On Becoming Baby Wise: Book Two: Parenting Your Pre-Toddler Five to Fifteen Months

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Summary: Now what do I do?
Review: This books is a great continuation of On Becoming Babywise-Book 1. It gives information on how to begin your child on foods, how to teach highchair manners, and teach sign language to your child. It points out that children are capable of communicating before their speaking ability is developed. Teaching sign language bridges the gap! It also points out the importance of the parents relationship as primary. An excellent book for first time parents

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Summary: Response to another review
Review: One of the reviews for this book refers to the the "schedule" feeding of babies up to 8 weeks old. This review must be referring to the original Babywise book by the Ezzos, not this one. Nonetheless, in response to their review, I would like to recommend that parents consider the value of looking at the Babywise series. We know many parents who have followed the feeding plan suggested by the Ezzos (by the way, they do not call for strict schedule feeding but, instead, for a feeding process that is flexible and family-centered). In fact, all the parents we know who have followed the Babywise principles have had their children sleeping 6-8 hours at night by the time their baby was 6 weeks old. I think all of the Ezzo books are fantastic for learning how to raise a child to be self-confident, secure, and others-centered rather than self-centered.

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Summary: Popular among some parents; controversial among others
Review: What parent doesn't want their baby to sleep through the night? The claims of the method contained in this easy-to-read book is that your infant will be sleeping through the night by six to eight weeks of age.
Impossible? Not according to the authors, who claim that every baby can and should sleep through the night by this age. The secret, according to the authors, is putting the baby on their feeding schedule. Forget demand feeding--this book will detail the alleged horrors of a poor baby who was demand fed. You will discover that every ill he suffers is linked to demand feeding.
The Babywise baby, on the other hand, is content, happy, thriving, developmentally superior, and near perfect. Skeptical? So are many parents. So are many doctors. Don't look for footnotes of medical resources to back up the authors' claims; the advice contained in this book flies in the face of much of the current medical advice. Many lactation professionals consider this a recipe for potential breastfeeding disaster.
In newsgroups, books by Gary Ezzo seem to engender heated debate and much controversy. Judging by the sort of discussion this book generates, either you'll hate it or you'll love it.

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Summary: Life Saver, beware of false quotes in neg reviews
Review: You will see many negative review about the baby wise books. Most of these reviews are full of inaccuracies and lies. I have read Ezzo's books and didn't see anything like some of the describtions that are said to be in them. In fact, Ezzo's instructions and conclusions (especially in the first book) are backed up by multible research studies. I have also seen many of the same ideas and conclusions of Ezzo's in other parenting books like Parenting isnt for cowards.

This book was a God sent for my wife and I. Our son was premature and colic. He needed medication to help him digest and settle his tummy. He was not napping during the day. He was not sleeping during the night. He was not happy during play time. We went over everything the book suggested with our pediatrician and she encouraged us to implement them.

In less than 1 week, he was taking naps, very happy and playful during play time, and sleeping through the night. He is a happy, well developed baby now in the 80-95% in all areas of development. And he improved while still having upset tummies and spitting up alot. The negative reviewers need to stop posting false quotes from the books and try reading them for a change.

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Summary: EZZO.INFO please research before buying
Review: www.ezzo.info

Please read the info here before buying any books by this author. He has no qualifications in child development to be writing anything. His books are full of medical inaccuracies. Many children have been harmed with his book's methods. The AAP has warned against them. PARENTS BEWARE!!!

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Summary: My Child is a Loving Boy
Review: Gary Ezzo's own church has distanced themselves from the Ezzos and this dangerous book, whose breastfeeding information is inaccurate at best and dangerous at worst. Ezzo himself has quite the God complex.

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Summary: Abuse or common sense? You decide ...
Review: This book should come with a warning label! Destructive to your childs physical & emotional health! Ezzo parenting theory would be more appropriate for raising a pet dog than a child. Mothers must be encouraged to trust their natural instincts in regard to parenting, this book will foster insecure mothers & fearful, subserviant children. Love your children, stay away from this book!