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Summary: Wonderful! But Remember to use COMMON SENSE!
Review: Along with reading this incredible book my husband and I took the companion class at our church. I must stress that you really need to use common sense when using this approach. Keep a journal the first 10 weeks and COUNT wet diapers...that way you will know if your child is getting enough when nursing. Keep track! If a church in your area (call around) offers the class "Preparation for Parenting" -- take it! It is the companion class to this book and will REALLY help you and your husband in the long run.
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Summary: There is an alternative
Review: If you are looking for an alternative parenting style, I recommend a wonderful new book called 'ATTACHMENT PARENTING:Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child' by Katie Allison Granju. You owe it to yourself and your baby to compare these two approaches to infant care before you try Gary Ezzo's controversial recommendations.
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Summary: A Lifesaver
Review: I recieved this book for a baby shower gift from a close friend who has two children of her own. I have to tell you it was a lifesaver, especially for me because I was a single parent. I recall that by about 8 weeks my daughter was sleeping from about 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., which was wonderful compared to some of the stories I have heard. My daughter is now 5 and is healthy, beautiful, full of energy and very intelligent. I don't know how we could have made it without help from this book. I recommend it to all of my friends that are having a baby. Several people have told me that the book is based on "cult" practices. I personally think that each individual should take any advise and use it in a way they are most comfortable. For example, my mother gave me advise that is considered bad parenting today, but was perfectly exceptable when I was a baby. I don't think this book or the author is based on a "cult". All I know is that it made me a better mother and taught me how to be a great parent.
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Summary: An awesome Routine For You and Your Baby ! ! !
Review: What can we say other than we are extremely thankful to our friends for sharing this book with us. We have a very happy and content little girl who is still only 3 months and so far we are really happy with the results from Babywise. She has always slept a min of 6 hours through the night from birth and then from 7-8 weeks on she sleeps 9-10 hours through the night. She is continuing to put on weight well and we are only too happy to share with anyone about this book. Routine does not hurt a baby at all but shows how much you love them and want them to fit into your lifestyle.We thank God for these gifted men who have given many people a guideline for success in parenting.
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Summary: If we had followed Ezzo's advice...
Review: We probably would not have our daughter with us today. I did not read this book for parenting suggestions, I read it to see what the buzz was about, why people are either for or against this book. And now I know. Any book that offers a quick fix--especially in the parenting arena--is going to be received this way. This is because every parent, at some point or another, is going to find life with a baby--a child of any age--difficult. Parenting is an endeavour fraught with emotional upheaval and often we turn to "experts" for help, advice, and support. The consequent legion of parenting books has replaced our human community, our village. Some books--BabyWise being one of them--seek not only to fill the gap left by this cohesive group of human beings but to replace the parent as well. Bottom line, children are not for training. They are for loving. Children should be seen and heard. Children's needs should be met. For if their cries bring no response--or not the response necessary to assuage fear, hunger, discomfort--the child will grow with a considerable gap in his/her ability to empathize. The child will quickly learn that his/her needs are not valid. The child will learn denial, not truth. Sure, the same child may very well sleep "10 hours a night with 2 or 3 naps during the day." What else is there to do if one feels even the slightest lack of love at such a tender age? Had we chosen this "method" for our daughter we would have lost her. She had a specific MEDICAL problem that was not adequately diagnosed for over a month after she was born--and during that time she STOPPED BREATHING and turned BLUE more times than I can possibly remember. Thank God she was always with me. Thank God for family bed. Thank God I trusted my instincts over the misinformed words of a certain Gary Ezzo. God is not in his disjointed words, He is in my heart. And because of this my daughter is still with us, now a happy, independent, loving, and empathetic two and a half year old.
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Summary: Beware! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. It is dangerous for your baby
Review: Please do not be lured into thinking that a baby can be trained to ignore his/her basic needs like hunger, attention and sleep. Please do not make your babies cry for you at night. This man and his ideas are a cult. Those that follow his so called Training courses are told to keep their methods a secret and are warned not to talk about their methods to outsiders. What does this tell you? I know you get tired as a new parent and frustrated too. But PLEASE dont listen to this man. He is sick andhe hides behind the bible,twisting the words to meet his goal. Babies do not have the capacity to control anything or anyone.They need parents to care for them,not force them into to wait for their needs to be met according to a chart or schedule...Please do not buy this book or anything by this man. Email me if you want links or titles to baby books that are not dangerous to your children and are backed by the AAP and REAL doctors.
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Summary: A Wonderful GUIDELINE for parents
Review: A family member gave Babywise to me when I gave birth to my first baby and I don't know what I would have done without it. The book offers wonder ful SUGGESTIONS for raising a happy and INDEPENDENT child. I read the book cover to cover and used the principles in the book that I agreed with. Both of my children slept through the night by eight weeks. As a parent you are the ultimate decision maker for your child. This book encourages you to do what you are comfortable with while following their principles and leaves room for YOUR judgement as a parent. You can tailor your childs schedule to your and your childs needs. This book is for parents who are not willing to let their child run their life and realize that children are happier with routine and boundaries!!!! This book can help you help your kids to become happy and independent individuals.
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Summary: BEST FOR THE PARENT, CHILD, AND FAMILY!
Review: This book stands on it's own, setting the standard for training your child in his or her own best interests right from birth. If you read with a closed mind or with presuppositions, you may get the idea that parents who use these methods are self-centered. On the contrary, any parent who wants to show their child how much they love them can find a means to do so in this book. Using the book doesn't mean it will be easy, but it will be better. Most of all, keep in mind to be flexible.
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Summary: Zero stars for this book
Review: This is the most horrible book I have ever read. It amounts to child abuse. Our daughter woke up nightly for nearly 2 1/2 yrs, yet we were never sleep deprived. Instead we used the night as a time to meet her needs for closeness and nurturing. If you don't want to parent your child, don't have one. We respect our child as a human being. If your spouse was crying out to you unable to use words because of a disability would you walk away telling them that they needed to learn to comfort themselves?! It scares me that this book is presented to well meaning parents as the only way to bring up a child and they follow it -- going against their own heart and mind -- because the Ezzos tell them if they don't then they don't really love their child. Please don't let new parents near this book. Our children deserve better.
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Summary: This book should be renamed "For the selfcentered Parent"
Review: Notice immediately that this author has no child rearing credentials. Some of his books have an endorsement from an MD (probably a frustrated proctologist). If you read this and believe it is the answer to your problems then I reccomend you not have anymore children and get a qualified nanny for the one you have. Then go back to your schedule and make everyone fit into it. Unbelieveable that this guy is still around
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