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- How to respond lovingly to your baby and help both of you get some sleep
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The Baby Sleep Book: The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family (Sears Parenting Library)
William Sears ,
Martha Sears ,
Robert Sears , and
James Sears
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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Book Description
Americas favorite pediatric experts turn their attention to the hottest topic in parentingsolving babies sleep problemsin a definitive book that offers immediate results. For every parent whos ever been deprived of sleep by a restless infant or toddler, now theres hope. This much-needed addition to the Sears Parenting Library is the comprehensive, reassuring, solution-filled sleep resource that virtually every American family will want to own. Nighttime separation anxiety, new breastfeeding habits, and an increase in adult sleep problems have made babies sleep habits a growing concern in recent years. The Searses offer solutions. Instead of espousing the kind of one-method-fits-all approach advocated in other parenting books, the Searses teach parents how to match the nighttime temperament of their baby to their own lifestyle. The authors draw on important new infant sleep research from the Mother-Baby Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, as well as on their own personal experience as parents of children with a wide range of sleep habits. They also offer a detailed critique of the myriad new devices and ballyhooed techniques that promise to deliver safer and better infant sleep. THE BABY SLEEP BOOK provides parents with the practical tools they need to help the entire family sleep better.
Customer Reviews:
How to respond lovingly to your baby and help both of you get some sleep.......2007-09-27
In a society where new mothers are probably asked more often if their babies are sleeping through the night than anything else, it becomes a mark of pride among some people to boast that they have gotten their 2 week old to sleep, or an issue that creates a lot of stress.
Dr Sears rebuts the arguments in favor of crying it out, presenting compassionate ideas for getting some sleep, and explaining the importance as a human being of responding to the cries of the new little helpless person in your life, instead of conceiving of them as a scheming, manipulative devil in a onesie. He is well-acquainted with the nuances of sleeping (and wide awake) babies and advises accordingly.
If your major concern is sleep, this book (by itself) may help, but probably is more helpful if you are already familiar with Dr Sears.
So grateful.......2007-07-12
I feel fortunate to have found this book. As a mom who is expecting her second child, I had followed my instinct with my first child - who was not the best sleeper. I felt bad hearing and seeing others have such an easy time. At the same time, I second guessed myself thinking maybe I went about things in the wrong way. Reading this gives me more tools, resources and confidence to go with my instincts.
A Great Sleeping Tool.......2007-06-05
Thank you Dr. Sears! My son and I (and husband too) are all sleeping better. I took his advice and started napping with my son (he has plenty of other suggestions, but this was most fitting for us). It took awhile, but he now naps on his own and doesn't wake up at 30 minutes like he used to. I miss my naps a little, so we still co-nap on occassion...but now I can do laundry, dishes, email, etc. while he sleeps if I want to. YAY! My husband read the section on co-sleeping and decided it was something we should do...I didn't need any convincing...we're all sleeping together and waking up well rested!
On the Fence..........2007-05-18
I have very mixed feelings about this book, especially since I have had it for about a year, am 25 weeks pregnant with #2, and have a 19 month old who STILL wakes up multiple times per night.
Since Emma came home from the hospital, she was pretty clear that she was going to be difficult about sleep, so it was easy for me, naive and worried about EVERYTHING, to fall into Dr. Sears AP approach to nighttime parenting. I took on the sole responsiblity of parenting her to sleep b/c I honestly believed I was the only one who could. She was breastfed, and while I think it is impractical to try not to let a breastfeeding baby fall asleep at the breast, I definitely think that we could have modified our methods to allow more Dad interaction. Some of the reviewers have said basically that this is a mom-centered book but that isn't entirely the case. He does have a whole chapter on dads and how they can get involved at night and with sleep. I just didn't want to let her cry at ALL and being with Dad made her cry.
In the early days, when babies wake up all night, co-sleeping did seem to help with sleep deprivation, but I wish that I had been more adamant about her sleeping by herself sooner. I have a book on breastfeeding by Janet Tamaro, and she makes the point in the section about sleep/nighttime that any habit can be broken, but it will take time.
The naptime strategies help; I do have a very good napper. Her nighttime habits just haven't really matured. And I do respect the fact that children sleep differently, but I need help, not someone to tell me that over and over. The Drs. Sears do say that if something isn't working for you it needs to be fixed, but I wish there were more solutions instead of what seem to be general suggestions.
Okay, I now have Dr. Weissbluth's "Healthy Sleep Habits Healthy Child," and Emma now sleeps through the night (11-12 hours) with not a peep out of her. I totally recommend his book. It took three days and she was sleeping like she NEEDS to. Cheers!!
Found this book very usefull.......2007-05-08
I was very against putting my baby asleep using the 'cry it out' method. This book justified my beliefs and gave very good reasons why that method is not effective. It gives good tips on getting baby to sleep on their own without causing them undo distress. I was able to take what I could use from this book and use if effectively on my son.
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For more than two decades, Whole Child/Whole Parent, the first spiritually oriented book on parenthood and the first to address the value of parenthood for the parent as well as for the child, has provided a sound, practical, psychological and spiritual footing for parenthood and family life. This fourth edition includes new material for contemporary parents on anger, children's dreams, maintaining individual and family life, marital as well as parental life, and many new personal anecdotes.
