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Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby |  | Authors: Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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ISBN: 0345479092
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.122
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Publication Date: July 26, 2005
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The last thing new parents can find time for is quiet reading, so many helpful books on infant care rely on bullet points and a "let's get to the point" writing style. Tracy Hogg, a neonatal nurse, teacher, and mother of two, uses these techniques to good effect in Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. Focusing on newborns and their parents, her simple programs are a blend of intelligent intuition and methods based on years of experience. The first half of the book is devoted to E.A.S.Y--her name for creating a structured daily routine for you and your baby that makes the most of your baby's awake times and also leaves time just for you. These concepts aren't designed to force your bundle of joy into not following her body's needs, but rather to create a feasible middle ground between total rigidity and on-demand food and sleep (and no time for mom to shower). If it still strikes you as too regimented, keep reading. The author makes room for differences in personal style and includes short quizzes to determine whether you're a "planner" or a "winger", and what level of daily structure you are likely to find helpful. In the same chapter, she identifies five general temperaments of infants, how to get an accurate feel for yours, and what methods of care are likely to be the most effective for his temperament. Her statement that babies prefer routine is backed up by research from the University of Denver. While most of the book relies on anecdotes to get the points across, Hogg does find room to back up some of her statements with quotes from various researchers and institutions. Included at the end of the book are assurances that E.A.S.Y. can be followed even with a colicky baby or one who's been ruling the roost for the first few months. Frustrated parents might like to read the last page first: "all the baby-whispering advice in the world is useless unless you're having a good time being a parent" is an excellent reminder to enjoy this time with all of its ups and downs. --Jill Lightner
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“TRACY HOGG HAS GIVEN PARENTS A GREAT GIFT–the ability to develop early insight into their child’s temperament.”
–Los Angeles Family
When Tracy Hogg’s Secrets of the Baby Whisperer was first published, it soared onto bestseller lists across the country. Parents everywhere became “whisperers” to their newborns, amazed that they could actually communicate with their baby within weeks of their child’s birth. Tracy gave parents what for some amounted to a miracle: the ability to understand their baby’s every coo and cry so that they could tell immediately if the baby was hungry, tired, in real distress, or just in need of a little TLC. Tracy also dispelled the insidious myth that parents must go sleepless for the first year of a baby’s life–because a happy baby sleeps through the night. Now you too can benefit from Tracy’s more than twenty years’ experience. In this groundbreaking book, she shares simple, accessible programs in which you will learn:
• E.A.S.Y.–how to get baby to eat, play, and sleep on a schedule that will make every member of the household’s life easier and happier.
• S.L.O.W.–how to interpret what your baby is trying to tell you (so you don’t try to feed him when he really wants a nap).
• How to identify which type of baby yours is–Angel, Textbook, Touchy, Spirited, or Grumpy–and then learn the best way to interact with that type.
• Tracy’s Three Day Magic–how to change any and all bad habits (yours and the baby’s) in just three days.
At the heart of Tracy’s simple but profound message: treat the baby as you would like to be treated yourself. Reassuring, down-to-earth, and often flying in the face of conventional wisdom, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer promises parents not only a healthier, happier baby but a more relaxed and happy household as well.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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 The only way to fly... January 13, 2007
K. Kirkland (Phoenix)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
As a mom who read MANY different baby books (including those recommended by my OB, my OB friends, other mothers, pediatricians, etc), this one was the most helpful to me. The chapter on interpreting cries was very helpful as was the gentle feeding guidance. As a mom who had a GREAT deal of difficulty with breastfeeding, despite extensive effort, Tracy was a voice of sanity that I needed. Breastfeeding IS best, but she also helps those of us who had trouble. Easy to pick up and read at any stage in the first year, but especially helpful in the first few months.
