Parents, particularly first-time parents do not always know what is best when it comes to raising a child. Every kid is different and may require its own things when it comes to eating, sleeping and playing. Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam are the two men behind the book On Becoming Babywise. This controversial work was written as a guide to help parents wanting to get their infants to sleep, among other things.
The book was originally published by Multnomah Books, but is self-published through Parent-Wise Solutions, the publishing company of Ezzo himself. More than 200,000 copies have been purchased. Ezzo is an evangelical Christian adviser and Bucknam, a pediatrician. This was initially used as a church-based resource with information on how to raise 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.
Bucknam was recruited by Ezzo to make the book more secular. The newer edition with both writers was officially released in the first half of the 1990s. It was followed by four editions that published between the years of 1995 and 2007. This work talks about an infant management plan, based on the play, sleeping and feed cycles of infants, called parent-directed feeding or PDF.
In the book there are instructions on caring for the infants from their date of birth up through six months of age. It mostly covers the topic of infant sleep, as well as feeding. There is emphasis on parental control when it comes to infant training. According to the book, the baby is not to be the defining center of a household but instead, an addition that is subject to the house's order. The concepts discussed in this piece are not new or radical but are a re-articulation of methods used by Evangelical parents of the past and even advisors who are secular.
Both authors have said they stand in the middle ground between assigning a strict schedule for feeding time and feeding according to the demands of the baby. They also do not support co-sleeping. The advice offered in this is much like that seen in other publications.
There are critics of this work, mostly those in the health care field who believe this includes misinformation on infant sleep, growth, development and feeding. Still, some might get help from this. Many opinions exist regarding how to raise a child. It is important to note that every child is different and will respond in his or her own to rearing.
The book was originally published by Multnomah Books, but is self-published through Parent-Wise Solutions, the publishing company of Ezzo himself. More than 200,000 copies have been purchased. Ezzo is an evangelical Christian adviser and Bucknam, a pediatrician. This was initially used as a church-based resource with information on how to raise 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.
Bucknam was recruited by Ezzo to make the book more secular. The newer edition with both writers was officially released in the first half of the 1990s. It was followed by four editions that published between the years of 1995 and 2007. This work talks about an infant management plan, based on the play, sleeping and feed cycles of infants, called parent-directed feeding or PDF.
In the book there are instructions on caring for the infants from their date of birth up through six months of age. It mostly covers the topic of infant sleep, as well as feeding. There is emphasis on parental control when it comes to infant training. According to the book, the baby is not to be the defining center of a household but instead, an addition that is subject to the house's order. The concepts discussed in this piece are not new or radical but are a re-articulation of methods used by Evangelical parents of the past and even advisors who are secular.
Both authors have said they stand in the middle ground between assigning a strict schedule for feeding time and feeding according to the demands of the baby. They also do not support co-sleeping. The advice offered in this is much like that seen in other publications.
There are critics of this work, mostly those in the health care field who believe this includes misinformation on infant sleep, growth, development and feeding. Still, some might get help from this. Many opinions exist regarding how to raise a child. It is important to note that every child is different and will respond in his or her own to rearing.
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