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100 Ways to Calm the Crying
100 Ways to Calm the Crying addresses the reasons babies cry, from the normal developmental changes that may make them more sensitive, to painful conditions such as colic and reflux. Along the way, Pink McKay offers gentle strategies to help you calm and connect with your baby, practical tips to help you cope with crying and sleepless nights, and ways to identify symptoms that may require professional help.
312 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2002
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December 31, 2024
A great book for a new mother as it encourages and advises. The 100 ways isn't a list of things, in fact, it is just bits taken from the main text that she wants to highlight, some of them not really tops at all.
But nevertheless, I think this is a great book with sound help and advice. It also reassured me that I am doing the right thing by my newborn daughter.
In a nutshell, empathise with your baby (put yourself in their shoes), love them, respond to them, and listen to them.
But nevertheless, I think this is a great book with sound help and advice. It also reassured me that I am doing the right thing by my newborn daughter.
In a nutshell, empathise with your baby (put yourself in their shoes), love them, respond to them, and listen to them.
October 2, 2016
This book contains really useful advice and encourages a gentle approach to parenting. There are many useful tips and strategies to help babies (and parents) be calm and happy, as well as acceptance of the fact that babies aren't machines and sometimes they'll cry for no identifiable reason.
While the advice was useful, the format was a bit confusing. There are numbered grey boxes throughout, which are presumably meant to be the '100 ways to calm the crying' referred to in the title. However, many are not actually strategies for dealing with crying; they're just key points from the text above. Because the boxed text directly quotes wording that's already been used, it can be a bit repetitive, and also isn't always clear out of context. There probably are 100 tips and strategies to help a crying baby (or reduce the likelihood they'll start crying) in this book, but they're not all reflected in the numbered boxes.
Nevertheless, this was still a useful and worthwhile read.
While the advice was useful, the format was a bit confusing. There are numbered grey boxes throughout, which are presumably meant to be the '100 ways to calm the crying' referred to in the title. However, many are not actually strategies for dealing with crying; they're just key points from the text above. Because the boxed text directly quotes wording that's already been used, it can be a bit repetitive, and also isn't always clear out of context. There probably are 100 tips and strategies to help a crying baby (or reduce the likelihood they'll start crying) in this book, but they're not all reflected in the numbered boxes.
Nevertheless, this was still a useful and worthwhile read.
March 30, 2014
Good, sensible advice. Read it before you have your baby though, not after. :)
April 2, 2012
When I was having a bad day. I just reread the first chapter and it would snap me out of it
July 8, 2012
Worthwhile read to explain why babies may be crying... and sheds light on how to manage these times. Fantastic.
July 18, 2013
The most helpful book to own with a newborn. It gives you hints on how to settle bub better and also gives you the major milestones where you might get erratic infant behaviour. Worth the read.
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