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Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
Melinda Blau, Tracy Hogg
3.54 AVERAGE
110 reviews for:
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
Melinda Blau, Tracy Hogg
3.54 AVERAGE
There’s a table of baby movements and what needs they might translate to, and that alone makes this book fantastic 5 star material.
I am a first time mom, waiting for the arrival of our baby girl any day now. Although I haven’t put this book to the test yet, I will say there are many things that I picked up from the book that I never would have thought of or considered that I do believe will make a difference for me and my baby. I’m not 100% convinced that EVErYTHING she said will work but the book was definitely worth reading for sure.
I absolutely love this book. It was a lifesaver for me. I found it at the library when I was pregnant with my first and have gone back to it with each of my three babies.
Great for people who love structure, like I do.
Great for people who love structure, like I do.
The best books on babies I have read! Simple and powerful
Practical, easy-to-read, a little patronizing with the "Honeys" and "Dears", but I like her common sense approach. After pregnancy though, I haven't referred back to it.
There's a lot to unpack here...
Pretty much everything in this book about breastfeeding is wrong. All the advice needs to be taken with many grains of salt. Under no circumstances should it replace a book of actual breastfeeding advice.
That said, reading about establishing routine helped me after about five months of being all-baby-all-the-time. The Pick Up/Put Down method helped us do some gentle sleep training, although the process is better explained in the Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems book.
In some ways, I wish I'd read this book before Firstborn arrived, instead of Happiest Baby on the Block. But as it happened, this was a decent thing to read while taking my pumping breaks at work.
Pretty much everything in this book about breastfeeding is wrong. All the advice needs to be taken with many grains of salt. Under no circumstances should it replace a book of actual breastfeeding advice.
That said, reading about establishing routine helped me after about five months of being all-baby-all-the-time. The Pick Up/Put Down method helped us do some gentle sleep training, although the process is better explained in the Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems book.
In some ways, I wish I'd read this book before Firstborn arrived, instead of Happiest Baby on the Block. But as it happened, this was a decent thing to read while taking my pumping breaks at work.
Before I had kids, my favorite baby book was the one written by Dr. Sears. Now that I'm on my fourth baby, I'd say that Tracey Hogg's philosophy aligns most-closely with what I have learned/decided about babies. I think some may find her approach a little cold, but we can't all be baby-wearing, co-sleeping, nurse-on-demand moms. Ms. Hogg presents ways to add structure that don't feel like a military operation.
Now here is the book that I wish I had read before my baby was born! Tracy walks the middle ground between babywise and attachment parenting, and I love it. Before my baby, I had read the La Leche League book. After the baby, a friend recommended Babywise. I had quickly become disenfranchised with attachment parenting, but was afraid of what Cry it Out would do to my baby. After all, attachment disorders are created when babies don't think they will receive the attention that they want. I appreciated that Tracy advocated a 3 hour schedule and sleeping in baby's own bed without just leaving him there to cry. I wish I had "begun as I mean to go on", but I didn't know. If anyone wants my recommendation for a good book to read before their baby, it's this one.
The one drawback is that I wish she had talked in more detail about the different categories of babies. I clearly have a Spirited Baby, and I would love more information on how to manage his temperament.
The one drawback is that I wish she had talked in more detail about the different categories of babies. I clearly have a Spirited Baby, and I would love more information on how to manage his temperament.
This was a good, but slightly dated book full of good info and tips. I wish I had started it before my daughter was born.
This book, and it's author, saved my sanity after I had my second baby.