Eat This Not That for Kids Be the Leanest Fittest Family on the Block
April 7, 2009 by New Baby · Leave a Comment
Eat This Not That for Kids Be the Leanest Fittest Family on the Block
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What to Expect the First Year
April 7, 2009 by New Baby · Leave a Comment
Is our baby eating enough? Is this much crying normal? How do I know when she is really sick? This hefty, 671-page guide to your baby’s first year is brought to you by the creators of the bestselling What to Expect When You’re Expecting. The three authors, all mothers themselves, are calm, clear, and encouraging as they tackle the first year of child-rearing, month by month. The easy-to-absorb, chronological format includes sections such as “What Your Baby May Be Doing,” “What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkups,” “Feeding Your Baby This Month,” “What You May Be Concerned About,” and “What It’s Important to Know.”
Part Two addresses special concerns such as illness, first aid do’s and don’ts, the low-birthweight baby, the adopted baby, becoming a father, and sibling relationships. You’ll also find discussions of breastfeeding and bottlefeeding, selecting a physician for the baby, diapers and clothing, safety, and many ways of stimulating the baby’s development. The recipes for babies and toddlers in Part Three are useful, as are the recommended home remedies; charts on common childhood illnesses; height and weight; and the thorough index. (A particular strength of the book is the authors’ careful attention to diet and nutrition for both mother and baby, incorporating the American Academy of Pediatrics’ latest recommendations on infant nutrition.) While some of the authors’ perspectives are controversial (such as whether to let your baby “cry it out” or not), this book remains one of the most comprehensive resources for new parents as they toddle through their baby’s first year.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Awesome book!
I’m so glad I purchased this book it’s like my bible now and it’s in great condition!
5 Stars Simply a blessing!
I found this book extremely useful. It was my very handy reference book all through my baby’s first year. I recommend the series to my friends
5 Stars New_Mom
This book is very helpful. I am reading it as my baby develops. It is very helpful to know her development is normal. I highly recommend it
1 Star Anything but this book is better
Please continue shopping bypass this book and all in it’s series. Dr. Sears has a better line of books.The only thing this book should be used for is a door stop!
5 Stars This’ll help new parents go from crawling to crawling with confidence
I must say that I found this book indispensable. As new parents with both inlaws and parents living far away and with friends who were just having babies themselves, we found that we had an utter ignorance about babies - simple things like changing diapers and waking up ever 3-4 hours through the night was tough enough but not know what to expect from my brand new adorable little germbag made for some challenging days and nights.
This book is not entirely perfect but its organized by month and what kind of behavior you should see from your kid during the first year. Its filled with advice, foods, developmental stuff etc.
I found it to be a great reference and I must say that it took me from being a helpless lump of quivering jello of a dad to being a pro dad who can change poopy diapers in 15 seconds flat, and that’s with Destitin (if you don’t know what Destitin is, you will - get the creamy variety).
Overall, as time went on, I found myself referencing the book less and less and I must say that I don’t own the third book of what to expect the toddler years. One thing I have learned is that as a trained economist, the force of economics and negotiation play a key role with my toddler … that plus lots of love and attention.
Good luck new parent. This book helps but doesn’t solve all your problems. Its also quite cautious which I guess is necessary for a book like this. Your germbag is more resilient than you think - just feed ever few hours, change diaper every few hours, play with her/him every few hours, don’t get any sleep in first year, spend a fortune on books, diapers, toys and shoes and you’re on your way. Having a kid is kindof like owning a plant, an aquarium, a cat, a dog, a bird and an alarm clock plugged into your high powered stereo that goes off at random whenever it feels like it. And all of these things brings you so much joy that you wonder why you didn’t do it sooner in life.
oh and get this book.
The Happiest Baby on the Block The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
April 7, 2009 by New Baby · Leave a Comment
The Happiest Baby on the Block The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Karp, a pediatrician in Santa Monica, Calif., and assistant professor at the School of Medicine, UCLA, offers a new method to calm and soothe crying infants. While nursing or being held satisfies some babies, others seemingly cry for hours for no reason. These babies suffer from what Karp calls the Fourth Trimester. When you bring your soft, dimpled newborn home from the hospital, you may think your nursery is a peaceful sanctuary…. To him, it’s a disorienting world part Las Vegas casino, part dark closet! Karp recommends a series of five steps designed to imitate the uterus. These steps include swaddling, side/stomach position, shhh sounds, swinging and sucking. The book includes detailed advice on the proper way to swaddle a child, the difference between a gentle rocking versus shaking and more. According to the author, virtually all babies will respond to these strategies although some trial and error may be needed to find the most effective calming method. A number of the steps letting kids nurse more frequently or encouraging babies to use pacifiers, for instance contradict other childcare experts. However, parents who are at their wits’ ends because of a baby’s incessant crying will find this book invaluable. In fact, expectant parents may want to read it before they bring their newborns home from the hospital.
