Comments on: Parenting Insight We Can Use http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/2009/04/06/parenting-insight-we-can-use/ on marriage, everything in between and thereafter. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: In defense of Babywise | Marriage and Beyond http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/2009/04/06/parenting-insight-we-can-use/comment-page-1/#comment-23881 In defense of Babywise | Marriage and Beyond Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:28:57 +0000 http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/?p=2872#comment-23881 [...] below, I might as well dedicate a separate blog on it altogether. But you will have to refer to the specific post on parenting to get hold of the exact [...] [...] below, I might as well dedicate a separate blog on it altogether. But you will have to refer to the specific post on parenting to get hold of the exact [...]

]]> By: When is the right time for kids to have mobile phones? | Marriage and Beyond http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/2009/04/06/parenting-insight-we-can-use/comment-page-1/#comment-23875 When is the right time for kids to have mobile phones? | Marriage and Beyond Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:32:54 +0000 http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/?p=2872#comment-23875 [...] thought brought me right back to one of On Becoming Babywise’s Principle, which is “Freedom Comes with Responsibility.” Nothing can be more practical than that. With [...] [...] thought brought me right back to one of On Becoming Babywise’s Principle, which is “Freedom Comes with Responsibility.” Nothing can be more practical than that. With [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Gibbs http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/2009/04/06/parenting-insight-we-can-use/comment-page-1/#comment-3848 Jonathan Gibbs Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:50:44 +0000 http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/?p=2872#comment-3848 I've got a little one myself and another on the way.. thanks for the tips I can use all the advice i can get! I’ve got a little one myself and another on the way.. thanks for the tips I can use all the advice i can get!

]]> By: Jennie http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/2009/04/06/parenting-insight-we-can-use/comment-page-1/#comment-3813 Jennie Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:27:29 +0000 http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/?p=2872#comment-3813 Hello Not a Doctor, Thank you for the correction. Ezzo is not the one who's the medical doctor but his co-author is, Robert Bucknam. I don't remember mentioning that BW is middle ground. I know a lot have labeled it as the other extreme and it could be for some reason. This is why there were just certain principles that we took from On Becoming Babywise and it worked for us, still does. It did say that scheduling does not have to be rigid, you device a system where it will work best for all concerned. Our baby started sleeping through the night at two months and he is not undernourished in any way. In fact, all through his infancy up until now, all his developmental milestones (physical and otherwise) are all above average. BW has very practical and Biblical principles, if one will really look into it. Like not allowing babies to play with things that are not toys. It protects them from dangers that they could get themselves into otherwise. Especially the principle of "Freedom comes with responsibility." What else can be more practical than that? Why would any parent give a child to freedom to handle the remote control, for instance when he is not ready yet to know what it is for and it will just end up being dropped and broken. The book's principles really make sense and it has been almost four years and we're reaping the benefit of a well behaved, secure and loving child. It's a plus that I do not have to run around during meals to chase him and give him the food. It has been discipline that taught our son to stay seated until he's done with his food, right from the time he was able to seat on his high chair. Why would I subject myself to unnecessary woes of motherhood when there's a better way to enjoy parenting my son and train him up to be a disciplined individual right from the beginning. It is also false to conclude that there is a danger for a child brought up BW way will grow up insecure. Whoever who has met our son will say otherwise. The stress is definitely non-existent in our family. Never a delayed weight issue right from infancy, as well. People should really investigate further on the principles behind BabyWise. This is coming from a family that has benefited from its principles right from day one. All this being said, I just hope to tell you, Not a Doctor, that what we share here are all off shoot from what we learned through the years. If BW is not for other families, then it's their choice. I have nothing against families who take up AP instead. That's their choice. As for us we don't get ourselves dictated by any type, whether AP or BW. We just take up principles that make sense and prove to be biblical, apply them and we see from there. So far, we're good. Have a great week and God bless you. Hello Not a Doctor,
Thank you for the correction. Ezzo is not the one who’s the medical doctor but his co-author is, Robert Bucknam. I don’t remember mentioning that BW is middle ground. I know a lot have labeled it as the other extreme and it could be for some reason. This is why there were just certain principles that we took from On Becoming Babywise and it worked for us, still does. It did say that scheduling does not have to be rigid, you device a system where it will work best for all concerned.

Our baby started sleeping through the night at two months and he is not undernourished in any way. In fact, all through his infancy up until now, all his developmental milestones (physical and otherwise) are all above average. BW has very practical and Biblical principles, if one will really look into it. Like not allowing babies to play with things that are not toys. It protects them from dangers that they could get themselves into otherwise.

Especially the principle of “Freedom comes with responsibility.” What else can be more practical than that? Why would any parent give a child to freedom to handle the remote control, for instance when he is not ready yet to know what it is for and it will just end up being dropped and broken. The book’s principles really make sense and it has been almost four years and we’re reaping the benefit of a well behaved, secure and loving child.

It’s a plus that I do not have to run around during meals to chase him and give him the food. It has been discipline that taught our son to stay seated until he’s done with his food, right from the time he was able to seat on his high chair. Why would I subject myself to unnecessary woes of motherhood when there’s a better way to enjoy parenting my son and train him up to be a disciplined individual right from the beginning.

It is also false to conclude that there is a danger for a child brought up BW way will grow up insecure. Whoever who has met our son will say otherwise. The stress is definitely non-existent in our family. Never a delayed weight issue right from infancy, as well. People should really investigate further on the principles behind BabyWise. This is coming from a family that has benefited from its principles right from day one.

All this being said, I just hope to tell you, Not a Doctor, that what we share here are all off shoot from what we learned through the years. If BW is not for other families, then it’s their choice. I have nothing against families who take up AP instead. That’s their choice. As for us we don’t get ourselves dictated by any type, whether AP or BW. We just take up principles that make sense and prove to be biblical, apply them and we see from there. So far, we’re good.

Have a great week and God bless you.

]]> By: Not a Doctor http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/2009/04/06/parenting-insight-we-can-use/comment-page-1/#comment-3812 Not a Doctor Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:30:12 +0000 http://www.marriageandbeyond.com/?p=2872#comment-3812 Just for accuracy, Gary Ezzo is not a doctor and the American Association of Pediatrics has cautioned against Babywise-style scheduling. It is false to present Babywise as a "middle ground" between AP and another extreme, when BW is really representative of the other "extreme" even though it tries to present itself as not. Loss of milk supply for mothers, delayed weight gain for infants, and stress within the family are common among BW families. Just for accuracy, Gary Ezzo is not a doctor and the American Association of Pediatrics has cautioned against Babywise-style scheduling. It is false to present Babywise as a “middle ground” between AP and another extreme, when BW is really representative of the other “extreme” even though it tries to present itself as not. Loss of milk supply for mothers, delayed weight gain for infants, and stress within the family are common among BW families.

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