Noel C. (tehillahmom) reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 31 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
A parent has to take the Ezzo's suggestions with a grain of salt. "Eat the meat and spit out the bones". They have very helpful advice for structure, discipline and the whole value-system of raising children. It was helpful to know a "routine" to shoot for with each of my children (I have five) and the idea that your marriage should be your highest priority in the family. Requiring my children to use their manners and obey even before they could talk by using sign-language has been successful as well. I would just say that these suggestions not be taken to the extreme - which I see those who follow the Ezzos doing... Children are each unique in the sight of the Lord and they each should be trained according to their "bent". The Ezzos can be a little "cookie-cutter" oriented and I think it can suppress a child's personality if we're not sensitive to this. I am very thankful for the information the Ezzos have passed on, but ultimately, God's Spirit should guide us in how we raise and train His children!
Jennifer B. (jayybee30) reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This book is cruel and detrimental. I regret having followed a few of these methods when I was a brand new mom eager for parenting advice. Babies need their needs to be met on demand, not forced into a system they are too emotionally immature to cope with. Even now I get sad thinking about what I put my baby through- trying to implement such techniques. Please research this book thoroughly as to the pros/and cons. Raising children should not be about making things most convenient for the parent, its about caring and loving your child and giving of yourself even when it feels inconvenient. Besides, this period goes by so quickly- wouldn't you love to look back on it knowing you provided all the holding, cuddling and nurturing you could? Personally, I prefer Darn Good Advice: Parenting, by Barron's. It have been by far the most sensible, balanced, and down to earth approach to parenting I have read.
Heather S. (thesnovels5) reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 82 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
For babies five to fifteen months, each day is filled to overflowing with sensory stimulation and learning challenges. As a parent, you may already realize that the patterns your child develops today will forever impact his or her life. What you may not understand is that there are positive, proactive steps that you can take to make the most of every minute, helping your child lay a solid foundation of right learning patterns he or she can build upon for years to come. Discover how you can take advantage of natural learning opportunities that are presented during feeding time, wake time and sleep time--the three main activities in your baby's day--and learn powerful methods for instilling solid, fundamental skills that will equip your pretoddler to successfully mangage instructions, directions, freedoms, limitations, and relationships with Babywise II.
Wow...that's a mouthful!
Wow...that's a mouthful!
Emily B. (peachfuzz) reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I was disappointed with this book. It didn't seem to have much information that was relevant to me.
Helpful Score: 1
God gave me my children to love and take care of-NOT to figure out how to make as easy as possible on me. The entire Ezzo series views children as an insult to the parents lives-a nuisance and a bother. These "methods" are nothing short of pure selfishness.
Heidi V. reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 31 more book reviews
Not as much useful information as the first book. The first book in the series is very helpful. I followed the suggestions in the first book, but more as an outline and not to the tee. I have never had my daughter on a very strict routine. This second book talked a lot about routine, structure, discipline and moral training. It was okay information, but beyond a basic routine I must admit I am not a really structured, routine-oriented person and I don't parent that way either. I also had to laugh when they gave the example, "Do you let your child play with the remote control?" Like this was some sort of horrible crime... Uh, yes I do, she can't hurt it. I don't care if she plays with it! This book made it sound like I was a horrible parent if I let my baby play with the remote or do other similar things. Well, I just don't agree with all that. I am a little too laid back for this method. There is some good general advice, but overall, not applicable for everyone's personality and parenting style.
Good, informative book. Straight to the point.
Elizabeth S. reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 2 more book reviews
This book is encouraging to parents! A great follow-up to the previous Baby Wise volume for infants.
Rachel G. (starr4all) -
Offers proven ways for parents of young toddlers to take advantage of natural learning opportunities during their toddler's feeding, wake, and sleep times. Learn methods for instilling fundamental skills too!
Barbara M. reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 6 more book reviews
I am a parent of preemie twins and this method saved us!!! If done correctly, the "cry it out" method works wonderfully - by day four, your little ones will sleep contentedly & you'll never look back. Well, until they get sick and you decide to break the pattern & rock them all night. Been there, done that! But we immediately went back to the method and it worked great.
April H. (aprilh) reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 6 more book reviews
I have done this parenting method for all my kids. I have 3 kids and all my kids slept all night by the time they were 8 weeks and I nursed everyone of them tell they were a year old. It works. I love, love, love the book. I believe that babies thrive on scheduling. All my kids did so well on it. If it were not for this book I would never had been able to nursed them for a year and get things done around the house.
Great advice for any parent! This is how things should be done!
Laurie Z. (Piros1) reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 51 more book reviews
Never had time to read this one after the first one was born! He is a very good sleeper - the first book in this series worked well with our first child.
Lindsey G. (LinzluvsGJ) reviewed On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (Bk II) on + 112 more book reviews
Pure and simple junk. www.ezzo.info
