tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post3169275846673268433..comments2024-03-16T14:18:11.330-04:00Comments on peaceful parenting: ‘Babywise’ Linked to Babies' Dehydration, Failure to ThriveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-26134087001601740062015-05-18T19:20:57.585-04:002015-05-18T19:20:57.585-04:00Amen!! Amen!! Stef Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16253135384931262383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-52171258741875817142015-05-17T16:33:24.973-04:002015-05-17T16:33:24.973-04:00I know this is two years later but as a mother of ...I know this is two years later but as a mother of a preemie who did a stint in the NICU.. I can't believe you would ever say it is "convienent" for someone to have a baby in the hospital. Like seriously...think about what you wrote and how asinine you sound.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-85571342359951371022013-12-15T17:56:43.261-05:002013-12-15T17:56:43.261-05:00Erika, you may never see this, but the difference ...Erika, you may never see this, but the difference is you were not breastfeeding your babies for one. Secondly, just because they told you to keep with their schedule doesn't mean you had to. I know it was probably very convienent to have someone else do the hard work and put your babies on a schedule, I've had 2 babies in NICU, but when we came home, one we were breastfeeding as quickly Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932007213063890925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-37081766268981142992013-02-14T00:44:34.772-05:002013-02-14T00:44:34.772-05:00I never really understood why people read books on...I never really understood why people read books on these kind of things. I'm a first time mom so I did not have experience when my son was born , but hey that's how everyone starts and started ever since the first baby was born on this planet! It's simple, baby is hungry: feed it. Dirty: clean it. Fussy: hug&kiss it :-) etc.. We don't have to over-complicate parenting! Sure itIndynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-63364799607932294602012-09-26T13:40:08.354-04:002012-09-26T13:40:08.354-04:00Nanner, I agree with you. I wonder if the authors...Nanner, I agree with you. I wonder if the authors of this book asked this one question - What Would Jesus Do? Because Jesus would NOT let a baby cry it out and would NOT let a baby go hungry. That's not in His loving and compassionate nature, and He didn't create us mothers with a cold unloving nature either. This book makes me sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-48343413191897193652012-08-27T14:05:08.030-04:002012-08-27T14:05:08.030-04:00I have to say - I read Babywise with my first chil...I have to say - I read Babywise with my first child and I loved it. I did not find it that rigid. It seems like everyone read the first point and skipped the end of the point where it conceded that nothing happens perfectly. And I found it did not encourage tossing your kid and crib and ignoring him/her. I remember comforting my first child every couple of minutes until she fell asleep. And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-55942793650482878372012-03-18T12:55:43.433-04:002012-03-18T12:55:43.433-04:00I have to say that i had twins born 8 wks early &a...I have to say that i had twins born 8 wks early & NICU had them on a every 3 hr feeding tube schedule & once they came home on bottle feeds we were told to continue that every 3 hr feeding. So whether they were awake or asleep they were fed every 3 hrs Around the clock & they did end up sleeping through the night by 3 mos. My babies were really content babies, which made being a new Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054399498427907235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-52434475896402168962011-12-15T06:40:41.223-05:002011-12-15T06:40:41.223-05:00This is the book my mother-in-law reccomended to u...This is the book my mother-in-law reccomended to us, because her neice used it and had such "well- behaved children", supposedly, because of it. SOOOOOOO glad I didn't fall for that crap, and listened to myself instead!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-63773281064898011452011-12-14T23:56:40.774-05:002011-12-14T23:56:40.774-05:00I found this great craft to use a paperback book t...I found this great craft to use a paperback book to upcycle into a super cute Christmas tree. I was really not wanting to cut apart any of my books so I decided to use my remaining Paperbackswap.com credits to get all the copies of Babywise left in the system for swap to make my project :)Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-60621521958388158472011-10-14T02:49:35.540-04:002011-10-14T02:49:35.540-04:00We entered "Ezzoland" in 2005 when our o...We entered "Ezzoland" in 2005 when our oldest was born. The first class seemed innocent enough. I did experience some anxiety when the informationa and advice of my lactation consultant clashed vividly with the GFI ways. Being a new mother I figured that it was my fault for not understanding. I ended up using a little of both philosophies and we had a thriving baby who was quite happy. Crystalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-67310394248049595242011-09-10T18:21:22.479-04:002011-09-10T18:21:22.479-04:00What a breath of fresh air!! When my daughter was ...What a breath of fresh air!! When my daughter was born, Babywise was recommended to me. Since I had never heard of it, I did a google search and QUICKLY decided the book was NOT for me. It was selfish of me to think that my 4 week old could be on MY schedule and not her own. If she cried, it was for a reason. My job is to try and figure it out. Maybe she's hungry, wants help, needs to be Charis' Mumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-8712707819523180042011-07-23T03:14:26.328-04:002011-07-23T03:14:26.328-04:00I live with someone who was left to cry a lot as a...I live with someone who was left to cry a lot as a baby and wasn't cuddled much. He's now in his 50s. I consider the way he was raised to be child abuse. His parents loved him and they were quite affluent, but agree now that they knew nothing about raising kids. They were taking advice from old-fashioned, upper-class European parents who had relied on nannies to raise their kids. <br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-22407730545840427282011-07-06T15:27:28.237-04:002011-07-06T15:27:28.237-04:00i have a close acquaintance who did babywise. I ha...i have a close acquaintance who did babywise. I had already been through the infant stuff with my babies and it seemed so unnatural to watch the clock rather than the baby for cues. I absoutely could not stand to listen to this baby crying for hours because she was hungry or because it is nap time and she "should" be sleeping. <br />The thing is that as this baby got older, she didn'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-23147804074384237302011-06-25T06:33:19.813-04:002011-06-25T06:33:19.813-04:00This book sounds terrible. :( And the so-called ad...This book sounds terrible. :( And the so-called advice sounds downright dangerous! :o You wouldn't treat an adult this way so why would you do this to a baby?? Thanks for bringing it to my attention.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137529245433820845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-45115851258241200622011-06-24T22:34:14.361-04:002011-06-24T22:34:14.361-04:00Kim in Australia...
