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On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep (On Becoming. . .)

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Authors: Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam
Publisher: Parent-Wise Solutions, Inc.
Category: Book

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Pages: 252
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ISBN: 1932740082
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.122
EAN: 9781932740080
ASIN: 1932740082

Publication Date: September 25, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The infant management concepts presented in this book have found favor with over two million parents and twice as many contented babies. On Becoming Babywise brings hope to the tired and bewildered parents looking for an alternative to sleepless nights and fussy babies. The Babywise Parent Directed Feeding concept has enough structure to bring security and order to your baby's world, yet enough flexibility to give mom freedom to respond to any need at any time. It teaches parents how to lovingly guide their baby's day rather than be guided or enslaved to the infant's unknown needs. The information contained within On Becoming Babywise is loaded with success. Comprehensive breast-feeding follow-up surveys spanning three countries, of mothers using the PDF method verify that as a result of the PDF concepts, 88% breast-feed, compared to the national average of only 54% (from the National Center for Health Statistics). Of these breast-feeding mothers, 80% of them breast-feed exclusively without a formula complement. And while 70% of our mothers are still breast-feeding after six months, the national average encourage to follow demand feeding without any guidelines is only 20%. The mean average time of breast-feeding for PDF moms is 33 1/2 weeks, well above the national average. Over 50% of PDF mothers extend their breast-feeding toward and well into the first year. Added to these statistics is another critical factor. The average breast-fed PDF baby sleeps continuously through night seven to eight hours between weeks seven and nine. Healthy sleep in infants is analogous to healthy growth and development. Find out for yourself why a world of parents and pediatricians utilize the concepts found in On Becoming Babywise.

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3 Happy, Chubby, Healthy, Well-Rested Kiddos November 19, 2009
Love Being a Mom
After reading several reviews on the "Baby Wise" book I feel compelled to share my experience(s). I feel strongly that those who left negative reviews went into reading the book with negative, critical attitudes to begin with; most likely due to the fact that the Ezzo's method is controversial. For instance, the focus is not necessarily on the schedule...the most important concept is the order of events. When applied properly, the schedule naturally takes place. Many people feed their babies to sleep. Baby Wise advises you to feed your baby upon waking, play with baby, then put baby down for a nap. Makes sense to me!! And the book clearly states that for the first 2 weeks you are not to look at the clock! You are to establish FULL feedings, not snacks! This is the best way to establish your milk supply, if nursing. Yes, it can be very frustrating at first!! All babies want to fall asleep while eating and it is not torturing the baby to wake them and encourage them to finish the feeding! It also encourages you to take those first few weeks to observe your baby so you can help build a routine around your baby!! So, it recognized that all babies are not alike! For example, my first child took naps from 8-10am, and 12-3pm. Second and third children took naps from 9-11am and 1-4pm.
I am so thankful my pediatrician and hospital NICU recommended this book after the birth of our first child. He was born at 29 weeks and weighed just over 3 pounds. He suffered from severe reflux until he was 2 years old. I did have to feed him every 2 hours until he made it to 5 pounds but the important thing was learning how to feed him properly...no snacks, always full feedings! There were times when I had to undress him to wake him up and tickle the bottoms of his feet to stimulate him, but even at 3.5 pounds, he was able to learn how to breastfeed properly. He had no trouble growing, with no supplements and continues to thrive.
Our second child weight 8.5 pounds at birth and also thrived on the BabyWise method. She was quite the chunky monkey and outgrew her infant carseat by 6 months of age. Like all feeding and sleeping methods, you must take a common sense approach. This child would nurse, play for 30 minutes, then try to sleep for 5-6 hours before wanting to nurse again. As delightful as that would have been, I recognized that in order to not lose my milk supply and for her to grow properly, I needed to wake her for feedings and not allow her to go longer than 3 hours between feeds (which is also clearly stated in the book). There was nothing wrong with her, she was just a very efficient nurser and weighed enough to keep her feeling full longer.
Our third child was born with Down Syndrome. The La Leche League representative at the hospital assured me that there was no way I would be able to breastfeed her due to her low muscle tone, severe jaundice, and desire to sleep all day. Her jaundice was so severe I had to nurse her every 45 minutes for the first 2 weeks. Not surprising, she lost weight and was labeled "Failure To Thrive". This made sense to me since she was never getting a full feeding, which means she never got any hindmilk...so necessary for building up that baby chub. Once her bili levels got to normal, I immediately impolored Ezzo's methods. Low and behold, BabyWise came through again! As challenging as it was for the first month, we made it through and she too managed to learn to feed properly and sleep well. She is also so big that she can't be plotted on the Down Syndrome growth chart.
After having 2 of our 3 children born with feeding difficulties I can say without a shadow of a doubt that BabyWise does work, if applied properly. And in contrast to what some of the negative reviews state, the book is very clear on how we need to adjust the length of time between feedings during growth spurts and that there is nothing wrong with cluster feeding in the evening to get your child to sleep longer at night. All of our kids slept through the night, meaning from about 10pm to 6am by 3 months of age. They all took regular naps during the day and were all very portable. We have always been able to have dinner with friends, put kids to sleep at their house and stay late for some adult interaction.
While it is true that the book does focus on putting your marriage first, why is that bad? Sleep deprived parents cannot work effectively and cooperatively!! It is very healthy for our children to see happy parents who are on the same team, even from a young age.
Also, contrary to some of the reviews, our children were never neglected physically!! In fact, 90% of our preemie's awake time he was attached to one of us so he could have skin to skin contact in order to keep his body temperature up. And we have always snuggled and read to our kids before bedtime and throughout the day. I used a sling alot when our kids were infants, the key is to wear them in it during wakeful periods, not as a sleep-aid!!
For any new mom out there who is seeking advice on sleeping and feeding, I would encourage you to read the book with an open mind. It is not a dogmatic approach and it really does help build happy, healthy, well-rested, chubby babies:-)

