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Their methods sound dreadful. An eight-month-old baby is expected to have "highchair manners" and use sign language to say "thank you" and "I love you"? And, a few months later, punished for not meeting potty-training demands set by the parent?
Crazypants.
It does sound dreadful but weirdly enough my SIL applies similar methods to her children. I do not know if she has read Ezzo or Babywise but now I wonder???
Her children both knew sign language by 10 months and have highchair manners. You never see them eat messy or throw a cheerio on the floor. Its really eerie. Now my nephew is turning 2 this year and she is on a mission to have him fully potty trained before his birthday which is only several weeks away.
I don't know if the issue is the book, or the fact that people will follow any one book or plan so to the letter that their child would suffer. I read Babywise and found it quite helpful. I was having a really hard time with my newborn, felt like he was eating ALL the time. From Babywise I got the idea to try to get on a schedule, and the idea that the baby shouldn't feed himself to sleep. That's it. I started writing down when he ate and for how long and was able to figure out when he should be getting hungry again, and when his agitation probably meant something else. I wouldn't let him cry in hunger because the clock said he wasn't due to eat for 20 more minutes. It was just a guideline, and it helped me a lot.
I don't know anything about the sign language, religious, or other parts of it. I am only familiar with the eat, wake, sleep schedule.
ETA we later found out that our first was not a "normal" baby. He had some issues that made him crankier and harder to soothe than an average baby. His cues were hard to read, and he had some feeding issues (still does) He wasn't your average baby, which I didn't realize at the time. In other words, it was difficult to tell when he was hungry.
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I don't know if the issue is the book, or the fact that people will follow any one book or plan so to the letter that their child would suffer. I read Babywise and found it quite helpful. I was having a really hard time with my newborn, felt like he was eating ALL the time.
That's true. ANY book has to be used as a source of information to which thought and judgment is applied. ANY book is going to have ideas which one is not going to agree with.
That's true. ANY book has to be used as a source of information to which thought and judgment is applied. ANY book is going to have ideas which one is not going to agree with.
We used something like baby sign language with our youngest son and it was pretty cool, actually. He was able to let us know when he was hungry without having to cry or become upset. It was a simple sign and when I saw it we nursed and he was content. He had a sign for being full or done nursing, too. It was really sweet.
I've never heard of this. The little research I have done seems to imply that the parents control everything about the baby. The food the sleep the playtime. Am I right?
I've never heard of this. The little research I have done seems to imply that the parents control everything about the baby. The food the sleep the playtime. Am I right?
Yes, but to extremes. Some of the google links earlier in the thread refer to parents who adhered to the "program" despite being advised by medical professionals that their babies were malnourished, were failing to thrive, etc. using the rigid schedule required by the Ezzo method.
Yes, but to extremes. Some of the google links earlier in the thread refer to parents who adhered to the "program" despite being advised by medical professionals that their babies were malnourished, were failing to thrive, etc. using the rigid schedule required by the Ezzo method.
Wow that doesnt seem like it should legal.
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