The Baby Book (Sears Parenting Library)

A great book for parentsEasy to readGood tips easy to put into practiceNo negative

Very good quality even though you can tell it's been used. Great read overall.

was asked to buy this by my son in china well written book covers everything you need to know as new parents well worth investing in

Ok, it isn't little and is slightly out dated but has come in very useful!Worth having on the bookshelf.

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I am preparing for motherhood that is why I bought this book. The concept of attachment parenting is new to me although I've heard some of the individual concepts before. I've only completed 3 chapters of the book so far but I have to say that while the concept of attachment parenting overall sounds great some aspects of it sound impractical at best and daunting at worst. I question how the baby of a mother who plans to return to work is going to cope when the babysitter or childminder does not 'wear' the baby all day long. Also there is considerable eviidence regarding the dangers of co-sleeping and as a midwife I can't ignore this however the book encourages it. Like I said I have only completed a few chapters so I'll need to review again after I've finished.

I think this book is fantastic,I have 4 children and have worn them co slept with them and breastfed them,this is what being a parent is about,loving and responding to your childs needs,look at nature,mums are supposed to be there for their babies,it in no way made me depressed as one reviewr wrote,i d be depressed to see my innocent baby new to the world crying in its cot alone!well done dr sears,some people really do need to think twice about parenting if they want to put their needs before the new lives they create!

This book is wonderful - not only is it an absolute encyclopaedia and packed to the gills with really practical information about anything you need to know about your baby, but their philosophy of attachment parenting is the most humane way of bringing up a child, that I've read about. Every other source of childcare advice (be it book or health visitor) is so quick to tell you to 'put your baby to bed when he/she is still awake and leave them there', 'don't demand feed', etc., etc. that you feel guilty if you want to behave otherwise. Reading The Baby Book stopped me feeling guilty for wanting to rock my baby to sleep or going to her as soon as she cried in the night, or even bringing her in to sleep with us. And the result - we have a fantastic little girl who has absolutely thrived on this sort of care. I also imagine that, having had eight children themselves, the Sears pretty much know what they're talking about. So if Gina Ford (who incidentally has no children of her own!) makes you despair, buy this book.