> Great site Abby. > marilyn It is a great site. I believe we all need to be really aware of this book and this mans teachings, his Becoming Babywise books are fast becoming one of Australias best selling "childcare" books and to be honest, it is frightening. All the major bookstores carry his books now and some of the stuff in those books is really worrying to me. Because people in the USA have spoken out against it and it is not selling so well now, they have focused marketing on Australia and other countries. It breaks my heart. He also has a great (sarcasm) book on Becoming Birthwise!! Doctors are soooo wonderful and vitally important did you know??!!
Here are some examples of results of Babywise that I know. - 8 month old baby boy, nursing at the breast, accidentally bites his mum so gets flicked on the cheek. Same little guy is whacked, hard on his legs if he looks around while nursing and doesn't "focus" on the feed. - 7 week old baby left to cry because of her manipulative, sin nature. When told baby looks hungry mother replies with, "no, she just is manipualtive". - baby cries on and off for 4 hours during the night while neighbours in flats listen wondering what could possibly wrong only to find out the next day that parents just leave him to cry. He needs to learn to "self settle" - 5 day old shut in a room by himself because he is being manipulative - father in hospital says that mum needs to start implimenting PDF ( parent directed feeding) when baby is just 2 hours old. I could go on and on and these are only stories from the very small group of people I know that use Babywise. It has been linked to failure to thrive, malnutrition, lots of mums only being able to feed for 6 weeks due to their milk supply disappearing, babies not wanting to feed because it is so traumatic. That is only for the babies, then he has Babywise 2 for toddlers in which you should hit your 5 month old if they want to touch their food because they need to learn "highchair manners"! I fell physically ill talking about it. Love Abby -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
