The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)
by James Sears, Martha Sears, Robert Sears, William Sears
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Author: James Sears, Martha Sears, Robert Sears, William SearsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03
ISBN: 0316778001
Number of pages: 769
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Book Review: Terrible Advice-Lacks Research Foundation-Unhelpful and Judgmental
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a Ph.D. and deeply appreciative of physicians and other writers who base their advice on current research and best practices. This book is not based on any of these attributes. It is really Sears' personal philosophy and that of others, it is not based on long-range studies or clinical research just his anecdotal experience in his practice and as a parent. That's fine, but as all parents know, every child is different and every family's needs are different. He is judgmental without foundation and his philosophy is for wealthy, white parents where the mother stays home and only has one child. The napping advice alone should make it clear how unusable and impractical his philosophy is for everyone else: sleep with your child, for every nap, every day. Our daughter would not, from coming home from the hospital, co-sleep with us, despite having a co-sleeper in our bed and a bassinet beside it. Thus all of his advice was null and void from the beginning but I especially took issue with his insistence that anyone who doesn't, or can't! col-sleep, as in our case, is an uncaring and insensitive parent. The insistence on "indigenous practices" like babywearing, feeding on demand, co-sleeping etc. is really ridiculous. He cherry-picks two or three aspects of "indigenous"-- just who is that?-- (ie. third world) practices and claims they are the best ways to nurture babies! Westerners would never follow indigenous practices of discipline or feeding or the use of shamans for medical care yet we are told that in regards to sleeping and wearing, they have all the answers! Most indigenous people would love to get their babies off their backs and come out of work in the fields, their choices are structured by poverty and a total lack of alternative choices. This man is a dangerous ideologue and years from now, when his devotees have made their children co-dependent and wrecked their marriages and forsaken their careers and are in years of therapy for all of the guilt his approach induces, he will be exposed. Save yourself the $$ and parent sensibly, based on what makes sense for your family. Wear your baby, don't wear her, co-sleep, don't co-sleep, breast feed or don't, be guided by your own love of your child and your own intelligent instincts, not this man's classist and misguided philosophy.
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Summary of The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)
Brought thoroughly up-to-date-with the latest information on everything from diapering to daycare, from midwifery to hospital "birthing rooms," from postpartum nutrition to infant development-THE BABY BOOK remains the one must-have resource for today's new parents.In this perennially bestselling and encyclopedic guide, Dr. Bill and Martha Sears draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and as parents to provide authoritative, comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. THE BABY BOOK focuses on the essential needs of babies-eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort-as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to parents today.
In their excellent (and hefty) resource guide, The Baby Book, attachment parenting specialists William Sears and Martha Sears have provided new parents with their approach to every aspect of baby care basics, from newborns to toddlers. Attachment parenting is a gentle, reasonable approach to parenting that stresses bonding with your baby, responding to her cues, breastfeeding, "wearing" your baby, and sharing sleep with your child. For those parents who worry about negative effects of this attention, the Sears say, "Spoiling is what happens when you leave something (or some person) alone on the shelf--it spoils."
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