tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post4612121501846354568..comments2023-08-29T11:48:24.933-04:00Comments on Cara Mama™: Question of the Week - Parenting Bookscaramamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-52978557540083080822009-07-22T19:26:49.951-04:002009-07-22T19:26:49.951-04:00"Sleepless in America" - a great book on..."Sleepless in America" - a great book on sleep.<br /><br />"The Continuum Concept" - talks about Attachment Parenting from an anthropological perspective.<br /><br />"Parent Effectiveness Training"<br /><br />"Good Night, Sleep Tight" - the Sleep Lady's book (we've had a lot of sleep issues)<br /><br />"The Highly Sensitive Child" - basically gave me the blueprint on my sensitive, spirited sonmeggiemoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-36588839308938350512009-07-22T15:06:22.751-04:002009-07-22T15:06:22.751-04:00My bookshelf has a lot of overlap with yours!
In...My bookshelf has a lot of overlap with yours! <br /><br />In preparation for the upcoming arrival of baby #2. I recently read Siblings without Rivalry, and really liked that. <br /><br />For sleep, I liked Ann Douglas' Mother of all Sleep Books, the exact title of which I can't remember right now. It was more about presenting the data and the options than about giving you some sort of plan you had to follow. Of course, according to this book, we did everything "right" in terms of encouraging good sleep habits- and we still got a "challenging" sleeper. So maybe we should have done something differently. Who knows.<br /><br />For breastfeeding, I LOVE The Nursing Mother's Companion, by Kathleen Huggins.<br /><br />My husband really liked The Baby Owner's Manual. It is a great one to give expectant/new dads, because they'll actually read it. Hubby hasn't really been into reading any of the other books, although he does try from time to time.<br /><br />FYI: I've seen some pretty harsh criticism from some public health types of the Sears Vaccine Book, mostly around it overstating the risks of vaccines and understating the risks of going off the standard schedule. There have been some recent hib infections in babies that were old enough to be vaccinated, but whose parents had delayed that vaccination. Anyway, I haven't read his book so I don't know what he actually recommends and I don't remember the details of the hib infections. I only mention it because you may want to ask your doctor for updated risk info on that particular illness when you're deciding what vaccine schedule to use for Pookie.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-72916565105094862762009-07-22T12:44:33.498-04:002009-07-22T12:44:33.498-04:00cirquedubebe - I was just saw the Scream-free Pare...cirquedubebe - I was just saw the Scream-free Parenting book and was thinking about getting it. <br /><br />Jan - I love the I'm a Big Sister book and was just about to buy the My Big Girl Potty book! As for The Baby Book by Sears, I really use it as a reference guide and ignore any of his over-the-top patronizing (I heard about his blaming SIDS on someone doing CIO, and that's just nuts! But I never read that myself). But that book did get me through a lot of my daughter's early fussy periods. Again, I read with a grain of salt.caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-42816367146616070182009-07-22T12:09:42.285-04:002009-07-22T12:09:42.285-04:00I'm really surprised at all the praise for Sea...I'm really surprised at all the praise for Sears. I cannot stand his patronizing tone. He's the author of the delightful anecdote -- presented, of course, as PROOF -- about the [implied: horrible] mother who attempted to sleep train her baby using CIO and went in in the morning to find him dead of SIDS. Hate. To be fair, I haven't read his whole book, just the bits he's republished on his website. <br /><br />I liked Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, mostly for its Eat-Activity-Sleep-You cycle, which I think works really well. and I have hung onto Healthy Sleep Habits, in spite of what I think is really poor writing, because I like all the sleep data in it (very few books have that detail with kids older than a year or so).<br /><br />The ones I actually recommend most to people, though, are actually books FOR the kid -- My Big Boy/Girl Potty and I'm a Big Sister/Brother. Just the right mix of straight talk and kiddie language.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-2509222931963183572009-07-22T09:22:42.541-04:002009-07-22T09:22:42.541-04:00Our only Parenting book is "The Baby Book&quo...Our only Parenting book is "The Baby Book" by the Sears.Becoming Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196365719272632077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-32980843264317482302009-07-22T08:49:34.362-04:002009-07-22T08:49:34.362-04:00The only book that I have had time to actually get...The only book that I have had time to actually get through...kinda...is the Baby Book by Dr. Sears and family. I have picked up and tried to read the Karp book, the Faber book, and some others, but I just don't have dedicated reading time. Does BabyCenter.com count? This blog reminds me that I need to start reading again, so thanks for the recommendations!MommyEmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-45029228352864506202009-07-22T08:37:18.693-04:002009-07-22T08:37:18.693-04:00We used one reference guide. . . google.We used one reference guide. . . google.I'm Not Skippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966974195562678603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372252427572428194.post-60364223902030839752009-07-21T22:55:20.390-04:002009-07-21T22:55:20.390-04:00The Happiest Toddler on the Block is something I r...The Happiest Toddler on the Block is something I refer back to a LOT.<br /><br />Another one I really liked but is on loan right now is Scream-free Parenting.<br /><br />Right now I'm reading 1-2-3 Magic! (about discipline) and I have a feeling it will become invaluable.<br /><br />The Playful Parenting book you mention sounds like something I'd enjoy reading and incorporating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com