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Summary: Thank you, Sears, for your help with our colicky baby!
Review: The Sears' have written a lovely book. If you're baby has colic and you don't know what to do, this book can help you! I bought this book when my daughter was 4 months, and her colic was already subsiding. I really wished that I had seen this book during the first 3 months of my daughter's life. I had discovered a lot of the techniques that the Sears' discuss by trial and error. It would have been nice to have this book in the beginning of our troubles, when our baby was a newborn.The Sears' book gives a lot of good, practical advice for dealing with colic. There are countless tips to help ease the pain of gas and colic, which are essential to know when you have an uncomfortable, screaming baby. (A note of caution: If you are nursing, this book will give you lots of reasons to continue. However, if you are not breastfeeding, this book may not be for you because breastfeeding is mentioned and encouraged often and it may make you feel badly about your decision to stop.) This book is for you if you're at the end of rope comforting a baby who cries inconsolably because of colic and not getting any positive results. If anything, the book gives you a little pat on the back for following your instincts and comforting your baby, even when meddling passerbys suggest that you are spoiling your baby and need to put him or her down for hours to cry so that s/he can learn self-soothing techniques. I no longer need the Sears' book, thank goodness. My baby is now 9 months and the colic has subsided. THE FUSSY BABY BOOK served me well. Now I have a different set of problems, though, and I've had to move onto other books, like Elizabeth's Pantly's NO CRY SLEEP METHOD.
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Summary: Well, if you've gone to his website...
Review: there is no need to read this book because it doesn't offer any more information. I prefered "The Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr. Karp.
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Summary: If you are a parent you need this book!
Review: This book came to me in a time of much need. We have three children and the third one is very high need. From birth to 9 months the baby couldn't be put down, needed to nurse all the time- would not sleep through the night.
I have read this book and been using the techniques and ideas and my burnout is less and the baby has slept 5-6 hour stretches through the night!!! AMAZING BOOK!!!! GOTTA HAVE!!!! This book is now the #1 baby shower gift I will give to every parent.
Overall, it's a great feel-good type of book. Just like my new beverage of choice called s o y f e e. It's made from soybeans that you brew just like coffee. Caffeine-free, you'll find it at www. S oycoffee.com.
Excellent! EVERYONE should read this book!
Thank you, Dr. Sears!!!
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Summary: Finally people who understand
Review: This book has helped securing my style of parenting. Thank you Dr William and Martha Sears.
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Summary: MUST-HAVE book for parents of colicky/high needs babies.
Review: This book is a MUST have for colicky and high need babies. Everyone I know with high need children have this and its the #1 recommended book on the subject, with #2 being "The Spirited Child" which is for slightly older children and up. High needs babies are defined by Dr. Sears, really the best authority on the subject, as intense, hyperactive, draining, feeds frequently, demanding, awakens frequently, unsatisfied, unpredictable, supersensitive, unable to be put down, uncuddly (oh sooo true!), not a self-soother, and seperation sensitive. He also says most babies ARE high needs in one area or another, but highneeds babies are high needs in almost ALL departments. Remember though, that your high needs child may have many of the traits, but not all. Each child expresses their high needs traits in their own way and the behavior is manifested individually. There are also high need FAQs online. But they will not give you 1/100th of the valuable information and validation you will recieve from this book -- its a GODSEND. ;) --Susan p.s. The only reason there aren't more reviews here I think is that high needs kids are so high-maintenance we never have the time or energy to do anything but sleep and eat. LOL ;)
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Summary: Excellent, Compassionate Advice
Review: This book let me know that I was not alone. My child seemed to be the only baby in the world who would not fall asleep in the car, hated the baby swing, and did not happily go to anyone but his mother to be held. Reading this book let me know that there are others out there, and that my child is not better or worse than other children, just different. The techniques given to soothe a fussy baby are very helpful. Also, I really benefited from the chapter on mother burnout. One complaint would be that it doesn't address the feelings of the father of a high-need baby, or at least not very much. Also, the special challenges faced by single parents of high-need babies are not really addressed. All in all, however, it is a great book and perhaps the best message of all is the assurance that your child is normal and can grow to be a healthy member of society without causing parental insanity. Parents who wish they could have found this book when their child was a baby would probably benefit from reading "Raising Your Spirited Child."
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Summary: This book kept me sane!
Review: This book was an absolute lifesaver. Our son was the "Fussy Baby" in a nutshell. He nursed constantly, hated being put down and would not sleep anywhere but in our arms. After about 3 weeks of constant crying and wanting to be held ALL the time we started looking for some answers and ideas to soothe him. That's when we found this book. It described our son perfectly and gave us suggestions to help him. Most importantly, it let us know we were not alone out there. I am grateful to Dr. Sears for writing such a phenomenal book. For anyone with a "high need baby" this book is a must.
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Summary: Great for ALL parents, not just high needs
Review: This was the only book I found that had information about the hidden causes of fussiness (in our case it was a food sensitivity!). My pediatrician at the time didn't even hint on what the book thoroughly explains -- that what appears to be colic might not be, that babies don't necessarily have to suffer through it, and a detailed elimination diet to help relieve their pain. All that, plus wonderful soothing techniques that can be applied to any baby in those first few blurry months. Thank you Dr. & Martha Sears!
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Summary: A Wonderful Resource for Tired Parents
Review: Wow! I couldn't believe my eyes when I first read this book--it was if someone else had written a book about my very own son. After many tearful, exhausting days and nights of trying to force my son to fit into the mold of the "average child" that is portrayed in just about every parenting book and manual on the market, I inhaled a deep breath of fresh air by reading this insightful and empathetic book. The Searses candidly share their first personal experience with a high-need child: their own fourth-born child, a daughter, born after three easy sons. It was comforting to discover that I was not a bad parent--but that my son was just in high-need (and high demand!) of what all babies need and thrive on--holding, rocking, nursing, patience, etc. To put the theme of this book in one sentence: Parenting is not a nightmare if you accept your child the way he is and follow your instincts.
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Summary: Thank you..Thank you...Thank you for this book!!!
Review: You must have written this book with my son in mind. Finally a book that is written that shows him in a positive light and how to deal with his personality in a positive way. Everything makes sense now. It makes it so much easier to handle the sleepless nights and constant carrying. Thank you!
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