Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp, M.D.
	List Price:   $15.00 Unit Price:   $12.00 You Save:   $3.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0553381466 ISBN-13:   9780553381467 Publisher:   Random House [MD]; Bantam Edition:   illustrated Category:   Family/Relationships Pub. Date:   May 2003 Pages:   288 Format:   Paperback
Subjects
CHILD REARING INFANTS_CARE AND HYGIENE PARENT AND CHILD
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Harvey Karp, M.D., perfected his approach to crying babies during his twenty-five years of experience as a pediatrician and child development specialist. Trained by some of America's top pediatricians, including Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, in 1981 Dr. Karp received the prestigious Ehrmann Fellowship to study crying and colic. Dr. Karp is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine, with a private practice in Santa Monica. He is also a nationally renowned expert on children's health and the environment and an authority on breast-feeding. He lives with his wife and daughter in California. For further information please contact www.thehappiestbaby.com. For information on The Happiest Baby video and DVD products, please visit www.thehappiestbaby.com. 'Karp offers a unique approach to the tantrums, melt-downs and overriding challenges that often accompany the demanding years from one to four.... Soothing and offers new hope and strategies to those who may have given up on making sense of the toddler years.' --Publishers Weekly You want help? This is r-e-a-l help! The Happiest Toddler is one of the smartest parenting books of the past decade. Over and over, parents will find themselves proclaiming, Thanks, Dr. Karp Now I get it! - Kyle Pruett, MD, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and author of 'Fatherneed: Why Fathercare is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child'. 'Dr. Karp's approach is terrific...and fun! His book will help parents, grandparents and everyone who cares for toddlers be more effective.' - Martin Stein, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, Children's Hospital San Diego 'Dr. Karp helps parents turn the 'terrible' twos into 'terrific' twos. His work will revolutionize the way our culture understands toddlers!' - Roni Cohen Leiderman, PhD, Associate Dean, Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies, Nova Southeastern University Dr. Karp has done it again! Parents will find reading The Happiest Toddler a joyous adventurewith pearls of wisdom waiting for them on every page. - Morris Green, MD, Director, Behavioral Pediatrics, Indiana University, Riley Hospital for Children, editor, Pediatric Diagnosis Dr. Karp's excellent approach gives parents the tools they need. His simple methods make raising rambunctious toddlers a whole lot easier. - Steven Shelov, MD, Editor in chief, American Academy of Pediatrics - Caring for Your Baby and Young Child Dr. Karps new book is an innovative, unique and thoroughly enjoyable guide to toddler behavior! - Donald Middleton, MD, Professor of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 'Parents will be delighted by this clever approach to communicating with toddlers. It allows us to see the world from our children's unique point of view.' - Janet Serwint, Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Harriet Lane Childrens Clinic, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 'It really works! With great humor and a gentle touch, Dr. Karp shows how to raise happy, well-behaved toddlers. His book is invaluable. - Gabrielle Redford, Senior Editor, AARP The Magazine (and mother of 17-month-old twins) From the Hardcover edition. In perhaps the most important parenting book of the decade, Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents for centuries --an automatic off-switch for their babys crying. No wonder pediatricians across the country are praising him and thousands of Los Angeles parents, from working moms to superstars like Madonna and Pierce Brosnan, have turned to him to learn the secrets for making babies happy. Never again will parents have to stand by helpless and frazzled while their poor baby cries and cries. Dr. Karp has found there IS a remedy for colic. I share with parents techniques known only to the most gifted baby soothers throughout history and I explain exactly how they work. In a innovative and thought-provoking reevaluation of early infancy, Dr. Karp blends modern science and ancient wisdom to prove that newborns are not fully ready for the world when they are born. Through his research and experience, he has developed four basic principles that are crucial for understanding babies as well as improving their sleep and soothing their senses: The Missing Fourth Trimester: as odd as it may sound, one of the main reasons babies cry is because they are born three months too soon. The Calming Reflex: the automatic reset switch to stop crying of any baby in the first few months of life. The 5 Ss: the simple steps (swaddling, side/stomach position, shushing, swinging