Pros & Cons
Pros
This book covets the basics of the 5 s's as well as the 4th trimester theory championed by dr. Sears. As a postpartum doula i find this book so valuable that i gift it to all my new families.
Omg, great book and amazing tips. Will be purchasing again for shower gifts.
Dr harvey karp's book is a book of the middle way. My dtr has the happiest baby on the block, and i read it. Karp writes in a way that's easy and enjoyable to read.
Cons
The cliche is probably true, that every baby is different. That's the dumbest thing i've ever heard of. What a bunch of drivel.
If you're trying to get your kiddo to sleep, this book is a waste of your precious precious time. The audible version mentions these and references them stating there are accompanying pdfs with guides and instructions but it does not include these in ... Read More
Over-cheerful, upbeat tone was über-annoying to me. As it attempts to exploit new parent fears and concerns with a sleepless baby.
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Quality
It goes hand in hand with the sleep lady shuffle book at least for naps
So while trying to breastfeed and dealing with the pain of a rough delivery and 30 hours of labor and after not having slept fo... Read More
This book has great advice partially redundant with the happiest baby on the block book but it feels so drawn out
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Some things didn’t apply to us
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My sweet baby was a terrible sleeper didn’t nap more than 30min45min and up every 1
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And really my second would be a terrible sleeper if it wasnt for the techniques in this book
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Our little one regressed on sleeping through the night at about 7 months and nothing was working to try and get him back into the sleep rhythm we all needed
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This book has great advice partially redundant with the happiest baby on the block book but it feels so drawn out
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Like the actual information content could be summarized in a few blog posts but it needed to be padded into a whole book to sell it
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She just wasnt finding the information she needed on the internet for tips on getting her baby son to sleep