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The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer (精装)
by Harvey Karp
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Baby care, Parenting |
| Market price: ¥ 248.00
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¥ 228.00
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MSL rating:
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A great resource with helpful advice, this book has received rave reviews and is definitely a must have for all parents. Best get it with DVD. |
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E. York (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
I am pregnant with my first, and as I mentioned in the title of this review, I don't buy all of Dr. Karp's theories, especially about evolution, and that babies are now born three months earlier than they used to. It's somewhat plausible, and an okay explanation for why some babies are colicky, but as a first-time parent, I don't really care. What I care about is knowing some practical things for dealing with a fussy baby. I bought the book mainly to prepare myself now for "what if" rather than having to deal with an extremely fussy or colicky baby when I'm sleep deprived. I have also been a nanny for two different families, and I'm very familiar with fussy babies... but this time I won't be able to go home at the end of the day! I rated this book four out of five stars because I think it's WAY too long. I think Dr. Karp's five steps to calming a colicky baby can be adequately explained in ten pages, not 260. Or, in the very least, subsequent editions should have a pull-out laminated guide or something, because I can't imagine trying to root through the book to figure out the gist of his message while holding a screaming baby! Also, please note that this book is really only helpful for babies under 4 months old. |
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Tim Jansen (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
Well my first thought is that I wish I had had this one four years ago when our second child born. My first slept through the night from nearly day one but the second was a crier. And oh how he cried to the point that we literally had to walk with him and rock at the same time for two hours to get him to sleep. My wife and I had to do this in shifts as our shoulders and elbows would be hurting something fierce. Now I will disagree with the doctor in regards to anti-gas medicine. It helped our son a great deal but the biggest help came from switching from regular milk to Soy Milk.
At any rate, I have two neices who are both having babies this year and I plan on giving both of them this book. The first chapter which covers why babies cry is probably the most important one. I cannot understand ever harming a child because of their crying but I can certainly understand the incredible amount of stress and frustration it can have on parents, especially young, first time parents who are often unprepared for what happens when they take the newborn home. The techniques that Dr. Karp prescribes are wonderfully simple and really commonsense. Best of all this isn't some ditzy child psychologists babble but the experience of a Pediatrician who has been down in the trenches for years. Highly recommended for new parents. |
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Emma (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
When our baby was born she was extremely colicky and with that we endured at minimum 5, sometimes up to 12 hours of crying a day-continuous some days! We were given this book when our baby was 6 weeks old and things instantly changed. The ideas are pretty simple, the 5 S's are things we were trying, but we weren't doing them together and in the right order to calm our little one. Our lives changed drastically when we incorporated the techniques in this book and I can't express how thankful I am to have had it as a guide. We loved our daughter through the colic, but after reading and using the ideas in the book we could enjoy her as well. I would highly recommend it to anyone with a baby, but especially someone with a colicky one. If done correctly, it really does work! Just don't forget to swaddle tightly, that really does make a big difference.
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Sherry Ellis (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
The Happpiest Baby on the Block is an excellent book for those with babies ages newborn to four months. Dr. Karp begins by explaining that babies are really born three months earlier than they should be due to the large size of their heads. (The evolution of the human brain is responsible for this.) If babies were to stay in the uterus until they were really ready to come out, they would never be able to pass through the birth canal.
With this in mind, Dr. Karp has come up with the 5 "S's" for calming a young baby's immature nervous system and helping create conditions similar to those found inside of the womb. By learning how to do the 5 "S's" properly (swaddle, side/stomach, shush, swing, and suck), a caregiver can help their baby become much calmer and sleep better too. Dr. Karp provides excellent step-by-step instructions for doing each of these throughout the book.
Dr. Karp notes that other cultures around the world have used these calming methods for centuries, and that the problems of newborn fussiness seen here in the United States, is virtually non-existant in those cultures.
In addition to providing excellent advise, Dr. Karp has produced a fun book filled with humor and interspersed cartoon pictures that is really enjoyable to read. I wish that I had read this book when my babies were newborns. I'm sure that it would have saved me hours of pacing the floors at night - especially with my first child! This book is definitely a must-read for caregivers of newborn babies. |
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Kate (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-12 00:00>
This book is an absolute lifesaver. Our infant started his bout with colic at day 14 and he was unreal. We sat and just stared at him with amazement - we could not believe what a terror he turned into. He would scream, turn bright red, not eat, no sleeping- just screaming. Nothing would pacify him... until we read this book. We followed every step and it worked like magic. Our bout with colic kept improving every day and now there is very little crying and our son is 3 months old. However, he still struggles with sleeping through the night, so we're tackling that problem currently. But nothing will be as challenging as those days with colic. This book is the only reason my husband and I are still alive and made it through that time. Anyone with a colicky baby must read this book as an act of survival!
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