If anyone is thinking of buying the book Babywise by Gary Ezzo please, please read this article from BabyCenter first. It is the best summary that I've read of why this approach is so dangerous to an infant's health and well being. http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/9108.html

I've read Ezzo's book on raising babies. Has anyone tried his sleep training program?

I have used the program, as have about 15 other families I know. We go to each other for questions, how to handle situations, etc. It did work for us and our baby well, although each family must decide for themselves. As is evident, most childrearing advice is debatable and often controversial. The Ezzos have received their share of criticism too, but we found the principles to be very good. We looked at the families around us who seemed the happiest, with the best relationships btw parents and children, and found they used this program. Most of us try to stay out of the parenting "debates", and just let the results speak for themselves (if it does indeed work).

There is a great deal of contraversy surrounding Ezzo and his method of "Growing Kids God's Way". In particular, for breastfed babies it can lead to failure to thrive. He also advocates "physical chastisement".

There's a lot on the net about it and it strikes me as pretty scary. You can look at:

http://www.mailing-list.net/redrhino/Ezzo/ezzo.html
http://www.mailing-list.net/redrhino/AAP/mediaalert.html
http://www.bhip.com/features/ezzo.htm