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On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep
Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam
3.32 AVERAGE
148 reviews for:
On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep
Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam
3.32 AVERAGE
I am really glad I read this book. It has given me a really good basis to start from with my baby both with his feeding and sleep schedule. I feel more confident after reading it.
I heard a wide range of opinions about this book before reading it - overall, it was an average read. Though the title suggests it's about sleep, I found it to be more of a practical overview of what to expect with a newborn baby, with some sleep info thrown in.
Overall, I think it should be taken for what it is - one person's opinion/method. That said, there are some pretty grand claims with no citations or footnotes, so watch out for those. It's also quite old school - still using only he pronouns for the baby, referencing only heterosexual married couples as parents, etc. For these reasons, I don't think I would read any of the author's books about parenting in later years, etc.
Overall, I think it should be taken for what it is - one person's opinion/method. That said, there are some pretty grand claims with no citations or footnotes, so watch out for those. It's also quite old school - still using only he pronouns for the baby, referencing only heterosexual married couples as parents, etc. For these reasons, I don't think I would read any of the author's books about parenting in later years, etc.
On Becoming Babywise is a helpful book about creating a schedule for babies. I’m glad I read it and am looking forward to putting some of the ideas into practice. My only complaint is that it was a little repetitive, but I’m guessing I’ll appreciate that soon.
A few aspects of this book were practical and helpful, like the concept of eat, wake, sleep; the dreamy ideal of feeding every 2.5.-3 hours (which would be nice, but hasn't been able to happen for us); and the crying checklist. And although it seems the program and schedule work for some parents and babies, I continually thought many of the authors' claims were bs. 98% success rate of sleeping through the night by week 12 was one. I also found something about the tone of this book off putting- almost like a patronizing preacher. Finally, much of the cited research and statistics just do not match what I found when searching online to see if they were true. If this works for you great, and I pulled some helpful bits from the book, but I think with my colicky baby if I fully bought in I'd feel like a failure.
Parenting books aren’t great in general. This one has lots of instruction but it’s well done. It’s not a fun read unless you’re expecting. Excited to try out the sleep training techniques etc.
The family of the people who wrote this won't follow it. Babies have become gravely ill when parents have used this book. There were lawsuits a number of years ago. I read it and was appalled. Every copy should be burned.
The American Academy of Pediatrics warns against the ideas in this book. Please don't read it as a new mom! I felt sick to my stomach reading it. P.S. it's biologically NORMAL for your baby to wake up in the nighttime into the toddler years.
I was expecting to hate this book based on the extremely negative reviews of it that I've read. While I do not wholeheartedly agree with the authors' philosophy and advice on parenting, there are tips and ideas scattered throughout that I plan on implementing and hope will help in establishing a daily routine. Certainly more research could have been done to support the authors' views, the tone was a bit condescending at times, and I didn't care for the dismissal of attachment parenting. But overall, not a complete loss by any means.
informative
fast-paced
As the father of a newborn this book was really helpful for me understanding sleeping and feeding habits for kids. The method seems really sound and is backed up by studies and testimonials. With that said, the layout of the book was weirdly inconsistent to me. Random topics would appear in one chapter and then reappear in another chapter. It didn’t seem like everything was presented together in the logical format you would think. As long as you are getting the information in the end, it’s not a huge deal to me. But they also don’t appear to differentiate between newborns and older infants for most of the book. So I’m reading it thinking things can be applied to my week old baby. Only for a mention at the end that the method is not for babies younger than 4 weeks - that seems like something that should be in the opening chapter. Still, really good resource for parents of newborns!
I liked this book simply because I like reading about babies in a clinical setting. It's relaxing to me. Make of that fact what you will.
No I will never have children, so don't worry.
No I will never have children, so don't worry.