When Your Baby Cries: 10 Rules for Soothing Fretful Babies (and Their Parents!)

by Deborah Jackson

Book Overview

Containing practical ideas, reassurances and collected wisdoms, this title reminds us that babies soak up all the love we have to give. It offers ten effective ways to care for even the most distressed baby, while looking after your own needs as well as boosting your confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905177259
• ISBN13: 9781905177257
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Pinter & Martin Ltd
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended for stressed out parents

My husband got me this book free with a magazine when my daughter was about six weeks old. I was desperately trying to find a way to deal with her colic and having tried the Gina Ford approach with no luck was working my way through every baby and sleep book I could find and just waiting until she was old enough for controlled crying. The author describes how parenting attitudes differ across cultures, and what may be considered 'spoiling' a child in the west - for example, carrying a baby in a sling or sharing a bed - would be considered natural if you lived in a different time and place. Despite my cynicism, this book made me start to feel good about being a mother. It encouraged me to try some things I would have otherwise felt would have been spoiling her. I found a way to cope with the colic until it ended (at 3 months) and I never had to try controlled crying in the end. It also helped enormously with bonding, made me much more relaxed about whether I was 'doing it right' and I only wish I had bought and read the book before my daughter was born.