In a message dated 98-05-21 22:24:47 EDT, you write: Anyone else been getting into discussions (especially with parents) about the book "On Becoming Babywise" by Ezzo? I read an article in AAP news about the link between this parenting book and dehydration, failure to thrive. << >> I havent read it, but I had one mom ask me about it. She too, said that all of her friends had tried it, etc, etc. However, this mom was a wreck--felt she couldnt hold or feed her baby when the baby needed it. Both the mom and baby were a wreck. I told the mom that following her gut instincts was probably the best thing to do--feed the baby, hold her, etc. And this mom was intelligent, college educated (in fact, a physicians wife), but felt pressured to try this "Babywise" thing Maureen McLellan CPNP