and sucking) that trigger the calming reflex. For centuries, parents have tried these methods only to fail because, as with a knee reflex, the calming reflex only works when it is triggered in precisely the right way. Unlike other books that merely list these techniques Dr. Karp teaches parents exactly how to do them, to guide cranky infants to calm and easy babies to serenity in minutesand help them sleep longer too. The Cuddle Cure: the perfect mix the 5 Ss that can soothe even the most colicky of infants. In the book, Dr. Karp also explains: What is colic? Why do most babies get much more upset in the evening? How can a parent calm a baby--in mere minutes? Can babies be spoiled? When should a parent of a crying baby call the doctor? How can a parent get their baby to sleep a few hours longer? Even the most loving moms and dads sometimes feel pushed to the breaking point by their infants persistent cries. Coming to the rescue, however, Dr. Karp places in the hands of parents, grandparents, and all childcare givers the tools they need to be able to calm their babies almost as easily asturning off a light. From the Hardcover edition. A groundbreaking approach by respected pediatrician and child development expert Harvey Karp shows parents a new way to calm a newborn baby's crying and help him to sleep longer, transforming him into the happiest baby on the block. Chapter 1 At Last There's Hope: An Easy Way to Calm Crying Babies Main Points: All babies cry, but most new parents have little experience soothing them The Basic Problem: In many ways, babies are born three months too soon The Calming Reflex: Nature's Off switch for a baby's crying The 5 'S's': How to turn on your baby's calming reflex The Cuddle Cure: Combining the 5 'S's' to help any fussy baby Suzanne was worried and exhausted. Her two-month-old baby, Sean, was a nonstop screamer. He could cry for hours. One afternoon her sister came to watch the baby, and Suzanne bolted to the bathroom for a hot shower and a quick 'escape.' Forty-five minutes later she awoke, curled up in a ball on the blue tile floor, being sprayed with ice-cold water! Meanwhile, half a world away in the rugged Kalahari plains of northern Botswana, Nisa gave birth to a tiny girl named Chuko. Chuko was thin and delicate but despite her dainty size, she, too, was a challenging baby who cried frequently. Nisa carried Chuko in a leather sling everywhere she went. Unlike Suzanne, she never worried when Chuko cried, because like all mothers of the !Kung San tribe, she knew exactly how to calm her baby's crying-in seconds. Why did Suzanne have such trouble soothing Sean's screams? What ancient secrets did Nisa know that helped her calm her baby so easily? As you are about to learn, the answers to these two questions will change the way you think about babies forever! They will show you the world through your baby's eyes and, most important, they will teach you how to calm your baby's cries in minutes and help prolong her sleep. Your Baby Is Born When perfectly dry, his flesh sweet and pure, he is the most kissable object in nature. Marion Harland, Common Sense in the Nursery, 1886 Congratulations! You've done a great job already! You've nurtured your baby from the moment of conception to your baby's 'birth'-day. Having a baby is a wonderful-and wonder-full-experience that makes you laugh, cry, and stare in amazement . . . all at the same time. Your top job as a new parent is to love your baby like crazy. After showering her with affection, your next two important jobs are to feed her and to calm her when she cries. I can tell you from my twenty-five years as a pediatrician, parents who succeed at these two tasks feel proud, confident, on top of the world! They have the happiest babies and they feel like the best parents on the block. However, mothers and fathers who struggle with these tasks often end up feeling distraught. Fortunately, feeding a baby is usually pretty straightforward. Most newborns take to sucking like they have a Ph.D. in chowing-down! Soothing a crying baby, on the other hand, can be unexpectedly challenging. No couple expects their sweet newborn to be 'difficult.' Who really listens to horror stories friends and family share? We assume our child will be an 'easy' baby. That's why so many new parents are shocked to discover how tough calming their baby's cries can be. Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying crying is bad. In fact, it's brilliant! Leave it to nature to find such an effective way for helpless babies to get our attention. And once your baby has your attention, you probably zip down a checklist of questions and solutions: Is she hungry? Feed her. Is she wet? Change her diaper. Is she lonely? Pick her up. Is she gassy? Burp her. Is she cold? Bundle her up. The trouble comes when nothing works. Estimates are that one out of every five babies has repeated bouts of terrible fussiness-for no apparent reason. That adds up to almost one million sweet new babies born in the U.S. each year who suffer from hours of red-faced, eye