On Becoming Baby Wise

So, I am trying to get all Baby-wised ... again.

The book comes down to this ... babies should eat, then stay awake, then take a nap, then eat again and in that order. Parents are in control. It is OK for babies to cry. Babies need sleep. Parents decided when and how babies sleep. Babies should sleep through the night at about 8 weeks. Lay your baby is their crib when they are still awake.

When I started reading the book again, I thought, "Oh, I guess I didn't really have to apply this stuff last time because Quinn was freakishly perfect." So, I started on page 1 a few days again, so I could read with fresh eyes thinking about my more normal baby this time around.

However, now that I am more than half way through (which is a huge feat since I basically only read one or two pages interrupted at a time), I realize. Quinn was not the freak ... I was. I was DAMN good at applying all the details of the Baby Wise method last time, and it made for a very happy baby. I just forgot that I had taken such an active role in the process. Yeah for me.

It is just discouraging that I not only forgot everything, but also forgot that I did it at all. '

Tomorrow is a new day. We'll see what happens.