The problem that I seem to find in reading others' reviews is that they disagreed with one or two points in the book and discarded the whole thing. I got a great deal out of this book, and also got advice that I utilized from other books. I am not an advocate of "cry it out" and found that sticking to a basic routine (that was flexible when needed!) made my house a whole lot more sane. Did I follow EVERY bit of advice? No - because it didn't work for me. Use your head and take what you can in the way of advice - trying to be a perfectionist and doing everything that ANYONE tells you is crazy. There is such a thing as moderation, which is what I appreciated about this book.
If only we'd read this book sooner . . . February 18, 2001
Robin V. Roberts (Bartlett, TN USA)
28 out of 35 found this review helpful
This book is great! It has helped us understand our baby's body language and cues much better than we did. At almost 11 months, our baby was not going to sleep on his own, nor could he sleep through the night. With Tracy Hogg's tips and techniques, we now have a baby who can fall asleep without nursing, rocking, patting, walking, etc. My husband read this book and now he understands that our baby does not need milk every time he cries.There is a very helpful table that shows what different cries and movements indicate. For example, a baby that arches his back and pulls away from the person who is holding him or her is a very tired baby. There is also a chapter for those parents (like us) who were doing all of the wrong things at bedtime and how to correct mistakes. There were a couple of points on which I disagreed with the author, including her views on when babies should start eating solids and/or be weaned. But, overall, I found this book enlightening and a huge help.
MY BIBLE AS A NEW MOM!! January 27, 2009
stacythetrainer (Arlington, Texas)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book. While you may want to take a few pieces of it and discard it (I must admit her breastfeeding facts are not all that accurate) the important parts for me were learning how to read and understand my baby--it helped me in such a way that I use it as a reference guide!
Those folks who gave it a poor review are AP parents who can't fathom having their baby sleep in his/her own bed and being on a routine. You can still do some AP with the methods in this book but AP makes for a tired and unorganized life!!
I must attest that the methods in this book do in fact make a happier and healthier baby and gives you sanity during those newborn days that can be so exhausting!
I can't believe anyone would dislike this book, it is so very helpful and I can help and understand my baby every day with the help of this book! I don't know what I would have done without it!
The only behavioral-type baby book I needed May 31, 2009
Michelle Lefferts (Washington, D.C.)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I skimmed a few other newborn advice books, and found them too extreme. Tracy Hogg's approach (if not voice, "luv") was the most in tune with my natural instincts about parenting - that babies prefer a routine (not a schedule) - and gives you practical advice on how to set a course for your baby. My experience is that when I get a little off-course with my now 6-month old twin boys, I skim the appropriate chapter in the book and we all get back on track. My twins both had different personalities - one is an Angel or a Textbook baby, and the other is more of a Touchy baby - and her techniques are working for both of the babies. Within eight weeks of bringing my premature sons home from NICU, they were sleeping for 6-hour stretches at night, and within 12 weeks they started sleeping 10-12 hours at night, all because of the tips that I gleaned from this book. Learning to distinguish my babies' cries and responding appropriately has critical to my success. I recommend this book to all my new mother friends.
great book, great advice September 23, 2009
Just Another Amazon Shopper (Los Gatos, CA United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I see a lot of negative reviews here from people who want to be patted on the head for exclusively breast-feeding and putting their baby's desires above their own and so forth. This book is all about finding the best compromises for optimizing a family's happiness, including the baby's. This may include formula instead or in addition to breast feeding, and probably involves putting a baby in her own bed so parents can sleep and make love in their own. God knows the world does NOT need another "formula is rat poison!!!1!1!" manifesto: obviously women who choose not to breast feed have their reasons, and parenting is hard enough without strangers mooing ignorant disapproval at a perfectly valid choice.
Her advice about environment is generally good too. For instance, it makes sense to feed your newborn in as calm a spot as you can (although I personally am going to watch TV at a reasonable volume while doing it, which I think she disrecommends, but whatever, this is advice, not canon law.) In general I found Tracy's advice spot on and I used it successfully in raising a calm, happy child who sleeps well, eats well, and behaves herself.
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