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Summary: Works Beautifully
Review: We had heard many horror stories about crying babies and sleepless nights before we had our first baby, and we were recommended this book to ease our fears. To my mind, the principles that are given in the book make perfect sense. A baby, like most other people, is comforted by structure and predictability and limits, and is not comforted by the fact that he has two cranky servants at his beck and call. Our baby began sleeping through the night when he was several weeks old, and has constantly been praised ever since for appearing to be such a happy, pleasant baby. In turn, we have become happy, pleasant, and well-rested parents. In contrast, the parents we know who subscribe to demand feeding often appear haggard and stressed, with a squalling brat slung around the mother's neck who she and dad are ever straining to pacify. Predictions are hazardous, but I can't help but think that 15 years from now those children will still be squalling, in one way or another, and those parents will still be straining to pacify them.
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Summary: Life-Saver
Review: I thought this book was a life saver. We have used this book with our now 18 month old son and plan to use it with our new baby daughter when she arrives. It works; our son thrived on the schedule - emotionally, physically and sleep-wise. My son did have colic for the first 10 to 12 weeks and I was flexible and didn't follow the book to a tee until this was over. This was the way to go since he had valid issues (gas, etc.) that were keeping him from easily following a schedule. But, once this went away he immediately got on to the schedule and was sleeping through the night & eating and napping at the same time on a regular basis. It was wonderful and it was all because of the guidelines that I followed from the book. I think some people give up on the book or become negative if their child has colic, but I strongly suggest to be flexible as we were and incorporate the principles of this book as the colic goes away. Also, I hear many untrue statements about the Ezzos. You can read about them on their gfi.org. webpage. He is a pastor and his wife is a nurse. They also have six grandchildren. I feel everyone has a right to their opinion, but to be so negative and spread info that is just untrue is a going a little overboard. As another review said, I'm also amused at the "controversy" over this book and the attacks from the Attachment Parenting camp and the accusations of "child-abuse". I have a son that is happy, well-rested, gets all the love & nurturing that he needs. If you're a parent, I believe Baby Wise is a must-read!
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Summary: It Work's and what's up with the negativity
Review: Never have I seen such negativity expressed for a book. What's up with that? We have used the tenets expressed in this book with unqualified success. It works; infants seem to thrive on the schedule - emotionally, physically and sleep-wise. We also were rewarded with a happy child in part from the book and the temperament of the child... Nature or Nurture - both play a role. PDF is the right choice and I find very upsetting people are being told many untrue things about this book. Please read it and try the techniques - you and your child will be rewarded with full sleep cycles and content kids. What's up with these folks that are NOT setting schedules for their children - children need us to set the timetables, they thrive on structure and not the chaos of CDF.
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Summary: Useful for first time moms - but keep it in perspective.
Review: This is a useful book for those new parents who have received lots of conflicting advice, read other baby books and want to round out their perspective on child rearing. I had already read the Dr.Sears 'Attachment Parenting' book and found the Babywise book helpful in terms of recognising that there are all sorts of different parenting styles out there (each, by the way, professed to be right by the 'experts'). Once you meet your little baby, you will find out which works best for you! Overall, I found parts of the book very practical, particularly working to get your child on a flexible schedule. This way, you know that when baby is crying it is not likely to be due to hunger (understanding baby's cries is pretty tough at first!) And, it is amazing just how quickly and painlessly your baby can get onto a schedule. Other parts however, need to be taken with a grain of salt and adjusted to your individual style - particularly the 'cry to sleep' philosophy. For example, my little girl was very gassy for her first 12 weeks so she never napped or slept at night as well as the book claimed she should, which left me feeling that baby and I weren't doing something 'right' (I didn't realise she was suffering so much from gas until it disappeared like clockwork at 12 weeks). She would wake up habitually 30 minutes into her naps and could not get back to sleep - crying it out was never going to help her get over what must have been very real gas pains. Overall, I would recommend Babywise as a useful read. For all those opponents of the book out there, I would only suggest that you keep an open mind... if you try it, you may just see that it isn't really so evil after all!
