|
|
Tarfumes.com - Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
|
List Price: $7.99
Our Price: $7.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
|
Average Customer Rating:   
|
|
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.122
EAN: 9780345479099
ISBN: 0345479092
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2005-07-26
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: 2005-07-26
Studio: Ballantine Books
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
“TRACY HOGG HAS GIVEN PARENTS A GREAT GIFT–the ability to develop early insight into their child’s temperament.”
–Los Angeles Family
When Tracy Hogg’s Secrets of the Baby Whisperer was first published, it soared onto bestseller lists across the country. Parents everywhere became “whisperers” to their newborns, amazed that they could actually communicate with their baby within weeks of their child’s birth. Tracy gave parents what for some amounted to a miracle: the ability to understand their baby’s every coo and cry so that they could tell immediately if the baby was hungry, tired, in real distress, or just in need of a little TLC. Tracy also dispelled the insidious myth that parents must go sleepless for the first year of a baby’s life–because a happy baby sleeps through the night. Now you too can benefit from Tracy’s more than twenty years’ experience. In this groundbreaking book, she shares simple, accessible programs in which you will learn:
• E.A.S.Y.–how to get baby to eat, play, and sleep on a schedule that will make every member of the household’s life easier and happier.
• S.L.O.W.–how to interpret what your baby is trying to tell you (so you don’t try to feed him when he really wants a nap).
• How to identify which type of baby yours is–Angel, Textbook, Touchy, Spirited, or Grumpy–and then learn the best way to interact with that type.
• Tracy’s Three Day Magic–how to change any and all bad habits (yours and the baby’s) in just three days.
At the heart of Tracy’s simple but profound message: treat the baby as you would like to be treated yourself. Reassuring, down-to-earth, and often flying in the face of conventional wisdom, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer promises parents not only a healthier, happier baby but a more relaxed and happy household as well.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Outdated Claims Regarding Allergies and Breastfeeding
Comment: Several other reviewers of this book have commented about bad information about breastfeeding and about this book's generally negative tone about breastfeeding and I too was deeply dismayed by that aspect of this book. I would also like to suggest that other areas of error include claims currently contradicted by recent scientific discoveries. For example, the presence of pet hair, criticized by "Baby Whisperer" as leading to allergies, actually has been demonstrated in several studies to help prevent the development of allergies and asthma in children. There is clearly a need for a revised edition.
This is definitely a parent-centric book in that it seems to care more for the parents' convenience than the baby's nature and well-being. The rigidness (sold as "flexibility") seems artificial and certainly does not fit for my son. I hadn't actually known much about "attachment parenting" before my read of this book sent me looking to learn more, and a modified version of attachment parenting seems much more appropriate for my baby. The general plan of "Eat, Activity, Sleep, You-Time" makes sense, but the truly rigid scheduling (which the authors tout while continuously denying that they are being rigid) is misplaced and likely to create more stress as the parents watch the clock and not the baby.
And the constant "luv" comments drove me nuts! :)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best guide for new mommies
Comment: Could not be better! 5 years ago, I received this as a gift from my aunt while pregnant with my first child. As a result of taking the advice in this book, my little boy slept 6 hours a night by the end of week one and was a healthy eater and sleeper the rest of his infancy. My friends and family were in awe. I bought this book for a friend of mine who is currently pregnant. Great as a gift, great reference book, great for all new mommies who are unsure of the 'how tos' of infancy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Has some useful information but there are better books
Comment: I bought this book when I was still pregnant and read it cover to cover. The casual tone was a bit too much for me at times but over all, I found it interesting. However, there wasn't much that was new to me. And, there were some things I thought that were a bit over the top such as walking your newborn through the house "introducing" it to the rooms and furniture. I bought several books and this one was in the middle of the pack as far as usefulness. I got much more out of 12 Hours Sleep by 12 Weeks Old and Babywise than I did out of this. That's not to say it's useless. There were things I picked up and have used. But, I wouldn't recommend this be the first, or only, book you buy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible for New Borns
Comment: Unfortunately the author never mentions that her practices and tips aren't reasonable for newborns. I would suggest to any parent that if you are going to use the methods outlined in this book that you wait until your baby is at least four months old when they are developed enough to have a scheduled routine and when their sleep habits are more predictable. Until that time, forcing a routine as she suggests, interrupts sleep and is not practical.
Overall, I think there are better books out there such as "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby" that cover a lot of the same parenting practices (soothing a baby, etc.) but the material includes different strategies for different ages which is much easier to follow.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not for high need baby
Comment: These ideas may work on the angelic baby but they just makes things worse for the high need baby. Much of what is said is counter intuitve and as it turned out for us and our high need baby counter productive. I am sorry I wasted my time reading it, and more sorry for all the weeks I attempted applying the so called EASY methodology. If what she is suggesting does not feel right, it is because it is not right.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
