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Summary: simple guidlines
Review: Any logical person who has a child knows that any theory is that..a theory. Using this book as a simple guidline in getting my child on a schedule was wonderful. There is a lot of flexablity with it, and it felt fantastic to be able to know when my child will be hungry, and that if he's crying it's not ALWAYS a hunger cue. It helped me understand different cries,and bring him into our family dynamic. It's nice to have him as PART of the family, not the center.
This updated version never told me NOT to feed my child, at one point it said that if you child is showing signs, feed him/her and start the naptime/waketime/feedtime schedule over again. There was a lot of controversy with this book, but if you are an intelligent, logical and educated person, you know what will work for you and what won't. IT'S A GUILDLINE..NOT THE BIBLE!!
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Summary: Worked for our two year old!
Review: My wife and I were given this book before we had our first child. We are both high school teachers and followed most of their suggestions. All children are different however, and we did make a few alterations to the series when dealing with our son. He has done well with this philosophy and his behavior has always impressed people. He is a very caring and polite young man and we are thankful for him. Our second son is three months old and we have had more of a challenge sticking to the ideas in this book with him because he had true medical cholic for the first two months. We gave him bedtime props and other things to calm him which we felt were necessary, but are awful habits to break. He is quickly out growing the swing and LIVES in it. The ideas in this book definitly seem to make life easier on a baby because when habits go too long they are more painful to break for the infant than if you show them normal patterns to begin with. We give this book to all of our expectant friends.
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Summary: A Must Read
Review: I read this book before having our twin sons and then used it once they were born - it helped us so much. We had them on a schedule from the start and they slept through the night between 8 and 12 weeks. This book has excellent suggestions on developing a routine for yourself, your family, and your new addition(s)! Our sons were placed on a rigid 4 hour feeding schedule at the hospital and we kept up with it once we got home - why would we switch to demand feeding?. It made our lives easier to know what to expect and when to expect it. Especially with twins you need to have them on the same schedule otherwise you are feeding a baby 24/7 with no time for yourself or the rest of your family. Do yourself a favor and read this book and use it as a guideline for your new family member. You will be happy when you get the positive results.
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Summary: Stay Away
Review: This book is dangerous--it seduces parents into a terrible detached mindset that endangers their lifelong relationships with their children. Think about it: why would a kid who was treated in such a punitive manner ever willingly confide in those same parents when a teenager? Also, don't buy the religious justifications for this theory--it's totally fraudulent. Children are gifts from God, not burdens that merely get in the way of "date night".
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Summary: good in theory
Review: I am an early childhood teacher and read this book in earnest while I was pregnant with my first. I totally agreed with most of the theories presented and vowed that I would try using this with our daughter. It makes good sense when you are just reading it. Unfortunately the book forgets one important thing...babies are individuals. When our daughter was born and she didn't do anything according to "the book" I was confused and upset thinking that I had done something wrong - that *I* was the one who wasn't establishing the schedule, the routine - and that we would have a crying, no sleeping child forever (and it was all my fault). But doing lots of reading led me to the realization that I needed to do *whatever* it took to make my baby happy and that meant going by her cues and demand feeding and letting her sleep whenever she wanted for the first several weeks! Another thing that this book fails to point out is that most babies learn to sleep through the night by 12 weeks anyway - regardless of parenting styles. My 10 week old is breastfed and has been sleeping through the night (up to 6 hour stretches) with no problem for a few weeks now. Would it be nice for her to sleep 10-12 hours at a time...NO! Her belly is empty and I do not mind being her Mommy and taking care of her. She was allowed to set her own schedule and is much happier now. Another issue is co-sleeping and helping her to sleep. She flat out refused to sleep anywhere except for in our bed the first few weeks of her life. After two weeks of lots of crying on everyone's part, we finally figured out how peaceful the family bed is. We have gradually started to wean her out of our bed to an infant seat in a bassinette besdie our bed (and she is doing fine). We are following her lead and it is wonderful! She isn't the crying, bratty, demanding, unhappy baby that the authors warn you about. Another thing that I realized when contemplating this book is that I am only going to get to take care of this tiny *baby* for a few years. In short time she will be grown up and not WANT my love and attention all day and night. I do not mind breastfeeding her every 3 hours, rocking her to sleep at night, or giving her all of the rocking, cuddling, and loving that I can. She is quite independent already and CAN fall asleep by herself, CAN go 6-8 hours at night without eating, and CAN be a happy, wonderful baby. I am giving this book to a charity - it has some good points, but I prefer to trust my instincts and raise my child the way that feels right for us. **edit** my baby is now 6.5 months and is still a wonderful, happy baby. We still follow her lead and she is still able to fall asleep on her own, stay asleep (most nights), and tolerate our hectic lifestyle schedule changes with no problem! We have also fed her EXCLUSIVELY on breastmilk this entire time using both nursing and expressed bottles and I just do not think that would have happened if I had believed Ezzo and spaced out the feedings. Even now during this 6 month growth spurt - we can eat up to every hour! it isn't a problem though - really! when she is hungry - she eats. When she is tired she sleeps. simple stuff! I AM lucky though that she doesn't usually comfort nurse - or have to nurse to sleep...she is perfetly capable of self-soothing! :o)
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Summary: You need to read this book!