I was given this book with m...Kim in Australia... <br /><br />I was given this book with my first child. :-( gosh I wish I hadn't lay eyes on it!!! Thankfully after a few months of HELL, including my anxiety/depression, I woke up to using my instincts. I BF my baby girl until she was 17 months old - Yay. I have since had two more babies - both boys and didn't read any books....just went with my instinct and abundance Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-90035843054512582312011-06-22T12:41:33.351-04:002011-06-22T12:41:33.351-04:00I too was told to read the book with my first chil...I too was told to read the book with my first child. After about 4-5 months of HELL too, I followed my instincts and throw my first book ever into the trash one night. Talk about a freeing moment!!! It was like I just got free from a demon! I too went on to nurse my little girl until she was 14 months old. With my second child did not read any books as well and we are still nursing after 25 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-6266120630681087552011-03-21T20:38:29.114-04:002011-03-21T20:38:29.114-04:00I can't remember where I saw the article, but ...I can't remember where I saw the article, but I was reading somewhere that babies ages 9-24 months, brains grow WHILE THEY ARE SLEEPING!! And the milk your body produces at night, is almost twice as high in content with omega 3's and DHA (which brains need for proper development) then in the daytime.. at 20 months.. my daughter still wakes up in the night for a feeding... and I have no Katie Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119363112378831153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-44480732164193263822011-03-19T20:46:22.884-04:002011-03-19T20:46:22.884-04:00I did not read BabyWise, but I read literature whe...I did not read BabyWise, but I read literature when I had my baby that followed a similar feeding schedule, so naturally I thought that was the way to do it. My son was miserable and started losing weight, and I could not figure out what I was doingn wrong. One of my friends said to feed my baby every time he cried, and at LEAST 2 to 3 hours from the START of the last feeding. I thought this Eco-Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17324761098002964555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-47161417340616322852011-03-14T08:54:32.191-04:002011-03-14T08:54:32.191-04:00A comment to the anonymous person who posted: &quo...A comment to the anonymous person who posted: "I feel like people that follow this to a 'T', to the point where they are harming their children and then blaming a book they read is really just blame-shifting. These parents are most likely not bright and not great parents to begin with." <br /><br />I strongly disagree with your comment and find it very inaccurate and hurtful. Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-50657031735077023752011-03-12T03:51:49.842-05:002011-03-12T03:51:49.842-05:00What's amazing is that there are so many peopl...What's amazing is that there are so many people out there who actually follow the advice! This "method" is obviously so un-Christian. Is this what Jesus would've said? (I think Jesus was a great guy, the ultimate hippie - but I'm not a Christian.)<br /><br />I know a little girl who is now 6 and has the worst voice I've ever heard. She can barely croak out anything when Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-56583662203490579212011-03-01T01:03:40.744-05:002011-03-01T01:03:40.744-05:00I came on here to research the method because I...I came on here to research the method because I'm so firmly against it (our old small group at one point wanted to use Gary Ezzo's "Growing Kid's God's Way" as a Bible Study. YIKES!)<br /><br />I've seen the effect of CIO, both my nephews are not normal. The oldest responded to it by becoming a people pleaser, closer with a stranger than his own family. He values Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-17358910031684257942011-02-26T23:33:21.786-05:002011-02-26T23:33:21.786-05:00One of the most profound arguments I use with baby...One of the most profound arguments I use with babywisers is that the children of the authors of the book no longer speak to them. How great could this child-rearing be if their own adult children want nothing to do with them? Gives you food for thought.JosephS.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-62384929342698091102011-01-22T03:37:24.916-05:002011-01-22T03:37:24.916-05:00This was the first parenting book I read as recomm...This was the first parenting book I read as recommended by our pediatrician. As a Christian mom to two sets of twins, I just don't understand where this Christian preference for a firm hand of letting a tiny baby cry himself to sleep and feed in a restrictive manner comes from. It is not true discipline and is certainly not reflective of the love and mercy our Heavenly Father has shown us Nannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549332286209169484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-56375687155665727942010-10-08T21:49:58.272-04:002010-10-08T21:49:58.272-04:00I find it absolutely DISGUSTING that anyone would ...I find it absolutely DISGUSTING that anyone would tell parents to REFUSE to feed their child because they "need to learn a schedule". Absolutely obsurd.sashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222600865134999854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31180029.post-10037468308716240312010-09-22T01:16:09.221-04:002010-09-22T01:16:09.221-04:00Dr Momma, I agree Babywise is cruel and unnatural,...Dr Momma, I agree Babywise is cruel and unnatural, night-weaning can happen naturally before 18 months. My exclusively breastfed baby slept 8+ hrs between 2-5 months and I have never let him cry it out. He nursed, grew and thrived those months. He's usually up now (at 8 mths) once a night to nurse and I've accepted this as "normal", too. <br />My advice to new mums, esp BFers, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com