Originally Posted by 284878:
Thanks all. I seriously have never had an infant on this schedule but I'm glad to hear that it is more common than I thought. DCB is here today and it seems to be working out great just like some of you said his hungry and sleep cues are easier to detect. The other baby I have in care is on the schedule that I consider average eat sleep play. So it's interesting to have two different infant on two different schedules.
I do have one question how does the schedule work for middle-of-the-night feedings? Does the infant expect to stay up and play then too?
I started the EASY schedule after reading "The Baby Whisperer" with my first child. The author recommends a "dream feed", where you put the child down for normal bedtime and then come in a couple hours later and only wake them enough to "top off the tank". With DD on the dream feed she slept through the night from 4 months on. DS still woke around 3am until 7 months, but it was eat then right back to sleep with no issues.