On Becoming Baby Wise, Book 1: Learn How Over One Million Babies Were Trained to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Way
by Gary Ezzo, Dr. Robert Bucknam
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Author: Dr. Robert Bucknam, Gary EzzoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-05-01
ISBN: 1576734587
Number of pages: 223
Publisher: Multnomah Books
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Book Review: Found this book very helpful.
Summary: 5 Stars
I was relieved to read this book when I found out I was pregnant with my first little girl. I read it several times because I was a very nervous first time mom-to-be. It just helped me to work her towards a schedule and some order in our lives. Those first six weeks are precious but tough. Her pediatrician was very pleased with the results. She began sleeping 12 hours a night by 4 months and took two 2 hour naps a day and a short nap in the evening. She simply was not a flexible child and knew her schedule and very much liked it. She knew what to expect and she was a very secure baby. People just told me I got lucky until my second daughter followed suit. She also slept 12 hours a night by 4 months and took 2 naps a day with a short nap in the evening. This book just isn't about sleep it helped me to get my life in order and become more organized. When my girls went to the church nursery they didn't suffer from separation anxiety at all. The nursery workers said they were the best and happiest babies they had ever seen and they knew exactly when it was time to eat. I said, "Oh, she'll want a bottle around 11:30 a.m. or so." Sure enough around that time she would cry and they knew exactly what she wanted. It took the guess work out of parenting. I learned their cries quicker. The hunger cry, pain cry, the I want to be held cry. People were amazed that I knew exactly what was wrong with my baby at almost all times. Even now when my one year old wakes up in the night I can tell if she's just teething and needs some Tylenol or if she's just rolled herself over in her sleep and can't go anywhere because she's up against the side of the bed. It is a totally different cry. The only downside is I do see people take the schedule thing to an extreme, letting their baby go hungry because of a silly schedule. Babies grow at a phenomenal rate and sometimes get hungrier sooner than 3 hours. I just learned to up the bottle an ounce or so if they couldn't make it past 3 hours. There is just so much people do not tell you and this book was truly an answered prayer. My second baby was very flexible and has been even easier than my first. Sometimes babies are going through growth spurts and need an extra feeding. Or it is just time to introduce solids. The book addresses many situations that may arise. Like what to do if you don't have enough breast milk, you simply supplement formula. This happened to me. Finally, I just dried up one day. My babies both thrived because I used a little common sense and got away from the schedule a little if I needed to. I love parent directed feeding instead of demand fed. I know a friend who demand fed and she was always poking a bottle in her baby's mouth at the first sign of any fussiness. All of her babies were very overweight. Her first girl still wants to eat constantly if she is upset. Just because a baby cries doesn't necessarily mean they are hungry. They may just have a dirty diaper or gas on their tummy. My first baby used to wake up every nap for at least 2 months when she was quite small. It was a pain cry. I learned she just needed to burp again and I would lay her down and she would go right back to sleep. Most new mothers would have thought oh she must be hungry! But that would have been the worst thing to do, to put food into an already gassy tummy. I'm so glad I could parent with confidence because I knew it worked! People pretty much left me alone on my second baby because they saw I knew somewhat what I was doing and also learned from my mistakes. I have no trouble finding a sitter because I just jot down my almost 3 year olds eating schedule and nap schedule, bedtime routine and when to take her to the potty because sometimes she still doesn't tell you. Then I jot down my 1 year old's schedule and my sitter is so relieved because she knows what the girls are used to and I've never had any complaints. If anything people very much enjoy my girls because they aren't fussy. My girls very rarely cry when I leave because they have confidence that I will return shortly. They are both very secure, very healthy, good sleepers, good non-picky eaters, and have been such a blessing to both myself and my husband. My husband is so grateful for this book because it gave him confidence as well because he had never even changed a diaper before they were born. I would recommend this book to anyone having a baby. It's got a lot of great tips and trouble shooting in it. Things I would have never even known! My friends call me on the phone all of the time and ask me questions concerning their babies, I often refer to my babywise book. Most of my friends now own their own copies and their children are now sleeping and a toddler that has had enough sleep, love, attention, and discipline is a happy toddler. Can't say enough how this book really helped me to be a good mom along with a lot of prayer.
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Summary of On Becoming Baby Wise, Book 1: Learn How Over One Million Babies Were Trained to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Way
Every parent who has welcomed a child into the world understands the longing to find a way to teach their baby to sleep contentedly and continually. This book is an exciting infant management plan that suc-cessfully trains children to sleep through the night. from a bounty hunter in this novel for 10-14 years olds.en.tudy today.Theologian Gary Ezzo and pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam set off cries of alarm in their highly controversial 1995 publication On Becoming Baby Wise by arguing that some crying is natural and healthy for babies. In this updated edition, Ezzo and Bucknam present a comprehensive method to encourage a full night's sleep for the seven- to nine-week-old baby. It's easy to read, easy to follow, supported by research and by testimonials from parents and pediatricians, and includes suggestions for making the process fit into the reader's lifestyle. The authors believe a consistent sleep routine leads to happier, more responsible, and better-adjusted children. But a full night's sleep is just the short-term goal. The long-term goal is training parents to bring order and stability to their families through nurturing the marriage, providing a loving structure for one's children, and allowing flexibility in the process.
Twelve chapters cover feeding philosophies, monitoring baby's growth, establishing baby's routine, handling multiple births, and the ever-controversial chapter on when baby cries. The 52-week method involves four phases, beginning with "Stabilization" from birth to week 8. During weeks 9 through 15 ("Extended Night"), babies learn to sleep through the night. Ezzo and Bucknam attempt to teach the difference between a baby's many cries and advise parents on various responses to these cries. Critics dislike Ezzo's strong belief that "child-centered parenting" (feeding baby whenever it cries, sleeping with and "wearing" baby) fosters demanding, insecure toddlers. But for parents who are tired of being tired--or whose previous experience with child-centered parenting supports Ezzo's theory--it may be worth a read. --Liane Thomas
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