On parenting styles
I have been a pediatrician in a busy practice in Johnson City, Tenn., for 18 years, and like most pediatricians, I was taught, and for many years advised parents, that demand feeding their children was the best, most nurturing course to follow.
Abstract
I have been a pediatrician in a busy practice in Johnson City, Tenn., for 18 years. Like most pediatricians, I was taught, and for many years advised parents, that demand feeding their children was the best, most nurturing course to follow. I also was spending a tremendous amount of time counseling mothers about their colicky babies and trying to help them deal with the sleep disorders that were so common from 6 to 12 months of age. I was staying very busy in my practice, but my heart really went out to mothers who were near exhaustion while trying to take care of these children. Approximately four years ago, a mother in my practice introduced me to the principles found in On Becoming Babywise . Not wanting to offend her, I halfheartedly accepted the material. Frankly, I had seen so much on this subject through the years that I thought it would simply be more of the same.