Review
The good:
-Author has a calm, respectful attitude towards babies.
-There is some genuinely good advice sprinkled through out.
The bad:
-The 'sequence' (EASY: Eat, Activity, Sleep, You Time) is laughable at best, creepy and controlling at worst. (Anyone who can get their newborn baby to fall into a 'sequence' like this either deserves a medal or lucked out with the easiest baby in the world).
-The breast feeding advice is subpar and could potentially interfere with milk production.
-The tone of the book is patronizing and overly dramatic. There's the not-so-subtle subtext that 'if you don't follow this method you're probably raising an axe murderer' through out the book
What I've learned is that with ALL parenting books you take it all with a grain of salt. You know the old saying that 'babies don't come with an owner's manual'? Well there's a reason. Each baby, situation, parent, home, situation, etc. is unique and there is no one size fits all approach. Be informed, but trust your instincts above all! The baby phase doesn't last long (in retrospect), so enjoy it in all its messy, sleepless glory :-)
-Author has a calm, respectful attitude towards babies.
-There is some genuinely good advice sprinkled through out.
The bad:
-The 'sequence' (EASY: Eat, Activity, Sleep, You Time) is laughable at best, creepy and controlling at worst. (Anyone who can get their newborn baby to fall into a 'sequence' like this either deserves a medal or lucked out with the easiest baby in the world).
-The breast feeding advice is subpar and could potentially interfere with milk production.
-The tone of the book is patronizing and overly dramatic. There's the not-so-subtle subtext that 'if you don't follow this method you're probably raising an axe murderer' through out the book
What I've learned is that with ALL parenting books you take it all with a grain of salt. You know the old saying that 'babies don't come with an owner's manual'? Well there's a reason. Each baby, situation, parent, home, situation, etc. is unique and there is no one size fits all approach. Be informed, but trust your instincts above all! The baby phase doesn't last long (in retrospect), so enjoy it in all its messy, sleepless glory :-)
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