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Summary: Sleeping for 10 hours a night at 9 weeks!
Review: Friends of ours recommended this book to us and I read it and immediately liked its philosophy. As a first time Mom I truly had no idea how to care for my baby's scheduling needs. This book really helped me with that. Don't misunderstand...this books leaves plenty of room for flexibility but still gives those with no baby experience to fall back on a plan for making it from one day to the next. Mostly I appreciated being able to anticipate my babies needs more accurately once he was on a schedule. I referred to the book almost daily, checking to make sure I was doing everything right...at 8 weeks he was still not sleeping through the night, not even close. The book says that by 9 weeks most babies are sleeping through the night and I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. On the night my son turned 9 weeks old, he slept for 8 hours. Within a week, he was up to 10 hours and has been consistent ever since. I expected it to be more gradual; one day I found myself thinking he'd be one of those babies who take 6 months to start sleeping well, and the next day, found myself WAITING for him to wake up. I was waiting to write my review to see if what the book says works and am happy to report that for us, it definitely did! Fortunately, my baby is an easy baby to care for but this book helped most by being specific enough to take away some of the guesswork that goes along with early parenthood.
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Summary: On Becoming Baby Wise:
Review: I was very offended by this book, people treat their pets better the Gary Ezzo tells you to treat your child!! This book says that you are in charge of your baby (I totally agree) but the way in which he says you need to be in charge is what I don't agree with. He seems to think that when your baby is trying to Communicate a need to you (and you say it's nap time - remember your in charge) you are suppose to let them cry until they fall to sleep. This goes against nature, when your baby crys their body releases a hormone that does not allow them to relax, it also goes against a women's nature to let her baby cry (when a women hears her baby cry there is an increase of blood flow to her breasts, her heart rate goes up, her hormones increase and she has a biological urge to pick up and nurse/comfort her baby.). He says a lot more about how to have your baby on a schedule - a schedule way more then I could handle when I worked 80 hours a week, why should a baby be subjected to such awful treatment and by the person they love the most. The best thing a mother gets out of responding to her baby's crys is confidence as a mother, she KNOWS her baby and knows what her baby NEEDS. The best thing a baby gets out of his mother responding when he communicates is that he learns to trust his parents - this I believe continues into adulthood. If your child learns to trust you as a baby it is the begining of the best parent/child relationship you can have. LISTEN TO YOUR BABY WHEN HE TALKS TO YOU!! How does it make you feel when you are communicating to someone and they pay absolutly no attention to you? Love your baby with all your heart, and respond to your baby with your heart! If you want to repond to your child check out Dr. William Sears books.
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Summary: Best thing for a 1st time mom
Review: This book, was the biggest help. I put my son on thier schedule from birth and it was the best decision I ever made. He sleeps all the way through the night and has been since 7 weeks old. I know what he will be doing and when he will be doing it. I can plan my day accordingly, and because Im a first time mom, I know what his cries mean when he crys. I am now starting him on the Baby Wise II book, and its helped me already with knowing when to introduce soilds and how to do it. Theres just so much advise out there, on how to raise your child, how do you know whats good advise and bad advise, follow these easy guidelines and guarenteed, you'll be glad you read this or these books.
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Summary: Worth the time to help you sleep!
Review: To be honest, I was skeptical of trying the suggestions in this book. Putting your new baby on a schedule?!?! It won't work, and it sounds mean!
Well, all that sure changed! The suggestions on getting your baby on a schedule worked like a charm! We had ours sleeping through the night (11-6) at 2 months. Now he's sleeping 9-6 almost like clockwork!
As with any plan/schedule/etc., you can't follow everything the author suggests religously. There were things we didn't do. You have to be flexible.
This book is great for any new parent that isn't sure what to do with that new little one!
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Summary: Best Reference and Method Book for Breastfed Babies
Review: Love this book! The basis of Babywise is to focus on the whole family, not just the new baby. It keeps Mommy, Daddy, and siblings sane, which in turn results in a happy baby. My daughter was a small baby (5lbs7oz) and I was hesitant about letting her cry at all. As soon as breastfeeding was fully established, I followed the book's 2 1/2 hour feed, wake, sleep cycle. I never let her cry more than 5-10 mins without checking or comforting her, but put her right back to bed. I quickly learned the differences in her cries which was wonderful since it was one of the few ways she could communicate her needs. She consistently slept 8 hours at night by 2 1/2 months. She's now almost 3 years old and she continues to sleep well and is a happy, loving, and healthy girl. I just had a baby boy and I started to follow the Babywise routine again. I established breastfeeding in three weeks and began a 2 1/2 hour feed, wake, sleep cycle. I never let him cry more than 5 mins without comforting him. At 8 weeks old he is sleeping 7-8 hours a night and wakes up happy and content. He rarely cries, but when he does, I can identify his different cries right away. I recommend reading this book before having a baby to familiarize yourself with the method. I don't believe the method is for every mom, but I do believe that it can work for every baby. I believe that moms will remember how their baby cried but kids won't remember crying to sleep. I believe that moms will always remember how much better life became when her baby learned to sleep on her own.
