Figaro's Mom

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1. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Ah no, I have scheduling on the brain :) I found the Dr. Sears title I was looking

2. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Ah, Holly, oh yeah, about the breastfeeding...sorry I was screwed up. Here is what one of the critiques said regarding 'Baby Whisperer': "I also question her suggestion to express milk BEFORE feeding...

3. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Didn't Dr. Sears put out a book about sleep patterns for

4. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi Holly! Welcome to allnurses.com. (Sounds weird coming from someone who isn't a nurse!) You sound like you were flexible enough and level-headed enough to modify the Babywise technique somewhat....

5. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Well y'all, for those of you out there who are nurse educators and have never heard of 'Babywise,' it may be in your best interest to familiarize yourself with the controversy so you can teach your...

6. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you all so much for your great responses! I just love Allnurses.com. :-) Much respect to you

7. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   "As for that wacko who wrote that dumb book, it should be banned from the bookshelves, the internet bookorder sites, and the law needs to step in for the sake of those poor infants and children who...

8. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you Shay....thank you, thank you, thank you. I will try to be diplomatic about it since she's such a good friend and all.... I fear she won't really listen to me since I don't have kids....

9. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

   Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think that since this is her first born she's afraid of coddling him and has fears of his being spoiled or a discipline problem later on. (?) She also said that as soon as she has healed up and the...

10. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

    Figaro's Mom replied to Figaro's Mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This guy named Gary Ezzo wrote a book called "On Being Babywise" (and has since written several books covering toddlers to teens) and from what I understand one of his teachings is to NOT feed a baby...

11. "Babywise!" Help! Friend swears by it.

    Figaro's Mom posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of my friends just gave birth to her first son. She is a staunch believer in the 'Babywise' method and has all of the books. She said when she was in the hospital and the nurses saw she was...

12. How many of you married doctors?

    Figaro's Mom replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

    "Don't rely on anyone but you to take care of you. Men die and salaries decline, but if you learn to rely on yourself first you know you will always be okay no matter what." That's GREAT advice, no...

13. Terribly rude orientation

    Figaro's Mom replied to Kayzee's topic in General Nursing

    Here are two sites you may want to check out: http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/bully/nurses.htm

14. Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    Figaro's Mom replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm saddened to see some people are still "sick" to death about any topic that has any hint of "race" to it...just because you've never had to face racism doesn't means that it doesn't exist..."...

15. Burnout after only 10 months...is that possible???

    Figaro's Mom replied to rndiva1908's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that IS good advice. Especially for someone like me, perfectionist that I am, expecting to know how to do my job perfectly yesterday. I've found in the past that supervisors and co-workers are...