“I would highly recommend this bundle to any first time mom! This bundle gave me such knowledge on understanding my baby, learning cues, and setting a strong sleep foundation.”
“We have used TCB for both of our babies (16 months a part). It has given us a strategy to meet our babies needs and staying connected. I think the best part is doing the class with both myself and my husband because we are able to address any bumps with an understanding of our baby and one another - which was my biggest worry is how to communicate and handle when the baby is upset. We are able to eliminate the arguments because we can use Cara’s strategies. Truly the best thing we have done for our kids and ourselves.”
“Have done this with both of our children and it’s made a huge difference for us all. My only complaint is that you have to buy it again for each child where most other courses I’ve bought online are for life.”
“I've been following Taking Cara Babies tips since we brought our baby home. We bought the first 5 months bundle to solidify the things that we've learned and to start setting those sleep building blocks even though she's just learning about the world around her. We are so happy with the sleep she (and us) have been able to get at night using the tips and tricks Cara and her team give. We were expecting to be up all night long and that hasn't been the case. We are hopeful that these building blocks will lead to even better sleep once she hits 5 months and beyond!”
“The First Five Months Bundle made me so much more confident as a first time mom. I was convinced that my baby hated being swaddled until we tried Cara’s tips and tricks and my son was able to be calmed so quickly. It truly set us up for success sleeping through the night when my baby was 2-3 months old!”
“Ugh. I have two friends that rave about this but it was not the end-all be-all solution for us. I'm not sure why. Maybe some babies just don't sleep well and there is nothing you can do about it except let them grow out if it.
As a second time mom, I already knew a lot of the stuff cara taught. I'd read Harvey Karp, and Babywise. My husband was a first time parent and he felt like it was extremely helpful for him.
Here's the deal. Our baby basically never had nighttime sleep until he was at least a month and a half. Then he didn't have a bedtime until 12 or 1 am. We tried relentlessly to put him down for sleep but he wouldn't do it. (My first baby actually did sleep and this was the one I didn't have Cara's course for. I just used the book Babywise.)
Out if desperation we taught him to go to sleep by himself by letting him cry it out before he was three months old. This was against Cara's advice because she says at that age they're not old enough. But we were desperate. After that he'd go down for naps and bedtime independently, but did not put himself back to sleep during nightime wakings. This was really disappointing, given that Cara promised a huge percent of babies who fall asleep will put themselves back to sleep. This was not true for us and it was very hard to deal with. These were completely separate skills that he had to learn very distinctly from each other.
The thing I did like was in the 4-5 month course where Cara taught how to drop nightime wakings. We were literally having 3-4 of them. (This was after months of not having nighttime sleep, so that many wakings was actually an improvement!) Excruciating. We didn't have a 4 hour stretch until we started to implement this. I finally realized our baby was waking up because of a habit of eating at night, so we followed Cara's advice and pushed him 15-30 minutes each night when he'd wake up (let him cry for that whole time) and then we'd feed him. We extinguished the majority of nighttime wakings that way. That was the game changer. But seriously? He was 3 months old.
Did I gift this for my brother who was a first time parent? Yes. Its been helpful for them. I just wish it helped us more than it did. And again, maybe that's just baby specific. I guess what I'm saying is, it might be worth the cost, but maybe keep your expectations low and you might be pleasantly surprised if you're more lucky than us.
P.S. Can someone please explain how you're supposed to have a consistent bedtime when naps vary so much in the day before 5 months? Sheesh. If you don't have regular naps, how in the world are you supposed to have a regular bedtime? I know there's a window of time, but I really could've used Cara addressing that more in depth. Do you always want a full awake window before bedtime? What if it's super late, or a false start bedtime?”