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Summary: Loved this philosphy! It worked for us!
Review: My son is 7 months old and has been sleeping through the night since he was 8 weeks old. He is in the 98th percentile for his size, so he is definitely thriving. He goes to sleep on his own, he is such a happy baby!! Everyone says "You are so lucky"...but I know that he has such a great disposition because he is on a consistent schedule and he gets plenty of rest (I worked hard the first 8 weeks to get him this way). He naps 3 times a day and sleeps ~11 hours at night. I received this book as a gift when I was pregnant and I consider it one of the best gifts I received.
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Summary: Very useful information on your baby's first year!
Review: Keep in mind that when you look for advice, take it with a grain of salt for heaven's sake!!! The book is not the know- all -end all, however it is extremely insightful in providing ideas and methods that can be extremely helpful when you have a new baby. The idea, as in with anything you read, is to use what makes sense to you and works with your baby. The basic principal of Mr. Ezzo's approach absolutely does work. I used it on my first baby and on my twins!!! Read it, try it, and conform it to your baby. Anyone who criticizes this author should go back and read the book again. Mr. Ezzo clearly defines that everyone's experience is different.
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Summary: LOVE IT
Review: This book was an absolute lifesaver. A very trusted friend recommended it to me. I was just about to the point where if one more person gave me advice, I was going to scream. I don't know what possessed me to buy this book considering my state of mind at the time, but I'm eternally grateful I did. I started it when my daughter was five weeks old, which I used to think was too old, but I think I'll start with the next one right about the same age. My daughter was sleeping through the night by 12 weeks, thank God! I was able to plan Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas Eve dinner because I knew exactly what time my daughter would be napping. I was able to enjoy meals! I could plan doctor appointments, errands, etc. because I knew what she would be doing and when. Granted, we are all human and no "schedule" is perfect, but this one is as close as they come. This book is written to praise traditional families, family values, morals, prayer and the like. Things that are very important to me. This book was so refreshing to read considering some of the garbage that is on bookshelves today. I loved how it explained things down to the minute. I am the type of person that needs to be told basically how much to feed, when to feed, how long naps should be, etc. Now that my daughter is nine months old, I'm much more confident and can make educated guesses, but when I was a brand new mom, this book was a life saver. In fact, "life saver" doesn't even do it justice. This book is nothing short of a miracle! As your baby starts eating solids, I highly recommend Baby Wise II.
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Summary: Is this book REALLY "the bomb"?
Review: Babies are not little machines that can quickly and easily be "programmed" into adult routines. Though babies all have basic needs for love and sustenance, babies come in many personalities and often require parents to employ different and inventive ways to meet those needs. Babies are not "one style fits all". However, this philosophy (which is often associated with attachment parenting, or AP) does not translate easily into rigid rules about parenting that work for all children (because there aren't any). Ezzo wants to scare us into believing that if we don't raise our children his way, they won't turn out OK. Not true! Parents who respond to their babies when they cry and feed when they are hungry will tell you that their babies grow up to become wonderful adults because those babies grow up knowing that their parents listened to and heeded their attempts to communicate. My daughter is one of many such examples: I nurse when she is hungry and I hold and rock her when she is tired, and she adapted ON HER OWN to a regular sleep/wake schedule without any coersion or forcing on my part, and very few wakeful nights. I facilitated her, I didn't force her! A better suggestion for parenting styles, encouragement, and help: any of the books of Dr. William & Martha Sears. I find their parenting method very compelling: more love-based and less extreme, and authoritative but not rigidly disciplinarian.
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Summary: Good Book if used with common sense
Review: After reading this book I do not see what the controversy is really about. It's only a rigid system if YOU make it one. Tailor it to work for you, just like you do with EVERY bit of advice we parents get. The only thing I disagree with in this book is starting it so early. I didn't read it till my baby was 2 months old and I think that's about the right age to start this system. I feel that trying to start a routine any earlier is just not needed or good. In short I'd recommend it to parents who have a 2 month or older baby and would like to get a little more sleep at night.
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