Why is Ezzo (Babywise) so popular? It seems to me that there is nothing new in this program, except perhaps the religious justification for all of it. The scheduled feedings, minimal cuddling, and punishment of infants were all promoted strongly a couple of generations ago by pediatricians. And I think the remnants of that still linger. Many of us were parented in ways that at least resembled Ezzo. Most of us, as children, didn't get the amount of cuddling, holding, touching we needed - and that can make us uncomfortable with having that intimacy with our own babies. Most of us were probably fed to a schedule. We slept alone, after being put to bed at a set bedtime and woken up to begin our daily routines. So when new parents hear about Ezzo, it sounds familiar. It is similar to what they experienced as babies themselves. It saves them from having to overcome their own lack of comfort with closeness, their fear of life not happening according to a schedule (and being "out of control"), and facing some of their own grief and unhappiness about how they were parented. Teresa Pitman Guelph Ontario *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html