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Summary: Grateful for this book!!!!
Review: The moment my husband and I found out we were going to have a baby we immediately started to prepare ourselves. We signed up for educational classes at the hospital, read books, spoke to relatives, etc. We thought we were totally prepared. Things changed the moment we brought our daughter home. It took 2 days for her to completely get her nights and days mixed up! This continued for a month and our efforts to correct the problem failed. My mother-in-law purchased the book for us after a co-worker told her about it. I thank her every day! My daughter is 5 months old and she is such a pleasure to be around. Everytime we take her out people always comment on what a happy child she is. She slept through the night at 2 month's and we haven't had any problems since. If you find yourself rocking your child endlessly to get them to fall asleep then, tiptoeing them to their crib praying you don't wake them, get this book. It is truly a miracle!
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Summary: Ezzo is a monster, NOT a theologian!
Review: Anyone who claims that abusing a child by ignoring their NEEDS is NOT following God's plan, they are riding sinfully on God's coattails! If you had a child to complete your collection of material goods, this book will come in handy as you train your child like a trophy dog. Otherwise, I strongly suggest a good book burning. A terrific example of why children today are shooting each other in school.
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Summary: This book saved my life!!!
Review: I absolutely recommend this book to every couple expecting a baby. I buy this book for every baby shower I go to. I did not have this book on my first child and she did not sleep thru the night till at least a good 6 months. We used it on our second child and she was sleeping thru the night at 6 weeks! This gave me much more energy to be a better mom instead of being so tired because I was up so many times during the night feeding. One thing on this book...my husband and I took from it what we thought applied to us and our child. I know of some people that followed this book like a bible and absolutely went overboard. We liked the concepts and tried them and they worked for us, but we were not extreem with some things. This is definetly a good book to keep on hand.
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Summary: Good to read...
Review: This book has its merits. My husband and I used the methods as guidelines. Every baby is different so I don't think there is one "magical" method that would apply to all. Some appear to have better luck with this method than others. We felt it had some useful information helping us to get our baby on a schedule, which was important. We found it very difficult to let our child cry over 10 - 15 minutes so we don't do that but we do try to follow the eat, play, sleep schedule where we can.
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Summary: The Fuss About Baby
Review: The fuss about baby and changing schedules to meet parents sleeping habits seems to be out of control. It's not wise to fool mother nature and switching baby to adapt to our schedule could back fire in all its glory. For example, our baby had severe colic and we thought he was only crying because of the new sleeping rituals we were trying to impose on him. Read the book, take it with a grain of salt, don't feel bad if it doesn't work for you and utilize other books. For example, we followed the advice of nationally syndicated parenting columnist and expert, Jodie Lynn in her new revised book, "Mommy-CEO." It is a parenting book which saved our family bewtween the crying baby and potty training our preschooler. But what helped us contain our sanity was reading the two books together (as in reading what we could use for our own situation out of each one) and rereading them for baby and our preschooler. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket when it comes to anything in life, especially parenting. Things do get easier when children get older but for now, you may have to give a little more.
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Summary: Use your judgement
Review: Get the book and use what makes sense to you. The book, in my opinion, is meant as a guideline. I just put my 2 months old baby on the 3-hour schedule, as the book suggested. The result? A happier baby and a happier mom, too. The schedule makes sense for the baby because he needs a bit of structure. Before, he used to feed - snack would be more accurate - every hour and a half. Now, he eats better, sleeps better and smiles more! I now realize that babies actually NEED to cry sometimes. Even if it's still hard for me to let him cry it out (15-20 minutes is my personnal limit), after he goes to sleep, he wakes up rested and in a better mood. My boy sleeps about 5 and a half hours at night, which is a great improvement from his former 2 hours.
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Summary: A Reformed Parent
Review: I bought this book from Amazon.com when I was about 7 months pregnant. A friend had recommended it, saying that it "saved her life." I suppose meaning that her baby was able to sleep through the night. Being a new parent, I of course was interested. I began using Ezzo's strategies when my baby was 10 days old. I thought that I should be in control; after all, I was the parent, right?? At six weeks I decided to allow my baby to "cry it out." in order to get him to sleep through the night. I was so tired of always getting up with him. I lay in bed rent with guilt for up to 45 minutes. I could tell he was hungry, but the book had said that he would go back to sleep. Then I would finally feed him. I was breastfeeding too, so my milk was soaking through my night clothes while he cried. Well, this went on for three nights and I finally decided that this "method" was not right for me. Soon after, I began attending La Leche League meetings and met the most wonderful babies and mothers who gave me an entire new outlook on parenting. Now, instead of dreading the time that I have to get up with my baby ( 5 mo. old), I look forward to the special time we can share together.After doing my research, I have found that Ezzo has NO medical training and MANY doctors and lactation consultants STRONGLY DISCOURAGE Ezzo's methods. It is dangerous for a mother's milk supply and to the baby's health. Many Christian parents are given this book for "Christian" parenting. I am a Christian and have found nothing in the Bible to support the method of ignoring your baby's needs. I hope this review helps people to see the error in following Ezzo's ideas.
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Summary: There is nothing "Christian" about this book
Review: There is nothing "Christian" about this type of child rearing, except that throughout history individuals have used their religious beliefs to justify abusing their children. (an excellent book entitled SPARE THE CHILD by Phillip Greven documents the theological origins of abusive child rearing practices in early American Christianity, but this behavior is by no means limited to Christians.)I say this as a devout Christian, who in her baptismal vows agreed to "respect the dignity of every human being". I won't get into the medical issues, although the tenets of this book go against everything I know as a breastfeeding mother. Remember--infanticide was practiced as a form of birth control in Jesus' day, but Jesus said that we must become as little children to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Summary: know who the author is
Review: Babywise is the secular book, based on the same principles of Ezzo Growing Family International "christian" parenting ministry. In these books, Ezzo makes statements such as: "A child is not born morally good but with a natural predisposition for moral waywardness." (Growing Kid's God's Way, p.18) Ezzo takes sound parenting practice such as following a routine wiht your baby, and dangerously takes it up a notch....with rigid feeding and sleep schedules....allowing for little deviation. Crying is not a baby misbehavior! It is their only way to communicate! New parents be wary1
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Summary: Proud Parents in San Diego
Review: This strategy put forth in this book isn't easy but it is smart and it works. There is nothing more controversial than opinions on how to raise a baby so it's not suprising that some parents reject Baby Wise. We recommend this method to all our friends but some have chosen not to follow it. Frankly, we enjoy having a baby who sleeps through the night and is on a predictable schedule. We have to make some sacrafices (we don't just go to ballgames and hook the baby up to the boob for the duration like some parents do) but it's worth it. This system has made our life much easier and made us better rested parents.
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