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Summary: This book is a gift!
Review: I saw an add in the NY Times that read Buy this book and Sleep tonight! I jumped online and ordered it and consumed it the minute I received it. I have read many books in preparing for my first baby but none have the common sense and really practical advice for new parents than this book. The "SLOW" helped me a fix it on the minute person to take the time to see what my baby girl was wanting before I simply stuck my finger in her diaper then put a bottle in her mouth. I can now read her cues and cries and know what my little angel is telling me. It takes the guess work out and makes this mom very confident that her baby's needs are being met and she and I are much happier. I look forward to the toddler book coming out next year just in time for my princess and me. I have bought this book for everyone I know who is expecting or having problems with understanding their baby. It is a true gift!
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Summary: worried about sleep habits
Review: After getting the feeling that I may be creating bad sleep habits I ordered this book. I stayed up all night to read it while my husband was on baby duty. I now realize that I was not teaching my daughter how to fall asleep on her own. The book realyy breaks things down and I'm now able to read her cues and understand what her needs are. It's like having a new child! According to the chart in the book and I must agree, my little girl is a "Spirited" baby. Now instead of getting frustrated, I appreciate her so much more and can see her personality developing so clearly and she makes me laugh more than anything. This book gives me the confidence to be a great mother and I would reccomend it to every one! It makes a great shower gift and is easy to wrap/swaddle!
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Summary: What a difference this book has made!
Review: I bought ordered this book a few days ago and I cannot believe what a difference it has made in our lives already. I was totally missing my baby's cues for sleep and she was always cranky. After applying E.A.S.Y. for just two days, I know when she wants to nap and now she eats(breastfeeds) every 3 to 3 1/2 hours, whereas before I always thought she was hungry. It's like having a new baby! times a day. I would reccomend this book to every new or expecting mother!P.S. I wish I had this book 6 months ago!
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Summary: Learned so much for my 2nd child
Review: I have to tell you how much I learned from this book and thank Tracy for writing it. We have a wonderful 4 year old who didn't sleep through the night until he was 18 months. Now, we have a beautiful, easy (textbook-Tracy's term!), 6 month old named Carl and I thankfully heard about your book before I totally ruined his sleep habits too. gratefully, Ruth
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Summary: I love her.
Review: I put tips from this book to use the first day I read it and there was a major change in my son right then. He was calmer, happier, and I was SLEEPING MORE!! whoo hoo! Tracy Hogg isnt into letting your baby cry and I think thats great. I didnt use every tip she suggested but the ones I did use saved y sanity. Also, I thought I was identifying what my son's cries meant and with her help, I learned that I was not correct all the time. Once I started responding to his cries correctly, he fussed alot less. I resisted some of her suggestions at first, then later tried some of them. Turns out she was right. hehe. A definate must-read.
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Summary: Book is a Treasure
Review: Myself and my family cannot thank you enough for your book it is so well laid out and full of such wonderful information which actually works. I have one three year old and a two month old and I wish your book was available three years ago. I have read almost every popular baby care book out there and have found none to be as valuable as yours. I bought your book last Thursday and true to your work the EASY plan worked in three short days. I found your take on breastfeeding enlightening as I find there is so much pressure to breastfeed especially with my first and for as long as possible, now I am much more relaxed and don't think of formula in such a bad way as I once did. I just cannot thank you enough our son is so much happier and is enjoying life along with the rest of us. I hope you come up to Canada on your tour. It is such a relief to know there is advice out there that can work.
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Summary: A "Kinder, Gentler Ezzo?' .....probably
Review: An other in a plethora of parenting books that tells us that our instincts are useless and if we would only listen to the author's baseless theories and follow their "methods" all of our "problems" would be solved. Ms. Hogg's infomation on breastfeeding is not only outdated but just plain wrong, her theories on infant sleep are baseless and unfounded, and she comes off as simply an other Ezzo "get that baby on a schedule" devotee. Has Ms. Hogg read ANY lactation or infant attachment information that has been published in the past 20 years? As a Lactation Consultant and the mother of 3 breastfed, attachment parented children, I cannot read a book like this wihout thinking of all the damage it will do to the babies of parents who really beleive that their instincts are useless and that babies NEED to be "kept in line." It's just too sad. Skip this one, read Sear's and Sear's "The Baby Book" for REAL LIFE useful and compassionate parenting information. Get "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" for ANY and all informative breastfeeding advice. Most of all, listen to your baby, she is NOT a horse, she is a small human with needs and feelings. I can't help but feel afraid to take advice from a woman who was just "too busy" to raise her own children. The "Star's" children she was nanny to seem to be her only real world point of reference on what children are like. Parenting books written by people who have actually bothered with their own children (Attachment Parenting by Katie Allison Granju, The Baby Book by William and Martha Sears, Natural Family Living by Peggy O'Mara and The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by the Founders of La Leche League) are the books who really have the best information and empathy that anyone raising a child really need! There are better written, better researched and ceratinly more compassionate books out there for new parents, save your money and buy one of the books listed above. Your baby may not be able to thank you in words, but if she could she would thank you for passing this book up.
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Summary: Excellent supplement to parenting library
Review: Being first time parents, my husband and I were overwhelmed with the arrival of our baby girl. We found Tracy Hoggs' book extremely helpful in alleviating a lot of our concerns. We applied her teachings along with our pediatrician's and lactation consultant's advice and we've come up with an excellent way of understanding and fulfilling our baby's needs. There are a few mistakes in the information in her book, especially on feeding, but all in all, it was a great book for new parents who needs something simple and basic to help them out. The acronyms EASY and SLOW were extremely helpful to us, as well as the tables on the different baby cries. I wish we got this book before our Moira was born and avoided teaching her a few bad habits but she's learned new habits in 3 days and at 2 months old, she's a perfectly happy "Textbook" baby. An added bonus, my husband and I are no longer as lost as we first started - we're finally getting our lives back in order. Like any advice, I suppose, you take what you can and use it when you can...this book is great and we're giving it to all our friends who are expecting their first baby. I would suggest getting other books as well since the advice in this book is very basic and I think mostly addresses a new parent's worry and gives them back a little bit of confidence in themselves in the care of their child.
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Summary: It gave me my life, sanity and confidence back
Review: This book literally gave me my life, sanity and confidence in my ability to raise a happy child back!! I'm a 30 year old, college educated, first time, stay at home mom. I don't care what anyone else says re: her credentials, what she did with her own children. Her advice seems like common sense when you read it and digest it, but as someone who hasn't been around an infant in 15 years, I needed help understanding this tiny new being in my home. Her advice on sleeping worked like a charm and took a two month old who couldn't nap unless he was on someone's chest to a 3 month old who will go to sleep on his own in minutes EVERY time! Instead of an overstimulated, overtired baby who cried for 2-3 hours a day. I now have an adequately rested, independent child who is joyful all the time we are together! My husband and I feel like we can read and understand our child much better and we are all happier for it!! As far as I'm concerned - she should have a national holiday named after her.
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Summary: 1ist time grandma
Review: I am a first time grandma-to-be. Saw you on Dateline and immediately ordered your book for my daughter-in-law and son. Am reading the book first and wish you had been around for me when I had my children. The book is wonderful, I've ordered two more copies for my friends' children who are going to be parents for the first time. Thanks to Tracy for writing your book. Sincerely, Joy Heininger
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