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Summary: A Must for Mothers of Multiples
Review: Using the techniques in this book allowed me (and my triplet daughters) to sleep restfully at 12 weeks. This in turn allowed me to go back to work at 16 weeks. I can actually get things done around my house because I can plan around their schedule. They wake up in the morning (after 11 hours of soundless sleep) and from their naps happy and since mom and dad are happy (because we can actually have a life outside of taking care of babies) we all have the best time during playtime. My babies never see a grumpy mom or dad. Don't let demand feed advocates fool you that allowing your baby (babies!) to cry a few times as this book advocates will traumitize your child. Once your child learns the schedule, the crying time is gone........forever! Having a child cry as a means to get anything (the demand fed way) seems more traumatic to the child in the long run.
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Summary: Not for everyone...
Review: I'm the mother of a five-month-old and a friend recommended this book to me shortly before he was born. I started reading while in labor and grew very excited about becoming a PDF mother. However things didn't go as described in this book and I found myself at a loss. The book is light on details and doesn't give any options when things don't work as they describe. I'm glad that I'm flexible because this could have left me feeling inadequate in the end. Another friend sent me The Baby Book by Dr. Sears and while I really don't agree with the "Attached Parenting Style" I was at least comforted by the volume of information provided. Bottom-line this book has it's shortcomings and is not for everyone.
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Summary: i wouldn't practice this on my dog
Review: I got this book as a gift and think it is ridiculous. If you are a cold-hearted human being, yes you will find it helpful, but then, if you're that cold-hearted you probably shouldn't be having kids at all. Gary Ezzo doesn't even have children of his own, has no medical or any other type of training in pediatrics or psycology. He is a quack. I also learned that following the advice in this book has caused death and failure to thrive in many infants. This book has been denounced by the American Accademy of Pediatrics.
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Summary: On Becoming Baby Wise
Review: This is a disgusting book! I actually give it -5 stars.....This methodology is gross and unnatural. DANGER
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Summary: babywise
Review: Skip this one and buy the Ferber book on sleep, instead. It still gives firm encouragement, but with a gentler tone. I used the Ferber book with great results. My son was sleeping through the night at 8 weeks. Now he is 12 months and does not have the "mommyitis" my Babywise friends' children have. I truly believe that they were allowed to spend so much time screaming (per Babywise) that they think if mom leaves the room, she is never coming back. I just ordered the Ferber book as a new baby gift here on Amazon.
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Summary: This book really works
Review: My sister-in-law gave me this book to read when I was pregnant with my first baby. I was not going to read it because I thought that demand feeding was the way to go. What a mistake I would have made If I had followed my initial plan. I went through over twenty-four hours of labor only to have a c-section in the end. Believe me when I say I was worn out! I decided to try the babywise method and although it was a little bit tough to get my son established in his new routine it was well worth our effort. My son began to sleep through the night at ten weeks old. I have girlfriends with 3 year olds that still have not had more that three hours of sleep. These are the same girls that swear that babywise is "crap". One of my friends had to go on anti-depressants because she can't get enough sleep and she is at her wits end. My new baby is not quite three months old and is also beginning to sleep through the night. I put him down at 7:30 pm and he wakes up anywhere between 5 and 7am. He is content and happy. He hardly ever cries and when he does cry I almost always know within seconds what his reason is. I have seen un-babywise babies that cry and whine almost non-stop. Their mothers almost always medicate them with tylenol or motrin and chalk up their fussiness to teething or a cold. I wonder why they don't see that their children are just completely exhausted? How many of us could take a series of thirty minute to an hour naps all day and night and function without being cranky and crying? As adults we depend on many schedules and routines to make our lives workable. We even schedule our own meals and sleep. What makes us think that it is inhumane to give our children this same stablility. Every word of the testimonials in the front of that book have come true for both of my babywise babies.
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