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Summary: Agree with the previous review
Review: He takes what seems to be a good theme, "Help develop good sleep habits", and twists it with poor parenting as well as misleading adivise for those who want to breastfeed their baby. It is not compatible with those parents who want to nurture their child and help to develop a relationship of trust.
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Summary: If you value your baby's health, do NOT buy this book
Review: Gary Ezzo is NOT trained in infant and child development, he has NO professional training that would give him the information necessary to write a book about parenting an infant. His methods have been linked (repeatedly) to infant "failure to thrive" syndrome, and growth retardation. They've also been shown to cause serious problems with breastfeeding. PLEASE, find another book to buy.
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Summary: Babywise + common sense= health and sanity
Review: This book's advice, read and followed by parents with the common sense to apply it as fits their needs, allowed us to have a relatively smooth first year with our son. Ezzo's "controversial" methods really do work. Our son is very healthy and we're all well-rested.
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Summary: Scheduling really works!
Review: We found the principles in this book to be very helpful. We used it on both of our children when they were infants, both of whom were born at just 7 months.Our babies adapted to the schedule in about two months and we feel this had a great positive impact on our family life. Both of our babies put on weight quickly and were almost always ready to nurse at the appointed feeding times. In addition to the schedule system, Dr. Ezzo shares solid advice for parents of infants that will benefit the family.
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Summary: Systematized child abuse.
Review: The Ezzo philosophy is a sure-fire way to ruin your sanity (from listening to your child's constant crying), to your milk supply (from not nursing frequently enough), to your child's health (from dehydration, lack of nutrition, and inability to attach emotionally). Why destroy your relationship with your child? Because a huge for-profit conglomerate that has been publicly discredited by every major Christian church tells you to? If you want to hurt your child terribly, every day, and torture them slowly, go for the advice in this book. If you actually care about your child, go read a parenting manual.
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Summary: This book is very helpful for first time parents.
Review: This book is extremely helpful for first time parents that are looking for ways to help organize their life with a new little one. In the first two weeks of my daughter's life I found myself many times referring to the book for help and advice. This book gave me more confidence about parenting and helped me feel more secure about the decisions I was making as a parent.
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Summary: On becoming Babywise
Review: This book was a great help. It is important to remember that it is intended as a guide only and that you can adapt the principles in it to suit your needs. It made the first few weeks so much easier. I recommend all Parents to be and Parents of young babies read it preferabley before baby actually arrives.
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Summary: Follow your gut
Review: For the first three months I followed "Happiest Baby on the Block" and LOVED it. But at 3 3/4 months, my daughter was NOT sleeping through the night, it was taking 2 hours to put her to bed at night and she was up every 2-3 hours every night. I needed some help. "Happiest Baby..." gave me a great start to help her with being upset, but not with sleeping. Someone recommend Baby wise to me. We looked at it and I put it down for one month (she was two months old) until now. I LOVE the idea of the schedule (eat, play and sleep) that part was really good and made a huge difference in her eating habits (ate more effectively) and her play was more fun and enjoyable. We have decided to try the cry it out and it was HARD. But she only cries for less than 10 minutes now (at first 45 minutes) and now she ONLY cries when she is tired. She wakes up happy and ready to eat and more importantly has been taking great naps and sleeping at night for 5-6 hours at a time (I am still breast feeding). It has to be your judgement and depends on your baby's personality, others I have spoken with have tried this method and their baby cried for 45 minutes each sleep time till she was sick, not the method for them. It is hard to hear her cry, but if she is feeling better, sleeping better, eating better and growing and learning, then it is worth the 10 minutes of tears.
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Summary: Scary book.
Review: As you read the reviews for this book that are positive, notice what they have in common- those that like the book like it because their babies are sleeping well at a very early age. Unfortunately, the tactics that Babywise encourages to obtain this result are actually dangerous. As a childrens therapist and as a parent, I find it sad that parents think that just because their babies stop crying and start sleeping this is automatically a good thing. I find it very disturbing that this book tells parents they are "teaching" their baby to sleep. What is actually happening is that the baby is traumatically frustrated to the point that it is too painful to continue to hope that their needs will be met so they repress their need and their natural defense mechanism to sleep kicks in. This can cause long term psychological problems. There are better ways to get some sleep. You can find ways to get sleep that aren't at your childs expense. I recommend Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution or the Night Time Parenting Book by Dr. Sears.
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Summary: beware!!!!
Review: This book is terrible. I read it with an open mind and an open heart, and I was truly horrified. After I read it, I did some research online, and this man is not what he seems. There are some MAJOR character concerns with Gary Ezzo. Do your research before you use these techniques on your precious child.
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