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Summary: Well put together
Review: Another hit by Dr. Sears and his wife. This book puts all the basics down about AP in an easy to understand format that's easy to read. It's not too long and scientific either. For the scientific approach to attachment in general, I recommend John Bowlby's "Attachment".
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Summary: Thank you
Review: As a new mother you want to go with your instincts but with so many people dying to give their opinions it can make you second guess yourself. I read this book over a couple week period usually chapter by chapter. Each time I had to put the book down I patted the book, nodded my head and said Thank you. Really. I felt confident about my natural instinct to practice attachment parenting to my newborn daughter. I highly recommed it.
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Summary: Okay book -- repeats everything else he's written
Review: Dr. Sears' first couple of books were interesting to me, but he has now churned out something like twenty-five parenting books in the past five years, and frankly, it's all a rehash now. "The Baby Book" is really the only Sears book you will need. All the rest of his single-issue titles ("Nighttime Parenting," "The Family Nutrition Book") are basically expanded chapters from The Baby Book. And he is billed as a "parent of eight" and a practicing physician, but I don't see how any one man (even with his wife's assistance) could turn out book after book after book --several new ones per year -- and still have time to work a job *AND* parent in the way he claims we should all parent our kids. I don't like corporate parenting franchises and thats what "The Sears Parenting Library" is. I prefer a more personal, thoughtful approach to the topic of attachment parenting. I much prefered the book "Attachment Parenting" by Katie Granju. Although Sears may have come up with the phrase attachment parenting, Granju wrote a better book on the subject.
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Summary: Okay book -- repeats everything else he's written
Review: Dr. Sears' first couple of books were interesting to me, but he has now churned out something like twenty-five parenting books in the past five years, and frankly, it's all a rehash now. "The Baby Book" is really the only Sears book you will need. All the rest of his single-issue titles ("Nighttime Parenting," "The Family Nutrition Book") are basically expanded chapters from The Baby Book. And he is billed as a "parent of eight" and a practicing physician, but I don't see how any one man (even with his wife's assistance) could turn out book after book after book --several new ones per year -- and still have time to work a job *AND* parent in the way he claims we should all parent our kids. I don't like corporate parenting franchises and thats what "The Sears Parenting Library" is. I prefer a more personal, thoughtful approach to the topic of attachment parenting. I much prefered the book "Attachment Parenting" by Katie Granju. Although Sears may have come up with the phrase attachment parenting, Granju wrote a better book on the subject.
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Summary: This book confirms that your parenting instincts are right.
Review: Every parent has been told "don't hold the baby too much, you'll spoil her". This book confirms that the instinct of most parents-- to hold a baby who wants to be held-- isn't going to "spoil" or in any other way hurt your child's development. Dr Sears' common-sense approach to parenting is reassuring to new parents (like me) who want to go with their gut feelings and ignore the well-meaning advice of those around them.
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Summary: Attachment Parenting - its only natural
Review: Found this book just before my baby was due and I already had ideas about how I wanted to be with my baby and could never understand how people could put their babies in cots in another room from them it never seemed natural and this was further confirmed when my baby was born. This book gave a name to something I think should be natural for most parents and the book helped reinforce that what I was doing was the best for my baby as I had suspected. It also helped me realise that peoples unhelpful comments should be ignored. The book covers various aspects of attachment parenting from co-sleeping to baby wearing. It recognises the needs of a new born baby to be with its parents but the book never preaches and contains sections which help with problem solving. Best of all the book recognises that at the end of the day, parents should do what feels right for them and that they should never make themselves unhappy if certain aspects arent right for them and recommends other solutions.
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Summary: THE BEST PARENTING BOOK I'VE EVER READ
Review: I am so glad I read this book while pregnant...It has been the backbone of mine and my husband's parenting styles. Attachment parenting works! My own 5 month old is proof. She is happy, thriving, and so much fun. This book really helped me to know to follow my instincts and gave me the confidence to ingore people who said I was spoiling my child because I picked her up when she cried and attended to her needs. My daughter is not at all spoiled...she doesn't cry much and isn't clingy at all. Because I read this book and decided to Attachment Parent her, she trusts me and doesn't have to cry and cry to test me. She knows if she needs me I'll be there. Dr. Sears is wonderful. I have never met him but this book had been so wonderful for family. I know that my reading this book will surely benefit my daughter during her entire life!
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Summary: A good overview for those about to become parents
Review: I am the attachment parent of two children, ages 2 and 5 weeks old! I actually learned most about attachment pareting from the book "How Breastfeeding spaces babies" by sheila Kippley, and from the Le Leche Leage breastfeeding handbook. I have given copies of The Attachment parenting book to many friends who are about to have children because it is an excellent explanation of AP and gives some good guidelines without being pushy. I would recommend it to anyone who is unfamiliar with AP or who is about to have a new baby! Some reviewers have complained that it is too repetitive. I would contend that it is repetitive because it is trying to debunk the myths about child rearing that are so pervasive in our self-centered society.
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Summary: Wonderful book! Complete opposite of Baby Wise
Review: I feel sorry for my friends who got sucked into the whole Baby Wise theory. This type of parenting made my life so easy. The book is really a good book and gives parents confidence to follow their instincts. Babies do NOT need to cry anything out. They are not manipulating you!! They are babies. If you are struggling with sleep or just struggling being a new mommy, give this book and method a try. It has been wonderful for our family.
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Summary: Good recommendations, but exasperatingly repetitive
Review: I have a ten-month daughter, and do virtually everything recommended
in this book. I agree completely with Dr. Sears' methods, and I'm
very grateful to his wife and him to the effort expended expounding
these views. However, the book itself is maddeningly repetitive and banal. How
many times must it repeat nostrums like "Do what works for you" or
"Trust your instincts"? I expected, at least, some solid discussion
about current research into this area, but the book only had links to
the associated web-sites ...
However, on the web-sites, I was pleased to see full references to
recent research, and discussion thereof. Skip the book and browse the
sites instead. - Rujith.
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