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User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars The Happiest Mama in Town
Just a couple of hours ago our 7 week old wailed while I was in the middle of negotiating with a salesman (not the time for a screamathon). I sprinkled the Ss on my unsuspecting child and, just like that, I continued talking while the baby just stared on wide-eyed and serene.
My confidence is through the roof! Once I get my fiance to do the technique with some umph, we’ll be ready to open up our own daycare. I kid… I kid!
2 Stars Kindle E-book edition desperately needs to be edited for spelling
I accidentally purchased the Kindle version of this book when I first got my Kindle (I was sampling this book, and the option to return to the Amazon Kindle Store actually instead bought it, and then I missed the “did you really mean to buy this” prompt.) That mistake aside, I decided to read it anyway as my first Kindle book.
The book itself is fairly good overall. My main criticism is that the text is somewhat pedantic and repetitive, and the author’s “proofs” presented for the 4th trimester theory don’t stand up at all if you are a fan of reading well executed and documented scientific investigation methods, which these are pretending to be. However, I did get some good advice out of it about calming my newborn (he’s 2.5 weeks old today).
Comments on the specific problems of the Kindle edition:
1. There were numerous misspellings throughout the book (excepting, of course, the pages that were used for the sample). A basic spell checker would have found the majority of these problems as they seemed to be scanned text capture issues (like “Dr.” very frequently came out as “Or.”) There were also a number of other word substitutions beyond misspellings, such as “sleep” would show up as “deep”. In some chapters, there would be as many as 1 mistake per paragraph. This was highly annoying, especially to a new mother trying to relax and read a little while holding her fussy baby at 3 am.
2. The charts weren’t readable at all, and should have been probably re-entered as text charts rather than illustrations, or otherwise cut in half and put on two pages.
I’m only giving it a 2-star rating entirely because of the poor editing job done for the Kindle e-book version, otherwise would have only taken one star off for the book itself for the lack of supporting scientific evidence given in a credible manner.
5 Stars great book!
good mix of “grandma’s advice” and anthropological studies… loved it
my baby isn’t even HERE yet, but I’ve already used the techniques to help my friends little ones calm down! they think I’m magic 
cannot wait to use the info in the book to calm my own little one
best money I ever spent!
5 Stars Attention New Dads
This book is a must for all new parents, especailly the Dad who wants to be the hero at 3:00 a.m. and settle down a new infant, believe me, your women will love it if you can master these techniques and use them successfully.
5 Stars Book
Wonderful experience with purchase. Quick delivery and great product! I was wanting the product quickly due to new mom syndrome and wanting some literature. This book got to me within two days and I got to sleep in less than a week! Thanks!
The Baby Book Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two Revised and Updated Edition
April 7, 2009 by New Baby · Leave a Comment
In their excellent (and hefty) resource guide, The Baby Book, attachment parenting specialists William Sears and Martha Sears have provided new parents with their approach to every aspect of baby care basics, from newborns to toddlers. Attachment parenting is a gentle, reasonable approach to parenting that stresses bonding with your baby, responding to her cues, breastfeeding, “wearing” your baby, and sharing sleep with your child. For those parents who worry about negative effects of this attention, the Sears say, “Spoiling is what happens when you leave something (or some person) alone on the shelf–it spoils.”
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars My daughter’s baby bible
Hi I’m the grandma.My grandson is 2yrs old and my daughter thinks this book is right up there with the Bible. It’s her “go to” book for all things baby. Some things are different than when I raised my kids but of course that was 25 years ago. But I can’t disagree with anything that my daughter has read or done according to their advice. But their ways certainly require a commitment. And I’m proud that my daughter has that commitment. It’s been a little difficult at times but it works out the best for everyone involved. Happy mom happy baby.
5 Stars Baby Three but still a great resource!
I have owned this book for six years now. I purchased it when I had son #1…now I’m on son #3 and I still go to The Baby Book for answers.
In the beginning with baby #1 the entire book was an excellent source of information, insight and comfort for me being a first time Mom. And now, even though my third son is 4 months old I still use the book on a regular basis. Although I may be an old hand at breastfeeding and the like I use the book for things like “is this normal?” and “how high of a temperature is too high?”
I love the book so much and recommend it to every new parent, it has even become a standard gift for me to give at baby showers or for a new arrival. Don’t be without it!!
