Middle of the road parenting books please:)?
I am looking for parenting books. I have a 6 month old son. I don’t want a millitant approach but I also don’t want the “pick him up everytime he cries” approach either. I am looking to get ideas on typical behavior such as weaning from the pacifier, nutrition: introducing solids, when to pick him up when he’s crying out of boredom, trouble falling asleep, etc. Thanks:)
Hey! I’ve searched high and low for these kinds of books–the best on I’ve found is What to Expect: The First Year. It offers both sides–you pick out what you want to do. It offers good advice but is kind of well…blah…on some things. I just go with my gut on a lot of things. A lot of people don’t agree with me but–not everyone agrees. If you need anyother help contact me.
do urself a favor ask talk 2 people who have had children ask questions n then follow ur own heart. those damn books r why this world is screwed up now…the answer 2 raising ur child is not in a book its in ur heart.
Some people think that the Dr. Sears books are not middle of the road but I take what I like and leave the rest. I just finished The DIscipline book and thought it was pretty good. I think he leans a little too much on the hold the baby all the time but he realizes that it is not for everyone and encourages parents to do what feels right for their situations. He has a whole series and an excellent web site packed with all types of info. Even medicine dosing FYI.
I got a book that helped when I was pregnant. its called what to expect when your expecting and it helped and then I got the second one what to expect the toddler years.Very useful book… I found it at the baby section
the baby whisperer solves all your problems by Tracy Hogg.
I’ve used this on two babies now and there is NOTHING better out there! She covers ever question you could think of when raising newborns to children. She even has a website, similar to this one that you can ask questions and people that follow her guidelines can answer.
The Science of Parenting - it’s new, and it gives a lot of insight and facts about brain development - tells you what techniques work and don’t. It’s helped me really focus on my approach in parenting skills. It’s pretty objective and just has a lot of info. that helps understand the emotional stress of babies and children.
The Baby Whisperer is the BEST book out there, in my opinion. Tracy Hogg, the author, discusses other authors approaches and why she thinks they are good/unnecessary. Her approach is extremely compassionate and nurturing and just simply makes sense. She classifies babies in different personality categories and there is a questionnaire to help you determine which personality category your baby falls into. She is very adament on a structured routine and does not feel that a baby should be picked up every time they cry and she tells you how to approach such a problem in what she calls “accidental parenting”.
I could go on and on about this book. It has been my life saver with my daughter. I have also given this book to friends for baby shower gifts and they LOVE it.