Baby whisperer

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Have you had a positive experience of applying the baby whisperer approach when bf?

I have been plodding along quite happily with not much of a routine.
Dd is 4 and a bit months old. Quite calm and easy, sleeps well enough at night although wakes quite a few times to feed.

We co-sleep so both get back to sleep quite easily.

During the day she feeds very often (1hr or every 2 hours) and naps for very short periods. I can’t get a great deal done and worry that she is not getting enough sleep... she is otherwise thriving, I think.

Baby whisperer book claims that following her guidance will allow baby to nap longer.

I don’t really understand how you can stretch out times between bf (doesn’t fit with idea of bf on demand)?

Anyone had positive experiences of this? I know this book has a lot of detractors on mumsnet!
sorry posting for traffic as no responses on feeding thread :)

I did a eat-awake-sleep pattern but didn't worry about timings. My babies were 40 minute napper until about 6 months so we just had lots of feeds and naps in the day.

I have a 5 and a half month old and I found around the 3 month mark she became so interested in the world she would feed little and often. If I fed her somewhere boring, dark etc she would tan the milk then go longer in between. We still notice a big difference in number of feeds if we're out and about and she's too interested in the world than if we're at home 😂

Yes I started following the baby whisperer routine when I got fed up of feeding so often and not having a routine in place. It worked for me. My baby got into it quite quickly. She stopped feeding so often but was never hungry in between feeds. She didn't associate feeding with sleeping and I got time for myself when she slept! It was also good to know when out and about when I could expect to feed her rather than worry she might want one every 10 mins! My DD is now over a year and I no longer BF. I have a friend who didn't follow anything like this and her baby is nearly a year and she is still feeding on demand! She finds it very stressful. So I recommend it. I personally don't agree with feeding on demand...maybe when they're still a newborn but later it's good to take control.

When DS1 was born, I scoffed at the baby books and just went with the flow. But three months later I was desperate for some sleep and was feeding my baby hourly and really didn't have a clue what to do with him.

I started to read the baby whisperer and I have to say it changed my/our life. We finally had a routine and my DS started to have longer naps than the usual 40 min wink. Thanks to her EASY routine and dream feeds really turned it all round, the fog lifted and I think after three months I finally fell in love with my baby.

I know a lot of people on MN laugh and sneer at the Baby Whisper but for us it was valuable advice and guidance to avoid the usual pitfalls that come with inexperienced parenting.

When My DS2 was born, I followed the EASY routine from day 1 and even though he was (and still is) strong willed baby (DS1 was "an angel" in comparison) he always napped really well and went to bed without the fuss.

Worked for me. I'm a fan.