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Summary: Common Sense Breastfeeding Advise
Review: My wife and I rec'd this book as a gift. We are both from Dairy farming backgrounds.We know that for a healthy breastfed baby, you need a healthy mother producing enough milk. We successfully used Dr. Ezzo's advice. Our daughter (soon to be 2) started sleeping thru the night at 5 weeks. She has always been in the 90th percentile for height, weight and head circumference. She sleeps 11 hours at night and she takes a 2-3 hour nap every day.
Since she was born she has had one cold and one fever, otherwise never sick! My wife breastfed her for 8.5 months. We also took Dr. Ezzo's advise and taught her sign language. She can now sign about 20 signs. I highly recommend both Dr. Ezzo's Babywise Books. I'm reading Childwise right now! Oh by the way, people who are against this book always seem so ANGRY! Could it be they aren't getting enough sleep!!!
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Summary: Why the big fuss against this book?
Review: Every book we looked at would cause problems in at least a few cases if no common sense was applied. We found several gross errors in a La Leche league book, but didn't think that invalidated the program. Anybody whose baby is failing to thrive and doesn't seek immediate help is not accurately following this book. I find it telling that the schedule the negative reviewers complain will harm your baby, is the very same schedule that our premature twins were on for 3 weeks in the NICU at one of the top, and most progressive, obstetrics hospitals in the country! Makes me wonder what the fuss is about. Our girls were sleeping 10 hours consistantly through the night at 3-1/2 months. At almost one year they are high on the growth charts without even allowing for the fact they were 7 weeks early. They are loved and are thriving. An NICU nurse gave us the best advice: Listen to everybody, nod your head, and then decide for yourself what works best for you and your baby.
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Summary: A Great Resource!!!
Review: First let me say that you know your baby better than anybody else. This book is only a guide, a good guide, but only a guide. As for the comments about the American Academy of Pediatrics being in opposition to these principles... Check out what they had to say about scheduling your baby anytime before 1980. All of our parents used schedules, all of their parents used schedules, and so on on and so on. Nothing new in the book, but use common sense with your child. Our baby slept through the night in 9 weeks and was a bit premature at birth. The principles applied from the book are very helpful, whether your breastfeeding or bottle feeding.
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Summary: It works, if you use it with love
Review: We have used this book for our two children, and they both slept through the night by two months. It WORKS, and is a good beginning guideline, but you also have to use common sense. It is not intended to be so set in stone that you can't be flexible. But it does work if you follow the principles. Another mother I know did feed her kid whenever he cried, and he didn't sleep through until he was 10 months. A loving parent will help teach the child healthy habits, and this gives some great ideas on how to do that. I highly recommend that parents at least read the book in order to get some great insights.
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Summary: On Becoming Baby Wise
Review: Before adopting Gary Ezzo's methods, parents should know that his advice is in direct opposition to the advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In a policy statement, AAP states,"Newborns should be nursed whenever they show signs of hunger, such as increased alertness or activity, mouthing, or rooting. Crying is a late indicator of hunger. Newborns should be nursed approximately eight to 12 times every 24 hours until satiety."
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Summary: Take the time and the effort and it will pay off!
Review: We were recommended "On Becoming Baby Wise" by the friend of a friend and we skeptically decided to try it.
Our first child slept through the night in 8 weeks and is now the happiest and kindest big brother of our daughter who slept through the night in about 8 1/2 weeks. Since then we have recommended it to 5 other couples. Four of them had their children sleeping within 9 weeks and were thanking us for recommending the book. The one couple that didn't use it slept with their baby and fed him on demand. It took over 3 years before the child stopped sticking his hand down the mother's shirt for comfort. The facts are there...if you read it (all) and follow it (with flexibility), it works. Children who get the correct amount of nutrition and rest are happier, healthier and smarter. Good luck to the people who didn't give it a chance because they couldn't understand the principles and fantasized that it was cruel.
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Summary: Worked For Us
Review: I recieved this book as a gift and tried to put its method to work on my newborn. The advice in the book was the same I received at the hospital and it worked for us. I didn't follow it strictly, but modified it as needed for our situation. My daughter was not a big sleeper, but did sleep through the night consistently by 4 months and has gotten better even since. She is now a year old and a wonderful sleeper and napper. This is a short read and I would recommend it.
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Summary: People who don't like this book didn't really try it
Review: I started my first child on this at 6 1/2 weeks, she slept through the night at 9 weeks. I started my next child as soon as he left the hospital, he slept through the night at 6 weeks. He is now 1 yr old and sleeps from 8pm to 8am in addition to a nap from 10am to 12:30pm and a nap from 3pm to 5:30pm. He is a typical 1 yr old with the exception of being a very big kid (everybody says we didn't have baby, we had a linebacker) and a very happy kid. Our daughter was petite from the time she was born (just like her mommy) but she stayed right on track with her percentiles. She is now almost 5 and is reading at a first grade level. Both are happy; however, rambunctious little ankle biters. We've given this book to numerous couples, the only problem is nobody really gives it a chance. So all of them have one year olds sleeping in the parents' rooms and waking them up one or two times a night. Ezzo got this one right.
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Summary: Every parent wants to be a good mom or dad,
Review: and desires what is best for their baby. Today being a good mom or dad is often measured by the method of parenting they employ rather than the results. Which philosophy is best for you and your family? What is the difference between the mainstream methods today? What are hyperscheduling, attachment parenting, and the Babywise method? Consider, examine and evaluate all of the theories, and then observe the results of each philosophy. Spend time with relatives and friends who follow all of the methods, then determine which parenting strategy is right for you and your family. The best evaluation of any philosophy is found in the outcome, not in the hypothesis. Let your eyes confirm what works for you and what does not. Use common sense and as a result, you will be more confident as a parent. PDF - Parent Direct Feeding is a proactive approach to infant care that builds confidence in parents through routine. The confidence comes when mom/dad know what to expect. Babywise is not hyperscheduling, or the cry-it-out method. It is about learning how to access yours baby's cues so you can respond properly. PDF parents feed their babies on a flexible routine every two to three hours based on baby's hunger cues. By the way, this is what the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends. Your approach to feeding (demand verses routine) will have a profound influence on your child's biological rhythms, ultimately affecting the establishment of healthy sleep patterns or sleep disturbances. Babies with full tummies will establish healthy and continuous nighttime sleep, while snacking babies generally wake two to three times a night to snack some more, and this pattern is apt to continue for two very long years. If any of this sounds sensible to you, then read this book before your baby arrives, if possible, and enjoy the results. I suspect most of the negative reviews are child-centered advocates who believe in reactive parenting, and have never read Babywise or applied the principles of Parent Direct Feeding. If you are a first time parent or a parent looking for answers to your baby's sleeping problems read this book, and try to employ the PDF philosophy and make up your own mind. It worked for me! My son was sleeping 8 hours a night at 8 weeks old, and has always been a healthy, happy little boy. Additionally, Tracy Hogg's, "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer," and "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers" have also been extremely helpful parenting resources. Good luck!
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Summary: I now believe some books should be burned!
Review: Too bad there is no rating for a 'No Star'! I agree with the reviewer from France, (see review). This is why so many children end up seeing their Pediatricians and have seperation anxiety later on! And, no Breastfeeding Mother should go near this book! The followers of this book probably keep their babies far away from loving arms, in their strollers all day, down the hall in some dark cold room in crib crying, and maybe with a bottle of Formula near by.
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