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Summary: Great resource...grateful parent
Review: This book is a must-read for any expecting (or new) parent. The general principles of routine feedings and the eat/activity/sleep daily pattern were invaluable to me. (Though the extremist positions and writing style of Babywise is annoying). Following the guidelines outined in Babywise, my breastfed 5 month old son began to sleep through the night at 5 weeks. He has not failed to thrive: he shot up from the 75th to 95th percentile for weight and has remained in the 95th percentile (my husband and I are of average height and weight). My son takes regular naps and consistently wakes up happy in the morning and after his naps. I have not experienced milk production problems and regularly used a breast pump to monitor my milk supply. In comparing my experience with moms who have demand fed, I am grateful that I followed the principles of Babywise. A well-rested mom is a happier (and better) mom. I have yet to meet a mom who followed the general feeding principles of Babywise and regretted it. Caveat: I disagree with the guidance given on how to deal with baby's crying. Ezzo's advice is better suited to older babies (3-6+ months) than infants. I strongly suggest The Baby Whisperer and the First Three Years (which is extensively backed by research) to supplement the advice given in this book. Of course, parents must use common sense and their knowledge of their baby when evaluating when to feed, respond to crying, etc.
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Summary: you will be getting rest after you read this book!
Review: after reading this book my baby is now sleeping from 8pm to 6am.she started at 2 1/2 months and has been on the same schedule for 5 weeks now. if you want to cary your baby all day and sleep with your baby at night this is not the book for you. i am rested and so is my daughter which i think makes us both happy and healthy. as for the review who said her baby died i think she must have other problems and issues beside this book. i highly recomend this book and i am shopping for another book by this author! thanks so much.
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Summary: I LOVE THIS BOOK!! Every new GREAT mom should use it!
Review: I read this book while I was pregnant and thought hey, I will give it a shot. I have talked with MANY moms who have used the Baby Wise method and they said it was wonderful and I HAD to use it! I'm so happy I did! My son is now 3 1/2 months and he is SUCH a wonderful baby. Everywere we go, people ask us: "Is he always THIS good?" - we proudly say YES! He was sleeping through the night - every night - by 7 weeks. He now goes to bed at 9:30pm and sleeps until 8:30am - he wakes up cheerful and happy! Our baby doesn't cry b/c he's hungry - we have him on such a great schedule that WE know when to feed him! Crying is the LAST sign a baby gives that he/she is hungry! I think it's cruel that parents would use crying as a signal to feed a baby! Thank you so much for this book - I HIGHLY recommend it to every mom!
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Summary: GREAT SUCCESS
Review: I am a mother of two and have used this system for both of my children. I read the book while pregnant with my first. As most new parents I did a lot of reading and had several recommendations for this system. My husband and I decided to use the system as a guideline. Both of my babies slept through the night by four weeks. I went back to work full-time when he was three months old. I nursed exclusively for six months and then added cereal/vegetables/fruit. Total nursing was 13-months. As a newborn I started feeding him every 2 1/2 hours then every three hours a few weeks later. He has consistently scored in the 95+% for height, weight, etc. We taught signs for: more, yes, no, mommy, daddy and stop. Our second son (now eight months old) has been an equal success. We are thankful for this book and would recommend it to everyone. Just as with anything you read, you need to use your best judgement and make it fit your lifestyle and famliy. I am delighted to say that our home is a happy environment for our children -- the chaos that exists in so many homes is absent from ours.
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Summary: Very Dangerous and Incorrect Information
Review: Gary Ezzo has no medical background or education. It has been shown that children raised this way fail to thrive, are more aggressive, less trustful of their parents, less intelligent and grow up insecure. To the poster who mentioned a friend's 3-year-old nursing: the average weaning age worldwide is 4 years. As for babies being fed on demand and sleeping in the parent's bedroom:
1.Babies are not designed or programmed to sleep through the night naturally in infantcy.
2.Breastmilk is digested quicker than formula, which is why breast-fed babies usually eat every 2-3 hours or more often.
3.As a parent, you are the one who should fit into and accomodate the baby's life, NOT the other way around. I do not even have children yet (have done extensive research on natural parenting), but even I have the knowledge that a lack of sleep and attachment in the early months is a natural part becoming a parent. Welcome to Parenthood--it's NOT about you or your life anymore! If you are not willing to change and alter your life, then what the heck were you thinking when deciding to have children? It is very obvious that most of you are not that well educated about parenting.
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Summary: Slept through the night at 6 weeks
Review: My bottle-fed baby has been sleeping from 8pm to 6am since he was six weeks old -- which is when I began following the Baby-Wise plan. His day-time hours are also happier ones. I read Baby Whisperer first, which I also reccommend, but needed some additional details to help me put it together. Of the two, I prefer this one for simplicity of application. I've heard quite a bit of negative press about this book -- but after reading it I can't imagine why. Nothing I read was radical or dangerous. On the contrary, my baby seemed to be crying all the time before I implemented this method and now he is happy all the time, and his weight is in the 98th percentile.
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Summary: Helped my twins sleep/eat better!
Review: The flexible scheduling method in this book works. I would be bonkers without it for my twins. It helps your baby set his own natural rythym for sleeping and eating which then helps them sleep longer. This is not an extremist method; in fact, it's quite in the middle. Strict clock watchers are at one end and demand fed are the other - both are unhealthy. PDF (parent directed feeding) is a flexible schedule that simply helps your child regulate himself. Just because 1 person didn't "count diapers" while nursing as PDF says to doesn't mean you throw out the method. You have to read the whole book. IT WORKS!!!
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Summary: No, No, No! Ezzo is Evil!
Review: The American Academy of Pediatrics, La Leche League, and countless other respected entities have come out against Gary Ezzo and his "babywise" method. According to the AAP, the infant feeding program outlined in Babywise has been "associated with failure to thrive (FTT), poor weight gain, dehydration, breast milk supply failure, and involuntary early weaning." Ezzo has NO medical credentials. Zero, zip, nada. His advice is medically unsound and dangerous and should not be followed!!
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Summary: Lifesaver for new parents of twins!
Review: We took the classes that correspond with this book and found everything to be "right on". The authors do NOT say to not feed your baby if he's hungry. If he does seem hungry when it's not a scheduled time, then it says to feed him, but then try to figure out why it happened. Just because one person one time did not keep track of wet diapers (like to book says), the whole idea is frowned upon. My twins were sleeping 10 hrs at night at 9 weeks and I know many other families on this program with the same results and better. This is just a way to help the baby set his own natural rhythm and that helps him sleep and eat better. It's not about strict clock watching nor demand feeding - it's in the middle of both extremes. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERY FAMILY!!!...
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Summary: Great guidelines, but use your own judgement
Review: Don't let the controversy about this book stop you from reading it. You can put your baby on a schedule, and still smother him with love at the same time. I followed most guidelines in this book, but I would never allow my baby to "cry it out" as the author suggests. I would always let him know that I was there when he cried by stroking his head or singing to him, but I would walk away once he stopped crying (before he fell asleep). He was sleeping through the night at 12 weeks of age. Bottom line: A FLEXIBLE schedule works, just use your best judgement.
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