It is the perfect guide "not merely for parents who want to raise their children in the best manner possible, it is for all people, including adults who want to raise themselves." (M. Scott Peck, from the foreword).
Whether exploring love and discipline or bedtime and storybook reading, Berends shows the practical relevance of spiritual insights to the most ordinary parental tasks.
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Best Kid Book Ever.......2007-07-30
This is my first Amazon review. Normally, I wouldn't waste my time. But, recently I wanted to reference this book, and I remembered, my copy was stolen. Bummer. But like in the old Zen parable, I wish the thief well with it, for I already have been blessed by the light the book casts like the moon on the landscape. Hands down, this is the best book on relating to and guiding your child, without abandoning a sense of discipline, I have ever come across. You quickly realize, however, that the discipline is with yourself, to lead by your own rooted example.
Very wise, very gentle. It will make you excited to get up in the morning and go parenting! Every chapter, you will want to put down the book and hug your child. It's really that good.
A must read.......2007-04-25
When you find yourself wondering how you can continue doing the mundane, day to day, oft mindless work of raising children then you need to read this book.
I am raising 4 children in a culture that does not value community or child rearing as a noble vocation. Polly's book gave me strength in the face of despair. It taught me that my children had chosen to come into my life to teach me how to live as much as for me to teach them how to be. Do not let the spiritual nature of this book frighten you. Her teaching is gentle and wise.
Enabled the happiest years of my life........2006-04-19
I read this 16 years ago (wish I could remember how I came upon it) before our son and daughter were born.
The philosophy of this book re-shaped my entire view of life and parenthood. Basically, once you realize that life with kids is ALL about the kids, frustration melts away and is replaced with infinite joy.
Children are as close to God as we will ever get on earth.
Please read it.
This book changed my whole outlook on motherhood!.......2005-08-10
Wow, this book is the one parenting book that I have read that I can say changed my entire way of looking at my job as a mother. The spirituality of being a parent and the spiritual lessons that await us every single day are now so apparent in my mind after reading this book. My relationship with my spirited child and nursing babe has completely been transformed as I process this book and consciously live out the spiritual moments of my day. Please give this book at least a chance to enter into your journey of parenthood.
Beautiful.......2003-04-16
I discovered this at the discount table of a bookstore in Lexington, Kentucky. It does not get old or outdated.
How easily this book could have drifted off into self-indulgent Freudian psychobabble, Fundamentalist moralism or New Age narcissism--all of which Alice Miller has warned us against--in the hands of a less gifted writer. The fact that it doesn't at any time in 340-plus pages is nothing short of miraculous. Polly Berends not only challenges one's view of parenting and loving, but also of Christianity and culture and the universe itself, by bringing mysticism back to the modern Christian mind while not alienating those of other (or no particular) faiths. Filled with transcendent prose, quotes of everything from Buddhist sacred text to the New Testament to e.e. cumming poetry, and the writer's own heart (the heart of a proud mother and wife who walks with God), this is a truly beautiful work that made my mind scream what was important about my personal relationship with my son to me, above the distractions of my ego, with virtually every page.
Consider yourself the child, and this book will help you raise yourself. And then imagine what kind of real parent you can be while following its lessons.
This is the ultimate holiday, Mother/Father's Day or birthday gift for anyone with children, bar none.
Beautiful.
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An important look at how parents can break free from their past unhealthy parent-child relationships and provide a healthy psychological foundation for their children.
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As a teacher, parent, and grandparent, it's relevant........1999-02-21
When you realize how much went into this book, you are overwhelmed. The level of detail and specific suggestions makes it unique. It's like peeling an onion; each layer seems more true to what I know about kids as a 26 year teaching veteran. Those I've worried about the most are in this book along with those I've loved. Perhaps what I liked best was the way it made me think back--not only to the raising of my own sons but also to my childhood. I look for positive connections to tell me what life is all about, and I believe The Whole Parent has them. Debra Wesselmann has crafted a loving validation for us all along with a chance to be whole.
Deb Wesselmann's book is an invaluable resource for parents........1999-02-21
Deb Wesselmann's book is an invaluable resource for providing the essential tools to establish healthier parent-child relationships. The Whole Parent: How to Become a Terrific Parent Even If You Didn't Have One contains critical information for those people who experienced painful childhoods. The book is just as important to parents who would like to increase the emotional well being of their families. Ms. Wesselmann's approach takes the reader through a clearly mapped out journey which provides keys to unlocking emotional barriers built during childhood. Powerful and inspirational personal stories of people who are overcoming desperately difficult pasts are included in the initial and final chapters. In these times of increasingly complicated and varied family structures, The Whole Parent is an excellent guide for obtaining and maintaining sound, healthy family relationships.
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Whole Child Whole Parent
Polly Berrien Berends
Manufacturer: Harpercollins Publisher
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All around best advice.......2007-08-07
I first bought this book in 1976, before my first child was born, and the book and I have undergone many transformations. It is the book I have most often had to replace because I've lent it so often, and cannot be without! It's my favorite gift to expectant parents, too.
