Tagged With "Ezzo"

As a former La Leche League Leader I became familiar with the teachings of Gary Ezzo (“Raising Kids God’s Way,” "On Becoming Babywise") in the early 1990’s. Leaders in my area began getting a lot of phone calls on our warm line that followed the same basic story: a baby not thriving and a case of very low milk supply despite the Mom’s exclusive breastfeeding and a strong desire to breastfeed. It gradually emerged that a local church had begun promoting a rigid rules-based practice of baby...

Thank you! I was one of those 90's Moms who was basically told that NOT using this technique was unbiblical. There were many of us...and yet it didn't feel right. I had a "mentor" at church who told me to get my twins (first born) to nap I had to leave them in dirty diapers so that they would "learn" to self soothe and sleep on a regular schedule. So many other "lessons" this woman tried to teach me (and I read the book multiple times). I felt like my education (I have an MA in Developmental...