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Summary: Warning: Alternative Agenda Ignores Legit Needs of Parents
Review: Although my wife and I highly valued the authors' "The Pregnancy Book", we find that this one seems to ask us parents to over-indulge baby at the expense both of our needs and of common sense. Two examples: They recommend having newborn's sleep in parents bed. From our perspective, this is a sure-fire way to teach your baby not to fall asleep unless, you guessed it, Mom and Dad are in bed with baby. Secondly, the authors' recommend allowing breastfed babies to "comfort suck," meaning that, for extended periods, baby can play with Mom's nipple without drawing milk. This teaches baby poor breastfeeding habits. Either one of these two poor habits will drive you past exhaustion, and will prove hard for baby to unlearn when reality sets in... and it does. Although some parents will want to adhere to this possibly admirable, yet unrealistic, path, those who need to balance infant care with work will do well to find a more practical book.
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: As a first time mom I found this book very valuable. I read it and kept it as a guide through out my breastfeeding. I have passed it on to other mother's to be and they really like it and were able to get past doubts or questions they had when deciding whether to breastfeed or not.
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Summary: While somewhat informative, this book is very opinionated
Review: Being a first time mother, I was looking for a book to help with me learn basic breast feeding techniques. I was suprised to find that this book basically calls you a failure as a mother if you don't breast feed. As a woman who holds a degree in child development I know all the reasons why you should breast feed. However, for this book to suggest that a mother avoid treating an illness so they can avoid using formula is LUDICROUS!!!! If you don't believe me, it is on page 95 and states "The risks of exposing a baby to a drug in breast milk should be weighed against the risk of exposing a baby to infant formula". I believe that statement goes to the extreme. Also, This book makes a lot of claims based on scientific data but provides no references to this research.
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Summary: Good Breastfeeding Support
Review: Breastfeeding requires a lot of support and information that The Breastfeeding Book provides. It is one of many resources to turn to when in need of accurate information when there is so much bad advice found in books and the medical community on breastfeeding.
The Womanly Art
of Breastfeeding is the breastfeeding "bible" that this book seems to get alot of its information from.
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Summary: I made it thanks to this book!
Review: Breastfeeding was very very challenging for me and this book gave me all the information I needed to thrive, now my baby is 2 months old and I can say I am enjoying nursing, what I doubted the first 5 weeks. I highly recommend this to everyone, but try to read it before you have your baby so you get all the valuable information in advance.
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Summary: love-hate relationship with this book
Review: Breastfeeding went horribly for my first child, so I approached it with some trepidation with number two. Luckily, it has gone pretty smoothly (he's now 6 weeks old). This book is loaded with useful information and re-reading it this time was helpful (Dr. Sears said I could have caffeine! Hooray! Fire up the Starbucks!) and answered a lot of questions I was having.HOWEVER...as someone who bottle fed her first child after giving breastfeeding my all (even the lactation consultant said I'd done my best, go to formula) I did find Dr. Sears's attitude toward bottle feeding and bottle feeding mothers really appalling. He has a sidebar on page 48 where he refers to "Mothers of the bottle-feeding set" and makes them sound completely neurotic with sterilizing and preparing formula and counting ounces. On pages 7-8 he refers to the "stinky stools" of the formula fed baby and how the parent changing the child will have a look on their face of "mild aversion to downright disgust" and how the breastfed child will see "happiness rather than disgust...perhaps a perk for building self-esteem." Give me a break. His AP philosophy has some very good points to it, but making a child's self esteem dependent on a parent's cheerful demeanor during diaper changes is ridiculous. So I'd say this book is helpful if you just look up what you need in the detailed index, go right to that page and read what you need. It's fine to have the opinion that breastfeeding is best and everyone should at least try it, but I think his obvious disdain for bottle-feeding mothers (who may have no other choice, who may be giving breastfeeding another try)is unfortunate. I feel sorry for any mothers of children in his practice who, like me, were unable to breastfeed a child.
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Summary: good to read
Review: Check this book out too... "Primal Mothering in a Modern World"
by Hygeia Halfmoon
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Summary: Excellent Breastfeeding Book!
Review: Dr. and Mrs. Sears did it again - this book is a classic. It's written in a simple manner, not preachy at all. This book ought to be read by every expectant family. Breastfeeding is the most beautiful gift that a family can share. No, it's not always easy and it takes practice! Reading this book can be an excellent starting point.
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Summary: Duplicates The Baby Book - get that one instead
Review: Everything that is in this book is in The Baby Book by Sears. I really enjoyed The Pregnancy Book and The Baby Book. However, it is not necessary to purchase this book as it is duplicated in the latter volume. The other problem with this book is weaning is hardly addressed. There are only a couple of pages at the end referring to it, with minimal guidance. Ironically The Baby Book covered weaning in more detail.
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Summary: Another great book from Dr. Sears
Review: Everything you need to know about Breastfeeding your baby is here in this book. Dr. Sears Attachment Parenting style shines through as he helps you over the bumps and bruises of breastfeeding your newborn, all the way through to extended breastfeeding of your toddler. A must have for all AP mommies!
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