I am frustrated with guides that only include advice about products, or about discipline, or how-to advice on anything. This book includes those, but has a unique perspective about them and helps us understand our reasons for being and doing and becoming parents. It's a cliche, but WCWP helps expand consciousness!
The best aspect of Whole Child, Whole Parent is its foundation in spirit (not religion). The chapter titles are: Wholeness, Spirit, Happiness, Freedom, Unity, Beauty, Truth, Love. The book gives us the basis for why we have children, or even enter into relationship, and it fills a deep yearning for truer knowing.
I always find the book reassuring on the most fundamental levels, and have read it many times over, even now, when I am an empty-nester. Polly Berrien Berends, the author, speaks from a very calm and knowing place, and reading her work is like having a deep well of loving kindness right next door to chat with.
Simply the best!
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Recommended by judges, therapists, social workers, ministers, and public school counselors, this book is a whole-family workbook that is designed to help replace daily battles with communication, respect, and unconditional love, providing parents with the
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If I Could Do it Again.......2003-09-06
Teresa's book would have come in handy as we raised our teenage children. The book is a wealth of practical, tested, non-threatening, workable ideas that restore peace and harmony to a family. Parenting Without Pressure requires consistency and commitment but the outcome will be worth the effort. Children will learn responsibility and accountability and parents will learn what a blessing their children can be and that family is something to cherish and nurture. An excellent tool that provides help and hope.
A Lifesaver of a book.......2002-03-05
I am indebted to Teresa Langston for coming up with such a terrific approach to dealing with strong willed teens. I used this system with my two high school daughters. They did not like it at all at first and were always trying to figure out ways to beat the system - but they found out that violating boundaries had a consequence.
From the minute we started the system, I felt empowered as a parent. Finally we as parents had some guidelines for these turbulent teen times, real consequences and incentives for good behavior.
Now my teenagers are both in their twenties and contributing members of society. We are also best friends again. We look back on those days of struggling and we talk about those times as adults now. It's a bitter sweet memory. Life is good now. Thank you Teresa.
Parenting Without Pressure.......2000-04-05
I highly recommend this book to anyone with teenagers or pre-teens. My husband and I have implemented the techniques in this book and have seen an improvement in the atmosphere in our home. The book teaches how to start letting go of our children and begin letting them make their own decisions so that they will be ready for the real world. It tells you how to let the natural consequences of their decisions teach them valuable lessons that they cannot argue with. Since beginning to use the suggestion of conducting a weekly family meeting, our household has become more peaceful and we are able to enjoy each other more and fight less. I have recommended this book to several friends and recommend it to you also.
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The Happy Family Game will bring smiles to the faces of everyone in the family-- even players as young as two years old!
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Whole Child: Restoring Wonder to the Art of Parenting
Seamus Carey
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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Real life stories that encourage parents and other professionals to dig towards the cause and core reasons why certain children are so challenging. A helpful resource guide that exposes the importance of early intervention and explores the relationship between nutrition and body/brain connection, advocacy and survival, toxicity and health, movement and learning. Forward by Dr. Keith Sehnert, M.D.
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Millions of Americans are vaccinated each year, whether they are elders looking to avoid bouts of influenza or children whose parents want to protect them from potentially deadly childhood diseases. Still, there remains a vocal segment of the population in opposition to all immunization, some even refusing to get mandated vaccinations for their children. Here, a specialist of internal medicine explores that paradox. Dr. Link explains the immune system and how it works, as well as the history of vaccine development, and the various types of vaccines including the efficacy and potential toxicity of each. A physician for more than 35 years, Link also spotlights possible future vaccines, such as those being developed in the hope of immunizing against HIV. Appendices to this work spell out current medical recommendations for vaccines, describe the legal issues involved in decisions to vaccinate or not, and explain the workings of clinical trials where work is done to determine if a vaccine is effective or not, or has any remarkable side effects. A strong supporter of vaccination programs, Link says that all people should understand the powers, limitations and risk of immunization.
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A guide to vaccines and why they should be used.......2006-08-23
Dr. Link gives an overview of the history of vaccination and immunization, and ethical issues raised by this. He also has a chapter devoted to known vaccine failures and worse; the best known was the Bundaberg disaster in Australia in the 1920s, involving a batch of bacteria-contaminated vaccine. There were also examples of polio vaccine that gave people polio, and hepatitis spread by smallpox vaccination.
He describes the diseases they prevent and what they did to people, since most of us have never known anyone who had some of them, and why people should or should not take the vaccine. He also debunks the vaccines-cause-autism thing, but does admit that the P component of the DPT vaccine does cause neurological damage in a small percentage of people who take it. This is well known in medical circles. There was considerable skepticism raised about the chicken pox vaccine; he saw no indication in giving it to healthy children, and I have to agree. There are also chapters about anthrax and smallpox vaccination and the problems that have arisen from them.
The back of the book has the suggested vaccine schedule; he also gives provisions for spreading them out should the parents wish to do so.
Some people may not agree with what he says, but he's old enough to have encountered many of the diseases nobody gets nowadays and that is his only agenda.
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