1 Star Attachment parenting…don’t do it!
Don’t do it! Get a different book. I studied many of his books, agreed wholeheartedly with attachment parenting, and raised my baby since birth using his methods. And I’m telling you attachment parenting is not a good thing! Our child is now two, and for a while now we’ve been trying to reverse everything we learned from Sears. Our toddler is very strong-willed and I’m afraid we spoiled him with AP. AP does not set enough boundaries and that’s what children need. Please read the other 1 star comments as I don’t feel the need to recap what’s already been said. I just wanted to enter in another 1 star. Am very concerned how popular this book is on Amazon….which was the reason why I bought it in the first place. Beware of Sears!
5 Stars Fantastic book. Reaffirms mother’s intuition
This book is a great reference book. It includes chapters on breastfeeding, bottle feading, development, illnesses and attachment parenting. It is not preachy and allows people to pick and choose from their suggestions to find what works best for your baby. Not all ideas from this book will work, just like not all the ideas your mom has will work. Each baby is an individual and it is up to the parent’s to figure out what is best of the their child. This book will help you learn to trust your own instincts and feel right about whatever method of parenting you use. Plus it has ideas and guidelines for introducing foods and stimulating toys and playtime for your children. This is a nice big book that replaced all my other parenting books. I found it to be much more informative and less “new age” as compared to my “What to expect the first years” book.
5 Stars Great Book
This is a fantastic book. I highly recommend this and all of the books from the Dr. Sears library. They are very informative, easy to read and follow a common sense approach to caring for your child. I also love that the books are supportive of co-sleeping and attachment parenting (two things that I never thought I would do until I had my baby home!!!!).
The No Cry Sleep Solution Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
April 7, 2009 by New Baby · Leave a Comment
The No Cry Sleep Solution Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
A breakthrough approach that offers hope to exhausted parents looking for gentle ways to help their baby sleep without the heart-wrenching tears. Until now the only two ways to deal with sleepless nights were to let your baby cry herself to sleep or to become a sleep-deprived martyr and tough it out from dusk until dawn. The No-Cry Sleep Solution will show you how it is entirely possible and within your grasp to help your baby fall asleep peacefully–and stay asleep all night long.
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars Unfortunately it didnt work for us
We tried this for first 6 months as I didnt want to let my baby CIO. However after that, my baby was waking up more frequently 6-8 times, track record was 3 times per hour. I was so tired and the entire household was falling sick due to sleep deprivation. I decided to take a more firm yet gentle approach as advocated by Kim West, Good night Sleep Tight. I strongly recommend this book as we saw results on the first night. From 6.-8 times to 1 night waking and naps were longer and more quality once he has learn how to fall asleep on his own. Perhaps this book will work for babies with milder temperament and older babies who can comprehend and understand. Note that the author’s son was about 12 months when she successfully solved his sleep problems with her methods.
4 Stars Lots of practical advice
One of the most useful ideas in this book is on methodically keeping track of your baby’s sleep patterns. Elizabeth recommends keeping a journal, though this step is perhaps easier for people who don’t mind detail oriented work. Still, keeping track of the simple facts of the sleep routine is a sound idea, and has helped us.
Elizabeth’s warmth and experience comes through, and that is also a reassuring, nice part of the book.
5 Stars So, you think you have learned it all?
You would think that after having 4 children I would have learned all the tips and tricks to sleeping at night… I will have to admit that wasn’t true… We used the CIO method because we felt that was our only choice with our oldest and when our 2nd child came we knew we did not want to do this again… So, I started reading and researching new method that were both gentle on us as well as our new son… I found this wonderful book… It was so helpful… I thought I’m set… A few years down the road and our 3rd child a daughter was born… I had re-read the book because she had different sleep issues then our 2nd child… After that I thought I know it all… Go down the road another few years and our 4th child a son is born… He is currently 11 months old… We started off suprisingly smoothly then around 7-8 months old things went wrong… I read this book yet again… I’m happy to report after a quick review we are all peacefully sleeping… Thank you for this awesome book… I recommend everyone to read and then reread this book with each child you have… I will probably read it again in a few years when our 5th child arrives… I know there will be something new that will help us… This book truly stands the test of time…
4 Stars it does work
This book is great for non-CIO parents. Have patience…it does take lots of effort and time…but for me - 15 days into it - it IS working And NO tears!
1 Star waste of money
The book is a complete waste of money. It is full of common sense tips and offers no good guide for putting your child to sleep. Pantley tells the reader about a group of mothers who achieved success by using her tips. However, she does not offer anything new, e.g. look for cues that your baby is sleepy and etc. Buy this book if you want to read about the sleep habits of the author’s childlen and a bunch of random kids. I was very disappointed with this book.
