake sleep pattern down and he goes down for naps and bedtime very easily. I read that at 3 months they can drop their last feeding leaving 4-6 feedings during the day, resulting in longer awake time. Up until now I have been keeping him awake for about 1 1/2 hours before he goes down for a nap. He usually naps about an hour to an hour and a half. Sometimes more, sometimes less. My question is how do I know how long his awake time should be between naps now.Thank you for your help!