Munaz, there are definitely people who have "success", or their definition of it, with the routines in the book. However, I can assure you there are an awful lot of others out there who have destroyed their breastfeeding relationship as a result of unrealistic and un-natural routines. A newborn baby needs to feed 8 - 12 times in 24 hours, and this is usually not evenly spaced. Most babies "cluster feed", which is a lot of feeds close together, and there is a developmental need for them to do so. Also, the idea of expressing for the dad to give a bottle is not all it's cracked up to be. Mums will wake anyway needing to feed as they are full - and this is how nature intended it. Mum and bub both have a physiological need to be close and feed often. I have read the book, so I know that she suggests expressing to have "stock" for the "fussy periods", however again, this is not how it's supposed to work. Babies feed more often during development growth spurts as they need not just the milk, but the comfort, and the mum needs her supply stimulated to meet the new requirements.

I also have concerns over the term "success". To me, success is not sleeping through the night by a certain age, or the ability to get on with my life more easily while I have a newborn. To me, success is raising a physically and emotionally healthy child, who knows that his needs for food, comfort etc are being met so that he can grow into a well adjusted and independent child and adult.

I have read pretty much every baby book on the planet and even the best of them is no substitute for your own instinct as a mum.