2 out of 5 stars

good concepts but kind of all over the place November 2, 2009
N. Mckenzie (Redding, CA)
A few good ideas but the Baby Whisperer has the same basic concept and her book is much easier to follow. I started on these concepts and within a week, my baby was sleeping through the night.

5 out of 5 stars

Huge Help November 1, 2009
A. Yuckenberg (Virginia)
My twin girls are 7 weeks old and already sleeping for 6 straight hours at night on a consistent basis. The schedule offered is helpful and the author provides level headed approach to raising infants that won't make Mommy lose her mind. The book is also a quick read. I didn't start reading it until my girls were 3 weeks and we were still able to implement the ideas and have been able to use them succesfully.

5 out of 5 stars

Working great for our baby! October 30, 2009
Dr. Michael H. Osterhoudt (ca)
I don't understand most of the negative comments. If these people read the book, then they missed some important information. The book does say (over and over) to feed your baby if you think she is hungry! My baby is thriving and she is very happy and content. It is working for us better than I could have imagined.

It is working so good for us, that I bought this copy for a friend.

4 out of 5 stars

This book work for multiples October 14, 2009
L. Tom Chen (New York)
Our twins were born before we read this book. It had already been recommended to us by a friend by we were using the Sears book. We also had a 2 1/2 yr old toddler going through his phases at the same time. The result was a house of chaos and constant changing battle lines throughout the day.

My wife and I knew something had to be done and she decided to read On Becoming Baby Wise. She put the principals to work and adjusted slightly what she felt would not work. I have to tell you it was really really hard for 2 days trying to force the twins into a schedule. There was a lot of crying for everyone and the grandparents left because they couldn't stand it.

Miraculously, it just happened. The twins slept when you put them down. They laughed and were fed when you picked them up. No more marching around the house,bouncing them, trying to put them to sleep, no more dual feedings. It was staggered, orderly and most important, scheduled.

The most amazing thing is that when you put them down to sleep. they just went to sleep. No cajoling them like we have to with our oldest son. And to this day, the twins are now 2, they sleep when you put them down. I'm sure we would have done just fine without the book but with it, we were able to return to some semblance of order.

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