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Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
by Melinda Blau, Tracy Hogg
This book is so full of misinformation that it would be comical if Tracy Hogg wasn't intending for it to be actual parenting advice. I should have known that a woman who left her own children across the ocean to become a "parenting consultant" for Hollywood families would have nothing useful to say about actual parenting. Seriously - check out the reviews on the back cover - they are all from actors, producers, etc. rather than from pediatricians, nurses, or (gasp!) ACTUAL PARENTS.
Just a few reasons why I hate this book:
1) She calls herself a "lactation educator" and then proceeds to outline a feeding plan that will virtually guarantee a loss of milk supply. I'm pretty sure the Similac and Enfamil literature is more pro-breastfeeding than Hogg.
2) She believes that if your baby is not sleeping through the night by 3 months old, it is because you have trained your baby to wake up.
3) She thinks that a newborn baby can go 3-4 hours between feedings.
4) She refers to the reader as "ducky" and "luv" and has a condescending tone that grates on the nerves almost as much as her misinformation.
Her "EASY" routine is fine, but that is the only good nugget of information in this book, and that same routine can be found from about a million different sources. I get the feeling that Hogg really screwed up with her own kids and is now trying to make herself feel better by screwing up kids all over America.
Just a few reasons why I hate this book:
1) She calls herself a "lactation educator" and then proceeds to outline a feeding plan that will virtually guarantee a loss of milk supply. I'm pretty sure the Similac and Enfamil literature is more pro-breastfeeding than Hogg.
2) She believes that if your baby is not sleeping through the night by 3 months old, it is because you have trained your baby to wake up.
3) She thinks that a newborn baby can go 3-4 hours between feedings.
4) She refers to the reader as "ducky" and "luv" and has a condescending tone that grates on the nerves almost as much as her misinformation.
Her "EASY" routine is fine, but that is the only good nugget of information in this book, and that same routine can be found from about a million different sources. I get the feeling that Hogg really screwed up with her own kids and is now trying to make herself feel better by screwing up kids all over America.