Parents, especially first-time parents, do not always know the best way to care for their child. Every child is different and might have its own needs when it comes to certain things, including sleeping. Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam are the authors who wrote the controversial book On Becoming Babywise, which is supposed to be about giving an infant the gift of sleep.
This book was formerly published by Multnomah Books, but is now self-published through the publishing company of Ezzo known as Parent-Wise Solutions. Hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold. Bucknam is a pediatrician and Ezzo is known for his position as an evangelical Christian adviser. This was once a church-based resource book about how to rear an infant.
In this book, the authors suggest the use of an infant care program. Through this, the baby will be able to sleep completely through the night start around the age of seven to nine weeks. As many know, infants usually wake up multiple times. The emphasis with the plan is on parental control and not allowing the child to decide when things are done.
The ideas behind this book is what has attracted some criticism. This has come from both parents and professionals. The concern is that people are being taught to rear the infant based on the advice given in the book, which could ultimately lead to a higher likelihood of malnutrition, failure and emotional disorders.
Ezzo called on Bucknam to help make the work more secular. The new edition that featured both authors was released during the early 1990s. From there, four other editions were published between 1995 and 2007. The book talks about infant management plans that are built around the play, feed and sleeping cycles of infants. PDF, or parent-directed feeding, is the name of such plans.
In this book, there are directions related to caring for infants from birth up to six months old. It primarily covers topics of feeding and infant sleep. There is emphasis placed on parental control with infant training. According to the work, a baby is not to define the center of the household. Rather, they are just welcomed add-ons to the household who should follow with the order of the house. The things discussed in this book are not radical or new and might even be considered restatement of what Evangelical parents and even secular parents have been doing all along.
The two authors have said that their stance is in the middle between feeding based on a strict schedule and doing so to meet the demand of the baby. They also do not condone the act of co-sleeping. The advice given in this book is similar to that given by other publications.
There has been much criticism about this written work, especially by health care professionals in the mainstream who say it is filled with misinformation on important topics of infant sleep, feeding, growth and development. Still, some may find this book filled with important information that proves helpful in their situation. There are plenty of opinions about how to raise a child and because every child is different, the requirements might vary.
This book was formerly published by Multnomah Books, but is now self-published through the publishing company of Ezzo known as Parent-Wise Solutions. Hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold. Bucknam is a pediatrician and Ezzo is known for his position as an evangelical Christian adviser. This was once a church-based resource book about how to rear an infant.
In this book, the authors suggest the use of an infant care program. Through this, the baby will be able to sleep completely through the night start around the age of seven to nine weeks. As many know, infants usually wake up multiple times. The emphasis with the plan is on parental control and not allowing the child to decide when things are done.
The ideas behind this book is what has attracted some criticism. This has come from both parents and professionals. The concern is that people are being taught to rear the infant based on the advice given in the book, which could ultimately lead to a higher likelihood of malnutrition, failure and emotional disorders.
Ezzo called on Bucknam to help make the work more secular. The new edition that featured both authors was released during the early 1990s. From there, four other editions were published between 1995 and 2007. The book talks about infant management plans that are built around the play, feed and sleeping cycles of infants. PDF, or parent-directed feeding, is the name of such plans.
In this book, there are directions related to caring for infants from birth up to six months old. It primarily covers topics of feeding and infant sleep. There is emphasis placed on parental control with infant training. According to the work, a baby is not to define the center of the household. Rather, they are just welcomed add-ons to the household who should follow with the order of the house. The things discussed in this book are not radical or new and might even be considered restatement of what Evangelical parents and even secular parents have been doing all along.
The two authors have said that their stance is in the middle between feeding based on a strict schedule and doing so to meet the demand of the baby. They also do not condone the act of co-sleeping. The advice given in this book is similar to that given by other publications.
There has been much criticism about this written work, especially by health care professionals in the mainstream who say it is filled with misinformation on important topics of infant sleep, feeding, growth and development. Still, some may find this book filled with important information that proves helpful in their situation. There are plenty of opinions about how to raise a child and because every child is different, the requirements might vary.
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