Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities from the Very Start
by Magda Gerber, Allison Johnson
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Author: Allison Johnson, Magda GerberEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-12-01
ISBN: 0471178837
Number of pages: 236
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: A must read for conscientious parents
Summary: 5 Stars
What a remarkable book! If you don't have time to read, you should still read this book, whether you're a first time parent or a veteran. We need this book to be an epidemic, so that RIE based child-care facilities open up all over the nation. There's only one educarer in the NJ/NY region! The only principle that I disagree with is holding your child - I have a 2 month old baby and I carry her all the time, practicing "baby-wearing". When I don't hold her, however, I enjoy the advice of the book - in essence, watch and wait. Seeing baby lie flat on her back (which is all a 2 month old can do) and look around, finding her hands, a stream of sunlight, shadows on the wall - this book has made observation a pleasure. Please read it! It states out loud the things your subconscious knows; tell the baby what you're about to do, don't tickle, don't spank, don't interrupt, stop rushing her training.... Please, please buy this book!
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Summary of Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities from the Very Start
"At long last --Magda Gerber's wisdom and spice captured in a book --what a treasure! Now parents and caregivers everywhere can benefit from learning what it means to truly respect babies." --Janet Gonzalez-Mena Author of Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers and Dragon Mom"Magda Gerber's approach will deepen your understanding of your baby and help you truly appreciate the complexity, competence, and amazing capacities of the small human being for whom you are caring." --Jeree H. Pawl, Ph.D. Director, Infant-Parent Program University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
As the founder of Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), Magda Gerber has spent decades helping new mothers and fathers give their children the best possible start in life. Her successful parenting approach harnesses the power of this basic fact: Your baby is unique and will grow in confidence if allowed to develop at his or her own pace. The key to successful parenting is learning to observe your child and to trust him or her to be an initiator, an explorer, a self-learner with an individual style of problem solving and mastery.
Now you can discover the acclaimed RIE approach. This practical and enlightening guide will help you:
* Develop your own observational skills
* Learn when to intervene with your baby and when not to
* Find ways to connect with your baby through daily caregiving routines such as feeding, diapering, and bathing
* Effectively handle common problems such as crying, discipline, sleep issues, toilet training, and much more.
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