Editorial Review:

The infant management concepts presented in this book have found favor with over two million parents and twice as many contented babies. On Becoming Babywise brings hope to the tired and bewildered parents looking for an alternative to sleepless nights and fussy babies. The Babywise Parent Directed Feeding concept has enough structure to bring security and order to your baby's world, yet enough flexibility to give mom freedom to respond to any need at any time. It teaches parents how to lovingly guide their baby's day rather than be guided or enslaved to the infant's unknown needs. The information contained within On Becoming Babywise is loaded with success. Comprehensive breast-feeding follow-up surveys spanning three countries, of mothers using the PDF method verify that as a result of the PDF concepts, 88% breast-feed, compared to the national average of only 54% (from the National Center for Health Statistics). Of these breast-feeding mothers, 80% of them breast-feed exclusively without a formula complement. And while 70% of our mothers are still breast-feeding after six months, the national average encourage to follow demand feeding without any guidelines is only 20%. The mean average time of breast-feeding for PDF moms is 33 1/2 weeks, well above the national average. Over 50% of PDF mothers extend their breast-feeding toward and well into the first year. Added to these statistics is another critical factor. The average breast-fed PDF baby sleeps continuously through night seven to eight hours between weeks seven and nine. Healthy sleep in infants is analogous to healthy growth and development. Find out for yourself why a world of parents and pediatricians utilize the concepts found in On Becoming Babywise.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Avoid this book.:

Do not buy this book. I had this book after my daughter was 4 months old, but didn't use it because it was too late to start with this method. However, when my son was born I read it and began with the schedule and the eat, wake, sleep way of organizing my son's naps. Well, it backfired. Rather than letting my son nap when he wanted too...which was after he nursed...I forced him to stay awake in order to nap later. He never got the hang of this (and I tried letting him cry, which only led to a hysterical... more info

This book is my baby Bible!!:

This book has been a life saver! I seriously tell people that this is my baby bible... after reading this book and implementing its suggestions, I am so confident about being a mother and I have very little to no baby related stress. People always comment about how good my baby is and friends of mine that are not parents yet always tell me that I "make it seem so easy". I tell them that it seems easy because it is! I bought 3 more copies to give to friends and family and plan to buy it for anyone else that... more info

Like all advice, take it with a grain of salt:

First of all, if this book did anything that was dangerous to your childs well being millions of parents WOULDNT successfully be using it!
I am a mother of 2 and BOTH of my children were breastfed and sleeping 6+ hours at one month by feeding every 2 1/2 hours, which the book says is acceptable if your baby is hungry (and no, your milk WONT dry up if you go that long between feedings as long as your baby nurses 8-12 times during the first month to establish your milk production). Both of my children... more info

Good Book:

First of all, the main thing Ive noticed is that everyone who read the book loved it, and everyone who has never read the book had multiple bad things to say about it! Everyone badmouthing it just says "studies have shown"...well what studies?! Please read before you judge!
This is a good book, and without a feeding schedule for my daughter (aka predictability, aka sanity), I wouldnt' want any more kids, and I would totally give up breastfeeding if I had to do it constantly. The point is, if your baby... more info

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