Question by MrsTee: Did you use the "Baby Wise" system with your baby? A couple of friends have used the "Baby Wise" book to get their babies to sleep through the night and I'm interested to hear how it worked for other people. I've seen "baby wise" babies and I've seen the "others" and my friends who used baby wise have earned themselves great freedom by using the book and the other friends have just created a life of chaos for themselves. I'm currently reading the book and loving it. I'm due in 10 weeks. What are your thoughts? Best answer:
Answer by Danielle
I think it is a great system - in theory. We read the book when I was pregant with my first but did not really follow it. I feel that it is a bit harsh. Now that I am expecting my second we are going to modify it to fit our parenting style. Newborns need you to repsond to their cry and in the begin their hunger can't always be timed. They a&# 114;e sleepy or have growth spurts, etc. It is essential that you respond to your baby when they need you. We are going to use principles put forth in the book - routine, timing, sleep schedules - but we won't refuse food if she is hungry and its not yet been 2.5 hours or refuse to hold her if she needs comforting. A good idea is helping the baby fall asleep on their own - that way as they ge&# 116; older they wont need you to rock / nurse / cuddle them to sleep. But that doesnt mean abandoning them to their room and letting them cry either. Most importantly, never follow any parenting advice that goes against your own heart. God gave this baby to you for you to raise. You are his/her momma, you will know your baby and mother from your heart.
Answer by me
Please do not follow Ezzo's advice!!!!!! Babies will sleep 6;hrough the night when there stomachs are big enough so they won't get hungry. Babywise and Preparation for Parenting (also known as Let the Children Come: Along the Infant Way) have been criticized by hundreds of professionals in pediatric medicine, human lactation, psychology, anthropology, child development, and theology. Health care professionals say it does not match evidence-based, research-based standards. (Compare here.) Problems have been associated with these programs -- cases of slow weight gain, failure to thrive, depressed babies, even hospitalization. The following are some of the concerns experts share : Lack of expertise and credentials. The primary authors of the material, Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo, are self-proclaimed experts. Gary Ezzo has no background or expertise in child development, psychology, breastfeeding, or pediatric medicine, and holds neither an associate's nor a bachelor's degree from any college; his master of arts degree in Christian ministry was granted through a program that awarded credit for life experience in lieu of an undergraduate degree. Anne Marie Ezzo worked only briefly as an R.N. decades ago. It is unclear what, if anything, Babywise co-author Dr. Robert Bucknam cont ributed to that book, since the earlier religious versions are essentially the same with additional material and do not have his name on the cover. Risks for breastfeeding mothers and babies. Breastfeeding on a parent-determined schedule (including a "flexible routine" as it is called in Babywise) may reduce a mother's milk supply and contradicts the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which has stated, "The best feeding schedules are the ones babies design themselves. Scheduled feedings designed by parents may put babies at risk for poor weight gain and dehydration." Poor breastfeeding information. Although it is presented as authoritative, the breastfeeding information presented in Babywise is inaccurate and substandard. For example, all babies and mothers are treated alike without any respect given for individual differences in breastmilk storage capacity, rate of milk synthesis, rate of infant metabolism or stomach capacity. In actuality, the number of feedings one mother's body requires in order to supply her baby with plenty of milk each day will be quite different fro 09; other mothers around her. Similarly, breastfed babies need varying amounts milk in varying numbers and sizes of feedings, and they do not feed exactly the same way from one feeding to the next in any case. Ezzo seemingly expects all babies to respond in an identical manner. This is no more realistic than expecting adults to consume the same amounts of food on the same schedule and grow (or lose weight!) at the same rate. A high-pressure presentation that impacts the way parents perceive feeding decisions: Pressure to maintain the regimen. The set of rules for sleep, feedings and wake time are portrayed as critical to follow in order to achieve a healthy outcome, while health and behavior problems for the baby, and sleepless nights for the parents, are predicted if the program is not followed. Flexibility is offered in the form of small, short-term adjustments to the prescribed regimen, not an open-ended, permanent flexibility that recognizes the varying needs of individual babies. This leaves inexperienced parents believing it is safer to conform to the book than to learn and respond to their own baby's cues as experts recommend. Misplaced moral dilemmas. Additionally, how well the parents and the baby adhere to the program is framed as a moral or biblical issue (e.g. permissiveness on the part of parents, uncooperativeness on the part of the baby), which may cause well-intentioned parents to persist in their attempt to implement the recommendations in spite of misgivings--or even to overlook physical warning signs in their child.
Answer by 4 Shades of Blue
Really, I think there i s too much emphasis put on Getting babies to sleep through the night at an early age. Their stomachs are too small to last without a feeding during the night. I say, when they are little, let the baby decide when he needs to wake up and eat. Don't be too rigid. Let him nurse on demand and soon enough he'll be sleeping through the night and you'll miss the late night cuddles and sweetness. Congrats on yo&# 117;r baby!
Answer by becky
I would use The Baby Whisperer instead. She has a somewhat more moderate approach to baby care. A lot depends on if you decide to breast or bottle feed as well. Bottle fed babies are much easier to get and keep on a schedule although the benefits of breastfeeding generally far outweigh this advantage.
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