On Becoming Baby Wise: Learn How over 500,000 Babies Were Trained to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Way

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Summary: If there were a "no star" option, I'd have chosen that one.
Review: This book is the worst thing to ever happen to children. It supports neglect, abuse, and malnourishment! I get sick in my stomach when I think of all the parents out there following this man's advice. Might I also add that the author has absolutely NO qualifications to write a book on child care.

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Summary: I don't know how mothers make it without this book!!
Review: This book was such a blessing for me and our family. It was recommended to me by friends of mine from church. Now I buy it for everyone I know having a baby. I think this book should be on the best seller list. I graduated with my bacherlors degree in Psychlogy with a focus on children. I also went through many classes and trainings about raising children and the Ezzo's are the best I have ever seen. I agree with most all they say. Baby Wise was like my bible during the first few months. I wouldn't have another child without it. My baby is such a blessing, and I can't wait to have another. The first question everyone asks when they see I have a baby is, "does he sleep throught he night?". He is now 5 months old and sleeps almost 10 hours a night in addition to 2 to 3 naps a day. Thank God for the Ezzo's.

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Summary: It works; however, I do not agree with everything it says...
Review: Being a first-time mom, a friend recommend this book before our son was born. I read it and was quite offended by some of its suggestions. I decided to just take the parts that I liked and apply them and go with my instincts for the rest. My son was sleeping through the night at 7 weeks and takes his naps very well. He is not in the least bit under nourished even though he was 4 weeks early. I cuddle my little guy all the time and have a great bond with him that I think the book does not promote. We would let him cry, but we never let him scream himself to sleep as it suggests. Parents need to go with their instincts on some things and that is just what we did. It would have driven me crazy to follow this book by the letter. I'm glad we used the parts we needed a basically skipped the rest.

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Summary: THIS BOOK IS A FABULOUS BLESSING!
Review: I am a nursing mother and a biologist and find that the book makes very good sense, and it works, and I have the happiest baby in the world. Of course you need to pay attention the the individual needs of your baby! And of course a schedule, as the book points out, needs to be flexible! But the overriding philosophy is that the baby integrates into your household, into a secure and loving pattern, rather than setting up a pattern of needing to cry for food. Babies that abide by this method, in my experience, are very secure, happily go to bed at night and DO NOT CRY much at all. Our little one is 3 now, and the best sleeper I know (with the possible exception of my sisters baby, who is also a Baby Wise kid). I think that people get a misconception that babies will be crying and demanding but not receiving nourishment. Nothing is farther from the truth! Babies are happy to be put into a routine--wouldn't you like to know when your next meal is going to come, rather than shouldering the responsibility of communicating hunger when you can't talk yet? And if your baby seems hungry before the next feeding, by all means adjust the schedule...the book talks alot about flexibility. I can't say enough good things about this book. Try it and see for yourself.

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Summary: Good for babies and parents
Review: After learning about Baby Wise from several friends who have had tremendous success with it, I bought this book for my sister when she was having problems getting my neice to sleep through the night. It has worked amazingly well. Within one week of following the general schedule recommended in Baby Wise, my niece was sleeping for seven hours straight at night, and her patterns only improved from there. I would be willing to bet that all of the people who criticize this book have NEVER tried to incorporate its techniques into their lives. If they had, they would see that it is a loving way to help babies eat and sleep regularly, thus promoting their health and growth. The idea that babies can starve on this plan, as one reviewer suggested, is absolutely ridiculous. (I literally laughed out loud when I read that!) Most intelligent, flexible, free-thinking, non-conforming people would realize that all of the concepts in the book can and should be interpreted and appplied with some flexibility in order to meet individual needs. It is usually people who have been brainwashed by ultra-liberal parenting gurus who have problems with this book. I have recently graduated from the Ohio State University with a major in child and family studies, and I can tell you confidently that you DO NOT have to sleep with your children every night, breastfeed each child until he goes off to kindergarten, cater to your children's every whim, or believe that your children know more about parenting than you do in order to be a successful parent. That is what this book is all about. I strongly suggest that you research it and give it a try if you feel it will help you.

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Summary: Abusive and Cruel
Review: The AAP, The World Health Organization, as well as every other reputable pediatrician disagrees with this parenting "method". This book is abusive to young babies. A mother has God given instincts to know how to respond to her baby, her entire hormonal system is geared to caretaking her young infant. Her breasts are meant to feed her baby when her BABY NEEDS TO BE FED. This book is NOT condusive to a breastfeeding mother and I guarantee that there is not one person who follows these strict feeding schedules who breastfeeds beyond a year (which is recommended by the AAP). The Ezzo's are NOT DOCTORS, or PARENTING EDUCATORS, and are not educated on the make up of a human being. If you are looking for a convenient way to have a child who falls into a schedule and doesn't bother you too much... GET A DOG!

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Summary: don't waste your $, he is not qualified & sadistic
Review: check out some reviews under his baby wise 2 book they will tell you the same story he is an unwise man with some very sadistic methods for Punishing an innocent child who can not reson at this age boycott all his books instead buy other book from researched, educated, qualified authors.

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Summary: A book worth reading, own judgment needed
Review: Although there were some things I didn't agree with in the book, for the most part, it was just common sense that really helped me understand my baby better! And with understanding comes confidence. This book is about how to tune into your baby's needs. If you feel that feeding your baby every time it cries is the way to go, don't bother reading this book. For all others, my advice is to read the book and use what information you find useful. Just leave the information you don't agree with behind! That's what I did and it is working wonderfully for me.

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Summary: Lacks detail and adequate examples, but has good theories
Review: I was very excited to get this book, after it was recommended by a friend. I agreed with most of the theories and felt that it was an approach that we should take. It also gave the frame work for a baby's day that I wish I knew about earlier - eating, awake time, then napping. We started our son on the "plan" at three months. I found that the "starting later" section lacked enough instruction. Also, examples of what could happen would have been helpful. The author states outcomes as if there are no other actions that could occur. One example was laying the baby down for a nap. He talked briefly about the fact that they might cry some at first, but I was totally unprepared for my son to cry for two hours. What was I to do - let him cry, check on him, get him up? More direction in this situation would have been helpful. Our goal was to get our son to sleep better and hopefully through the night. The book focused on the daytime activities and I thought that focusing on them, night time would "fall into place" like for our friend. No such luck, and no advice on what to do if all-night sleeping didn't occur if we followed all of the instructions. This book did help us understand our baby's daily rythms, but did nothing to influence his night sleeping.

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Summary: WHAT A BLESSING TO OUR FAMILY
Review: What a wonderful thing for a family to have - sanity. I was prepared for the worst when our baby came, but now I can't believe how unbelievably wonderful life is with a baby. This book focuses on the family - the needs of everyone and it really works!!! Our baby sleeps 10 hours at night, takes three naps a day and wakes up happy. His routine is great - perfect for everyone and I know it makes our baby feel secure. It is so rewarding to know that others actually enjoy being around our baby - almost as much as we do!! It is also so rewarding to see our baby so happy, I feel secure in knowing our baby is getting everything he needs.