LoganPeds wrote: > I'm also on LACTNET, the lactation bulletin board, and the Babywise program > has been discussed extensively. Apparently there have been numerous issues > with failure to thrive induced by having the infant on such a strict feeding > program and discouraging frequent feedings. Also, the program certainly > doesn't promote attachment parenting and doesn't encourage parents to respond > appropriately to babies' clues and need for lots of holding, cuddling, & > attention. (In fact, it's "detachment" parenting.) I think it's dangerous. > Yet, the books are everywhere. The article in the AAP news is one of the > first things I've seen in the pediatric literature about this program. I do > think the AAP needs to look at it closely and make some sort of determination > and statement about it. Anyone else have any thoughts? > Linda L. Shaw MD FAAP > Altoona PA I, too, think that the "Babywise" thing is dangerous. It will raise another new generation of cold-hearted, selfish, mean-spirited, god-less people. I don't want to be around to see it. Perhaps the parents who practice the "Babywise" thing will realize their critical mistake when these "soul-less" children grow-up and heartlessly & prematurely abandon their "babywise" parents in nursing homes and demand their inheritance NOW. Maybe their parents will "enjoy" a taste of their own medicine, eh? Afterall, these kids don't want to have to be tired & sleepless dealing with a bunch of demented over-30 parents who make demands upon them. IMHO Andrew MD