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 enlarge | Authors: Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam
Publisher: Parent-Wise Solutions, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  225 reviews
Sales Rank: 222
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 252
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1932740082
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.122
EAN: 9781932740080
ASIN: 1932740082
Publication Date: September 25, 2006
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Condition: Paperback in good condition. No highlighting or notes. Has minor reading wear., some minor soiling to some pages. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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 I thought the book was great December 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i was able to BF my son until 14 months, and only feeding every 3 hours. I understand not all breasts produce the same, but it worked well for me. Also this system helps soo soo much to get baby to sleep through the night. It is a great skill for your baby to learn to self-soothe and calm down, rather than being rocked to sleep and then awakened as they are placed in bed.
This is the Baby Bible December 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I swear by this book and have used the concept for all 3 of my children. They have all been very content babies and started sleeping through the night regularly at 8 weeks. Like anything, you need to give it a solid shot for a good week to see results. Usually, by day 3 or 4 you will notice a huge difference. I recommend this book to everyone.
 Please be careful if you use baby wise December 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have been doing baby wise for 6 months now and my daughter has been sleeping through the night since 8 weeks as they claim in the book. Great for us right!? Well they also say to watch your milk supply. How exactly do you do that? It is not explained so I thought because she was still sleeping through the night that she was getting enough to eat at each feed. Sounds logical right? Well, she lost a few ounces and was told she was failing to thrive by our pediatrician and now I am waking her up twice through the night and had to get my milk supply back up because we are exclusively breast feeding. If you are OK with supplementing with formula, then fine. Just know that if you want to exclusively breast feed, you have to WATCH YOUR MILK SUPPLY! Please be careful. We had no idea mine had gone down. The scheduling does help, just please be careful if you are a breast feeding only mom! By the way my daughter is doing just fine now and we have fixed the problem and my supply is fine, I just felt the need to warn people about this! If yours does go down you can fix the problem with adding feeds(which baby wise slowly cuts out by the way) pumping, lots and lots of fluids of course, sleep and also the mothers milk tea has helped me. I am now back to waking up during the night and would have rather done this back when my daughter was younger! good luck!
Use your common sense... and this book. December 13, 2008
When it comes to sleep training, I think parents need to do what's best for them -- and what was best for me and my husband was to help get our son sleeping through the night as soon as possible.
Number one piece of advice from this book: from the moment your baby is born, make sure s/he is getting full feedings -- no snacking! I followed this rule in the hospital and when first coming home with my son. It worked beautifully -- he fell naturally into a ~3 hour schedule on his own very quickly, and slept through the night at 9 weeks.
Now he is 1 year old and has been a champion night sleeper for months. I know many friends who are STILL getting up with their kids for a night feeding/comforting at this age and later. I am grateful to have a child who was permitted to fuss a bit and realize that crib time = quiet time. I also strongly believe that *he* responds best, and is in the best mood, when his sleep schedule has been respected.
All of that said: you need to do what works for you. If you belive that you must follow your child's biorhythms, that you can't stand listening to your child cry in his crib, and you don't mind waking up at 3 a.m. for months/years, then don't use this book. If you believe that the best thing you can do for your child is to help organize his sleep for him, commit to getting him on a consistent schedule, and to exercize a little tough love on occasion, then use this book and your own common sense. We probably break some Baby Wise rules (we still go in to comfort our boy if he fusses in the middle of the night and has lost his pacifier -- but we don't pick him up unless he's sick). He always goes right back to sleep, and the gruesome nights of hours-long wakefulness are a distant memory.
I may be an agnostic, but I am a BabyWise believer!
Alot of crazy parents out there.... December 8, 2008
I cant get over how many parents give this book 'zero stars'. I guarantee you most of them did not read this book cover to cover, and I guarantee you most all of them did not try it on their children. So many are so quick to judge how this book creates "failure to thrive" and "detachment disorders". Please. This book is merely a guideline on how to enable your child to sleep well ON THIER OWN. Would you allow your 2 year old to eat all the candy they wanted? No. Even if they cried. So, similarly, you dont allow your 6 month old to lure you into her bedroom every 3 hours at night just because she can. You do whats best for your child at whatever age they are. You dont let them run your household, but you show them you love them at ALL TIMES. My daughter took a few nights before she didnt cry much, but she consistently has slept well at night all night, up to 12 hrs (she still wakes up occasionally but will always get herself back to sleep with little objection) and is ALWAYS thrilled to see us in the morning. She plays happily in her crib with until we arrive. She knows what to expect and is very secure in her own room by herself when its night night time. She also loves to snuggle with her mommy & daddy when its not night night time. She knows how to go to sleep with the help of her thumb and her lovie, not the help of mommy & daddy every sleep cycle. It has been wonderfully freeing for my husband & I and I know she's happier too. We are strong Christians - but honestly I dont think this book has anything to do with your relationship with God. I still dont understand how people think it does. Its merely a guideline on how to schedule your child's day and sleep patterns. You have to be flexible and take away from it what works for your family. Dont beleive the crazies. Theyre honestly just jealous because their 1 year old still sleeps in their bed with them and has to nurse to sleep. I read once on a mother's blog about a 2 year old who STILL had to have a bottle of milk to go to sleep!!!! Just feel sorry for them and happy for YOU!!!!! Your child will love you and thank you in many different ways for the rest of thier life.
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