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Summary: Hmmm, we're PARENTS.
Review: Many of the thoughts and ideas provided by Gary Ezzo worked very well for us. Our son was sleeping through the night by 12 weeks, he eats very well when it's time to eat, and has been a very happy kid. People - use your head, though. Not everything in the book is going to work for you or your child, and we don't agree with everything, but much or most of it has worked very well for us. I'll bet some of the same people who bash this book go on to raise little screaming kneecap-biters.
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Summary: Worthless
Review: First, Ezzo is a quack without even a college education. Why people would ever take his infant care advice is beyond me. I received this book as a gift and wouldn't even give it away -- I put it in the garbage where it belongs. One big problem with infant scheduling books such as this is that they misrepresent demand feeding and the attachment parenting style in order to muster support for their position. Demand feeding and attachment parenting do not have parents offering the breast/bottle whenever a baby fusses. Rather, parents learn what the baby's cues mean, and respond appropriately. Demand feeding means that a baby is fed whenever he/she shows signs of hunger, which is what the AAP recommends. So rather than wasting my energy with schedules, I got to know my baby so that I would know what her cues mean. Knowing my baby enables me to respond appropriately, rather than looking at the clock and "deciding" what her needs are based on the time. The result is a calm and happy baby (and a good sleeper!) who trusts her needs will be met.
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Summary: Best ever! This worked!
Review: Baby wise worked for us and for everyone we know that had the self discepline to stick to it! It is hard but I haven't found much about parenting that is easy EXCEPT once your child is sleeping through the night at 3 months thanks to baby wise! We consider ourselves fortunate when we see other children the age of ours (16 mos) STILL not sleeping through the night and wanted to be fed constantly. This is highly recommended by us and many of our friends.
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Summary: Have I suddenly stepped into the Twilight Zone?
Review: Holy cow - the amount of anger this provokes from some people is absolutely mind-boggling. From reading some of these reviews, you'd think Mr. Ezzo was advocating starving babies or some other awful wierdness. What is wrong with you people - have you actually read this book? What Babywise does say is that you need to use your head and find a balance between reading your child's cues and getting them on a routine so they can develop good sleeping habits. Sounds pretty radical, doesn't it? All I can say is read it for yourself, and use your head (like you do in every other part of your life). It's been a godsend for my wife and I - our 9 month-old is the picture of health and contentment, and we have not been forced into becoming raving basket-cases like many other new parents we know.
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Summary: Lifesaver
Review: We read and used this book after several friends recommended it. Our son was sleeping through the night by 12 weeks old-great since he was born 3 weeks early. He is a happy, content baby who only fusses occasionally when he is sleepy or hungry. He weighed only 5 lbs at birth and doubled his weight in 7 or 8 weeks. I breastfed him every 2 to 2 1/2 hours at first as the book recommended and developed the schedule that he has come to thrive on. He is now 8 months old and regularly sleeps from 8pm to 6 or 7am. This book is a blessing. People need to understand when they read this or any parenting book to take the information presented and use what works for their baby. As I have stated, this book worked for us!!!
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Summary: incredibly helpful...opposed by attachment parenting advocat
Review: Our neighbor gave us a copy of this book shortly after we had our first baby. This book was an absolute cure-all. The book itself warns that the schedules are not engraved in stone, but are general guidelines. The book helped us to get our little boy sleeping through the night by twelve weeks--no small feat, since he was a month early. The negative reviews you see are apparently written by followers of Dr. Sears, the attachment-parenting guru. They tell of how you will have a nervous breakdown if you follow the advice of this book. I can tell you that the exact opposite occured--with babywise, we managed to get some _sleep_, and it helped us to figure out the needs of our baby. Attachment parenting fans will also tell you that your baby will not thrive on this. Our boy tripled his birthweight in the first four months, and our pediatrician told us he was one of the healthiest babies she sees. It disturbs me a bit how much venom this book generates, but my wife assures me that of the two camps of parenting, both think the other is so incredibly wrong that children are destroyed. I have a sneaking suspicion that children are wee bit more resilient than the attachment-parenting people would have you believe.
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Summary: Give Me a Break...
Review: We used this book for both of our children (now 6 and 2) and they were both happy, healthy, and well adjusted infants. We have recommended the book to plenty of friends and families. The Ezzos do not advocate a strict schedule that has to be followed irrespective of the needs of the child. It merely recommends a general feeding schedule that should be followed during the day, which will give the child a schedule that will lead him or her to sleep through the night. Both of our children slept through the night at about 7-8 weeks (and my wife breastfed both children exclusively!). So, give it a try, but be flexible in your approach. If your child is crying and you know that it is a hungry cry, by all means feed your baby even if it is not techically the right time. The Ezzos say as much. I'm always amused at all of the hoopla surrounding these authors and this book.
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Summary: Definetly not baby wise
Review: Before contemplating this book, please do your research. All you need to do is type "Ezzo" in any search engine, or "babywise", and you'll find 10 times as many negative research and reviews as you will find positive. Sure, this book works for some babies in the fact that they sleep through the night and seem to have no ill effects, but the psychological damages are not seen for years. But what's even worse, is that a lot of the babies who are put on his program are eventually catagorized as failure to thrive and/or infant depression. There are over 30 medical mistakes made in this book. (Even though it's co-authored by a pediatrition, there is no difference between his first edition "Preperation for Parenting", which is not co-authored by a pediatrition, and this, meaning that it wasn't originally written with any sort of medical advice.) To top it all off, Ezzo blatently ignores requests for help from mothers who do follow this program and who's babies physically suffer because of it. If he doesn't ignore it, he blames it on the mother and her leniant ways or her inadequate ability to feed her child. (Only 5% of mothers are unable to completely breastfeed their babies, but on this program, the rate is above 50%.) The problem lies in Ezzo's principles, not in the parents. For the sake of your children, don't buy this book.
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Summary: Check out this web site before you buy
Review: http://www.ezzo.info/babywise.htm
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Summary: It worked for me!
Review: The advice in this book is practical and helpful. All three of my sons slept thru the night by three months. This includes a set of twins. However, it can be easy to fall into the trap of hyper-scheduling that the the author warns of. Just remember to not gloss over the chapter on monitoring your baby's growth. This chapter is a great resource for worried parents.
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