Review: This book is fantastic! It is the smartest move we made as parents. Thanks to the ideas in this book, our twins were sleeping through the night at 8 weeks. They slept at the same time, ate at the same time. It was a lifesaver. Also, it creates very secure children. YOU SHOULD READ IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL CHOOSE TO USE WHAT IT TELLS YOU, BUT IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING. Parenting is very emotional, and some people cannot handle hearing a baby cry with out shoving a bottle in their mouth. If that's you, you probably won't want to use this book. If you do use it, your baby will be on a natural schedule in very little time, and you won't have to guess if they are hungry or not. We buy it for all our friends, and most have used it successfully, and gratefully. There is another version of this book (I can't think of the name) that contains the same info, but is written from a Christian oriented view point)
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Summary: This book is about setting a routine - not feedings.
Review: I used the BabyWise approach of following the routine of feeding time, waketime and naptime which, in my opinion, was the successful approach that worked for us. My baby slept 8 hours straight at night beginning at nine weeks and is 100% breastfed. I did not come away thinking this book was about how much or how little for that matter to feed a baby as other individuals have indicated in their reviews. Instead, I believe this book was about setting the routine which included keeping the baby awake after a daytime feeding which was the challenge. But, I believe it is this approach that worked!
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Summary: This book should be called On Becoming Abusewise
Review: The pages of this book would be better put to use as toilet paper.
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Summary: Thank God for Baby Wise
Review: All of those who gave this book negative reviews...shame on you. I've never heard such idiotic adults in my entire life. This Baby Wise concept is not torturous nor are you starving your child of food, love or attention. I used Baby Wise with my child and swear by it. It's kind of funny how I get constant compliments on how good my child is (happy, sleeps well, never sick, and is growing), compared to parents of children who did not follow Baby Wise. Those parents are controlled by their children. The child makes the decisions, not the parents. That's pretty pathetic. They can't put their babies down for a nap without them crying, they are constantly up in the middle of the night, the parents are continuously feeding their children just to get them to stop crying. While I'm just watching in amazement at how stupid these parents look. I'm sure that is what all of you Baby Wise opponents look like too. Shame on you. I loved getting a full nights sleep by the time my baby was 10 weeks old, while all of you parents of 9-12 month olds are still up in the middle of the night with crying babies, shoving binkies or milk down their throats just to keep them quiet. Take it from me, my family life (including my relationship with my child and my husband) has never been better or easier. Thank you Baby Wise.
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Summary: Great guide to a good night sleep
Review: I read this book before my baby arrived and didn't think it would help me much. Without planning to apply the scheduled feeding, I subconsciously started to read the clock and my baby's instinct to eat/wake/sleep... without much effort she surprised me! My baby is more awake during the day (happy) and sleepy during the night in 6 weeks. Great book for new parents who has no idea what to expect! I think my life would have been very different if I never read this book.
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