On Becoming Baby Wise

My sister-in-law LauraKay was recommended the book 'On Becoming Baby Wise' when her little guy was born by a ward member. She also heard great things about it from a friend who followed the suggestions and had her two month old baby sleeping through the night. Naturally, I thought I should read it for Everly because we really struggle with sleeping. She does not sleep well at night at all. She wakes up sometimes every hour to every two hours in the night. When she wakes up she'll only calm down by nursing. I can't get her to stop screaming any other way.
I read On Becoming Baby Wise. I've concluded that these sleep books I've read are great but I really don't think they work for Everly. I think she has some other serious issues when it comes to sleep. Even as a newborn she hardly slept. She didn't sleep as much as it's recommended for newborns and she was constantly awake and alert. I do want to start the Babywise principles with our next child right off the bat to see if it'll work. But for Everly I tried forever to work with her and I think it just made things worse. I was up practically all night with her last night. I tried for two hours to soothe her without nursing. I've given up on these sleep books and I'm just going to focus on what works for her best.

You're supposed to watch the clock and hunger signs for your baby and decide based off those when you think your baby needs to eat. They strongly recommend feeding, wake time then sleep time-in that order. You watch for tired cues and have a routine for naps and bedtime to put your baby down. Always put your baby to sleep drowsy and they say that will teach them to self soothe. I agree with these ideas but unfortunately we didn't do that with Everly and I tried working with her on it now that she's five months and it totally backfired. So I've quite trying and now we are focusing on just getting ANY sleep at all during the night. Hopefully I'll be Baby Wise with my next child;)