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Any parenting program that ends up with depressed, anorexic babies, slow
weight gain, feeding tubes, and failure to thrive as a result of that
program
should be universally panned by our profession. And that is true of the
Preparation for Parenting/Babywise programs. Or ANY program that treats all
mo >>
I have a friend who practices BW with her children. 3 weeks ago she told me
that she is having parenting problems (her little second born, one year old
is
having tantrums and still cries when placed down for a nap) and then she
told me she had an unhappy child. I informed her about the research that
crying is harmful and she seemed receptive.
Once she came to me for advice when this little one was ill with a
gastroenteritis and she would only eat cheerios not what she usually ate. I
encouraged her to feed her whatever she wanted and to do more BF because
she
was ill. Mom said, "But won't that get her off schedule?"
I wanted to scream, "Schedule, what schedule? SHE"S SICK!" But instead I
said, "Oh, I am sure she will go right back to it once she is better."
Since she was receptive to the research before I would like to obtain any
references on BW and depression.
I would also like to share that over the last year or so, I gave up on
getting my now two year old to sleep through the night and I continued to
nurse him several times. He has been sick every one-two months for the last
18 months. He is quite allergic and gets frequent sinus infections. Last
month he had a CT scan for reoccuring fevers and we found ethmoidal and
maxillary sinusitis. As I am sure you are aware the ethmoid sinuses are deep
and have probably never been adequately treated since we only gave the
antibiotics for 2 weeks in the past. He is now on antibiotics for 4 weeks.
Over the last few weeks he has self-weaned 50%, nurses more gently, and now
usually only wakes up early morning one time. I am so glad that I listened
to my baby and not to what family and society dictated I should do.
Instead
of a depressed child, I have a cheerful silly goofy funny happy little boy.
And I tell as many people as I can about my experience of "listening to my
baby" and how once we diagnosed and started treating him , I tell them of
his subsequent change in behavior. Christine Betzold MSN NP CLE
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