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	• The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition) William Sears, Martha Sears, ... Little, Brown and Company, 2003 - 704 pages average customer review:based on 798 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I love this book!

The Sears have done an amazing job with this book. It's well organized, easy to read and FULL of important information.

They have shared their invaluable knowledge and experiences gained from their personal and professional lives. After raising eight children they present many different approaches to everyday tasks and focus on how to make those tasks bonding experiences.

I think the book is a must have for any mom-to-be. (My husband and I have read parts together, but overall he would be happier reading more of a manual.)

Great Book!

It's a great book, which provides tons of useful information and great tips for new parents. I would strongly recommend it to my friends. Although, during my child birth classes all nurses and pediatricians recommend that parents buy a book written by the American Academy of Pediatricians. They say it's the best book for parents.

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One sided and cumbersome to read

I passed on my copy. At first I was very impressed by the AP concept. Once I had the baby I realized that a rigid approach like this doesn't work. My baby slept better on his own than in our bed. And he hated being worn the first three months. I held on to the book for factual information about growth and illness but found it too cumbersome to use a reference. I prefer the month by month format which is easier to look up.

Practical Advice from All-Around Parenting Pros

I will be giving this book as a gift for every baby shower I go to from now on. The first month of my baby's life I spent constantly referring to the couple of books I had, and was frequently disappointed by the vague coverage of such basic topics as crying. My baby was fussy for hours at a time and it wasn't until I stumbled upon the AskDrSears.com website that I felt like I was getting very practical advice. I bought the book soon thereafter and it has been my primary resource ever since. I trust the experience, both as parents and children's health professionals, that the Sears family brings to the book, and I have had great success with attachment parenting.

Like everything else to do with parenting, your mileage may vary depending on your personality, and that of your child. But any parenting philosophy that emphasizes physical and emotional closeness with your baby can be generally relied upon to deliver happy results.

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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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