Anyone use "12 hours sleep by 12 weeks" book by Suzy Giordano?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This was one book among many that we read and some of what Suzy said did make a lot of sense to me. So I took some of her advice, combined with a bit of Weissbluth and a bit of Happiest Baby on hte Block and created my own system. What helped us was to stop feeding DD when she reached 12 lbs. The ped said she didn't need the overnight feed at that stage and better to cut out the habit of her relying on it earlier than later. So once we eliminated that (which took DD a few nights to get used to - she cried and we rocked/held until she realized we weren't feeding) she started sleeping longer stretches. We also employed the early bedtime strategy and were really consistent about it - down by 8p every night. We swaddled for several months (probably longer than most), let her sleep with paci and she eventually got the hang of sleeping all night long. We didn't rush in immediately if she started fussing but didn't let her cry it out either. Hope this is helpful!

PLEASE do not listen to this poster. This is truly cruel behavior toward a baby. You are insane.

Huh?? I think this is good advice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Am I an idiot, or is there some reason it would be important for a 12-week-old to sleep 12 hours other than convenience for the parents?

I'm thrilled to pieces that my 3-month-old is sleeping 9-10 hours a night. Isn't that good enough?

It's just because OP is lazy and doesn't want to wake up to feed her infant.

And you're a martyr who wants to be able to complain about being tired because you think it makes you sound like a better mom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was one book among many that we read and some of what Suzy said did make a lot of sense to me. So I took some of her advice, combined with a bit of Weissbluth and a bit of Happiest Baby on hte Block and created my own system. What helped us was to stop feeding DD when she reached 12 lbs. The ped said she didn't need the overnight feed at that stage and better to cut out the habit of her relying on it earlier than later. So once we eliminated that (which took DD a few nights to get used to - she cried and we rocked/held until she realized we weren't feeding) she started sleeping longer stretches. We also employed the early bedtime strategy and were really consistent about it - down by 8p every night. We swaddled for several months (probably longer than most), let her sleep with paci and she eventually got the hang of sleeping all night long. We didn't rush in immediately if she started fussing but didn't let her cry it out either. Hope this is helpful!

PLEASE do not listen to this poster. This is truly cruel behavior toward a baby. You are insane.

Huh?? I think this is good advice.

I think it's great advice too! My baby was sttn at 12lbs too. She slept for the first time through the night at 10lbs. Weight makes a big difference in how long they can sleep. Exclusively breastfeeding here too. Babies move their calorie intake to the day instead of relying on getting calories at night.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was one book among many that we read and some of what Suzy said did make a lot of sense to me. So I took some of her advice, combined with a bit of Weissbluth and a bit of Happiest Baby on hte Block and created my own system. What helped us was to stop feeding DD when she reached 12 lbs. The ped said she didn't need the overnight feed at that stage and better to cut out the habit of her relying on it earlier than later. So once we eliminated that (which took DD a few nights to get used to - she cried and we rocked/held until she realized we weren't feeding) she started sleeping longer stretches. We also employed the early bedtime strategy and were really consistent about it - down by 8p every night. We swaddled for several months (probably longer than most), let her sleep with paci and she eventually got the hang of sleeping all night long. We didn't rush in immediately if she started fussing but didn't let her cry it out either. Hope this is helpful!

PLEASE do not listen to this poster. This is truly cruel behavior toward a baby. You are insane.

Huh?? I think this is good advice.

I think it's great advice too! My baby was sttn at 12lbs too. She slept for the first time through the night at 10lbs. Weight makes a big difference in how long they can sleep. Exclusively breastfeeding here too. Babies move their calorie intake to the day instead of relying on getting calories at night.

Also, 12 hrs sleep by 12 weeks does not promote a CIO extinction method. She gives concrete tips for soothing your baby while you put him down drowsy but awake, and what to do when he wakes up in the middle of the night, which is to (1) let him fuss for a few minutes before immediately going in and feeding him, (2) try soothing him by a paci or butt taps etc before feeding to see if you can get him to go to sleep, (3) feed him in the dark so he doesn't wake up, and (4) gradually reduce the amount of milk during the night feedings. Over a period of a few weeks, your baby will learn that 7pm is bedtime, be able to be put down in his crib without screaming, and eat all the milk he needs during the day so he's not hungry in the middle of the night. IMO these are all good things, and the book does a good job of explaining it in bullet points so you're not spending hours reading Weissbluths millions of case studies.

[Anonymous]

I used "The Contented Little Baby Book" by Gina Ford from about the time my child was two weeks. The schedules changed almost weekly, and helped me keep ahead of my child's hunger and sleep needs. He was sleeping what I considered "through the night" at six weeks, from about 11 to 5 or 6.

It, too, used the idea of getting in most of the calories during the waking hours, so a child wasn't so hungry at night -- and not letting them sleep all day, but instead waking them from naps. The closer we stuck to the schedule, the happier he was so the happier we all were. By three months he was sleeping 10-11 hours straight through.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why does a four month old need to sleep 12 straight hours?

Not sure if they NEED to but it sure is nice!!! I don't believe that parents need to sleep suffer so they can talk about how much they sacrificed for their baby. Sleeping for 12 hours is not a health risk and if the baby couldn't do it, then they wouldn't. It's not like the baby is thinking, "hmm, mommy is trying a new sleep method so I must stay asleep for 12 hours". It doesn't work that way. If the method works for your baby (mine), then go ahead and use it. You will know very soon after starting if it will work. That said, I think it is easier to track amounts for a formula fed baby. Therefore, if you don't choose to use formula (we had no choice), then this method might not be right for you. I think that was the original question.

No but before you decide to go with it check out some research https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992662/

Well, baby is 5 years old now, so...

[Anonymous]

Don't try to solve problems you don't have.

Both my kids learned to sleep on their own around 6 months. My first did a very gradual fade of having times between eating getting longer and longer until she was sleeping 6:30pm-5:30pm. My second took a little longer and didn't seem anywhere close to stopping eating (I was about to sleep train) when at 7 months he went from 1-2 erratically timed feedings to sleeping 6pm-6am in one night.

I had good sleepers, it was nothing I did really. Besides making sure they had lots of chances to eat lots and lots during the day.

So this might not even be a problem. If at 6 or 7 months you don't like the sleep issues you have, then look into Ferber sleep training.

Otherwise, just feed your newborn.

[Anonymous]

But 12 hours sleep by 12 weeks has FANTASTIC advice about teaching your baby to fall asleep on her own without being rocked, without needed to nurse to sleep, or any other sleep crutches. The dropping the feedings at night comes next.

I never had to CIO because I started following 12 hours sleep's guidelines for putting my baby to bed after a bedtime routine, starting around 6 weeks. This was also my pediatrician's recommendation (starting bedtime routines) but Suzy's book gave us step by step things to do, which was necessary in my early baby sleep deprived, ppd state.