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Liked It “We learned a lot from this book! It helped with adjusting to the schedule of a newborn, and taught us how to help our kids learn to sleep through the night. What a lifesaver!” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “This would be useful for someone who wanted to return to working a scheduled day with a newborn who feeds well and in 3 hour increments. Written by MDs, it helped me understand what the medical community considers adequate baby care.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This would be useful for someone who wanted to return to working a scheduled day with a newborn who feeds well and in 3 hour increments. Written by MDs, it helped me understand what the medical community considers adequate baby care.”
Christina W wrote this review Wednesday, November 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“We learned a lot from this book! It helped with adjusting to the schedule of a newborn, and taught us how to help our kids learn to sleep through the night. What a lifesaver!”
Maria P wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book is absolutely based on nothing. The practices Ezzo dictates to parents are in fact very dangerous to the emotional and physical well-being of a infant. Infants are not expected to sleep more than 6 hours at most without waking, because of their brain activities and the chemicals responsible. The other aspect of the "advice" Ezzo gives in regards to sleeping, feeding, etc. is that he promotes the fanatical ideology that babies are manipulative, and that parents should be in control at all times. Infants learn trust and learn to bond with their caregivers through responsiveness of those caregivers. Empirical research has shown that infants who cry more than 90 seconds without response, have much more higher levels of stress hormones than their counterparts. AND higher levels of stress hormones equals less bonding, less trust for the baby. Yes, they may stop crying, but its because in their brain, they have "learned" that mommy or daddy can't be trusted. And we wonder why the prevalence of Attachment Disorders and Oppositional Defiant Disorders has skyrocketed in recent years. ”
Augie Storm wrote this review Wednesday, August 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“amazing.”
autumn s wrote this review Monday, August 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I loved this book and followed the principles outlayed in it. It was a life saver on many occasions with our infant. I know some of it is hard to follow but you will be so glad you did. I can lay our daughter down to sleep with no fight. She is happy to be in her crib- she plays toys for 5 minutes and then is fast asleep and wakes up happy and alert. If you plan to follow this book don't lose heart- follow it and keep going. Your baby will get great sleep and you will too. I will caution you to not tell a ton of people that you are following the principles out lined in this book unless you have strong communication skills and are willing to stick to your guns. There are many who oppose this type of child raising but there are many strategies to raising kids. We happen to follow this one and it works for us. I avoid conflict by following it and not shouting it out for the world. ”
darcy b wrote this review Wednesday, July 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“i hated this book. i hated the way it addresses parents and i hated the content.”
maira c wrote this review Wednesday, June 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I love these books. They are quick reads with so much helpful information for first time moms. I always find myself learning new things and applying the new information to what I do as far as feeding and scheduling. Very helpful!”
Katie R wrote this review Sunday, June 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Very sensible approach to raising children who will sleep at regular intervals. I can see this working for me! In days my son has gone from waking three to four times a night, to once... after a seven hour stretch! I feel human again!”
Sheila T wrote this review Friday, February 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“If you have a baby you need this....read it before the baby comes.”
Tracey B wrote this review Monday, February 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“As I was reading it, I kept thinking what the hell . . . this book is full of crap, what is going on? God forbid people take his parenting advice. Then I read some reviews of it one of which read, "Ezzo says his parent-directed method is essential to develop respectful, obedient, and godly children." When this review says "children" they mean "babies." He basically advocates putting babies of all ages on a strict schedule where you feed them at specific times and never vary from that even if they seem hungry. Pediatricians also avoid staying away from this book because the author has no idea what he's talking about from a child development perspective. Basically he wants babies to sleep through the night and feed on a schedule even if it is to the detriment of the child and their weight gain or the mother and her milk supply and massive amounts of crying is ok because the baby is just trying to manipulate you. Some of his ideas made me sick, I wish I hadn't read it. Avoid this book!”
Erin R wrote this review Thursday, December 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
