How to Teach Your Baby to Be Physically Superb
by Bruce Hagy, Douglas Doman, Glenn Doman
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Author: Bruce Hagy, Douglas Doman, Glenn DomanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-01
ISBN: 0757001920
Number of pages: 273
Publisher: Square One Publishers
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Book Review: Extremely dangerous advice for newborns!
Summary: 1 Stars
I feel compelled to write a stern warning about this book. I was excited to order it to help out my twin daughters - born 2 months premature. My jaw hit the floor when I read the very dangerous misinformation in the first couple of chapters. The author begins with a criticism of hospitals' handling of newborns. He states that nurseries should be made more like the womb to comfort babies, kept moist and at 90 degrees. He then states that the only reason that babies are put on their backs is so that nurses can tell if they are still breathing, and recommends that babies sleep on their stomachs.
This is all good advice if you want your baby to be at significant risk of death from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS). First, the only safe position for babies to sleep on is their back. The author seems to believe that SIDS is only caused babies smothering themselves with blankets - this is not (although smothering is always a risk. Current reccomendations are to keep healthy babies' environments on the cool side (68 deg F.). One of the major causes of SIDS is apnea due to immaturity in the brain stem. Current sleep reccomenadtions are designed to alleviate this.
Not even incubators are kept at 90 degrees. When babies are born, they go through physical changes - such as separation from the placenta. They have the largest dose of hormones running through their bodies that they will ever have in their lifetime. Very quickly, healthy babies are able to regulate their own temperature - they are mammals and not snakes after all.
Infants in intensive care units are sometimes put to sleep on their stomachs - but they are connected to heart and respiration monitors that alarm when they stop breathing or their heart-rate drops.
I am completley shocked that someone billed as a child development expert has absolutely no knowledge of the risk of SIDS. Granted, back-sleeping is not the best thing for physical development, which is where there are exercise programs to compensate for this. Tummy time is important while baby is awake and supervised.
Please do not follow the newborn advice in this book. I can't get past this, and maybe there's good advice in the rest of the book.
Summary of How to Teach Your Baby to Be Physically Superb
The early development of mobility in newborns is a vital part of their future ability to learn and grow to full potential. How To Teach Your Baby To Be Physically Superb was designed to help you maximize your child?s physical capabilities. The authors clearly explain each stage of mobility and show how to create an environment that will enable your baby
to more easily achieve that stage. Full-color charts, photographs, illustrations, and detailed easy-to-follow instructions guide you in creating an effective home program.
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