Preparation for Parenting: Bringing God's Order to Your Baby's Day and Restful Sleep to Your Baby's Night

by Gary Ezzo

Preparation for Parenting (Along the Infant Way) CD series is the first of a six part series that has gained national and international recognition for its immensely sensible approach to parenting a newborn. Coming with the applause of over two million parents and twice as many babies worldwide, Preparation for Parenting provides a prescription for responsible parenting. The infant management plan offered by the Ezzos, successfully and naturally helps infants synchronize their feeding/waketime and nighttime sleep cycles. The results? You parent a happy, healthy and contented baby who will begin sleeping through the night on average between seven and nine weeks of age. Learning how to manage your newborn is the first critical step in teaching your child how to manage his life. The series consists of 1-CD set (6 sessions on 6 CDs) and 1-Student workbook

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Family, Christianity

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1991

Reviews

[Caitriona Riding · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great biblical parenting book! Really helpful info, tips, and perspective especially for the first few months! Would definitely recommend for other Christian mamas! This book helped us to get our little girl to sleep 5-7 & half hours at night by 3 weeks, what a blessing!

[Jasmine Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been searching for a parenting book with a Christian biblical perspective for awhile and was happy when a friend of ours lent us her copy of this book. The principles in it are very easy to follow and again doesn't fall to the extreme ends of parenting styles. I appreciated that the book stressed the importance of maintaining our marriage and how much a healthy marriage can positively impact our child's life. The first third of the book discussed the psychology behind various parenting styles throughout history and the psychology major in me enjoyed that part very much. However, I could see non-psyc people not enjoying that part of the book, especially the data from various studies. What lacked in this book was more examples of the the practical stuff. I loved the theoretical stuff and was on-board with most of that, but I felt a little disconnect to the actual "how do I do this" part. Lastly, throughout the book, I believe the authors do a great job of integrating Scripture from the Bible and apply it parenting. I think the book could use more of that.

[Emilie McFarlane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really interesting. I liked how it talked about why parenting strategies have changed over the years. It was good to get a Christian perspective on practical topics like babies sleeping and eating. However, it is somewhat extreme in some of its theories so you have to take what works for you from it. When we started scheduling our 10 week old after reading this book, he did sleep through the night a couple days later!

[Rhonda D. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a practical explanation of how to put your child on a sleeping and feeding schedule. It isn't for everyone (especially not those interested in demand feeding or co-sleeping) but I got helpful tips. I preferred Babywise over the Preparation for Parenting, but PfP did have some perspective from the spiritual background that I appreciated. There is definitely overlap.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Exellent tips for discipline and child rearing issues. Practical.
Courtney was born June of 1995 and this book came in really handy.

[Brad Jorde · Rating 5 out of 5]

An essential read for my wife and I in raising or newborn son. The establishment of routine and order from day one has paid dividends for us in the area of sleep, happiness and health.