Nursing Your Baby 4e [Paperback]

Karen Pryor (Author), Gale Pryor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 28, 2005

For more than 40 years, mothers have depended on the wisdom and warmth of Nursing Your Baby. Now authors Karen Pryor and her daughter Gale Pryor have revised and updated their classic guide for today's generation of women. New information includes:

• Up-to-date studies on health benefits for breastfed infants and breastfeeding mothers
• Tips for getting the best start on breastfeeding during the first hours, weeks, and months after birth
• Breastfeeding advice for working mothers
• Legal rights as a nursing mother
• Choosing and using a breast pump
• How fathers and families can support new nursing mothers

With its unique blend of support, science, and research, this classic guide will continue to encourage mothers to nurse their babies as long as they both desire.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Karen Pryor wrote the first edition of Nursing Your Baby in 1963. A biologist by training, she currently writes and lectures on the art of positive reinforcement training.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; 4 edition (June 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006056069X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060560690
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karen Pryor is a behavioral biologist with an international reputation in two fields, marine mammal biology and behavioral phsychology. She is a founder and leading proponent of "clicker training," a training system based on operant conditioning (isolate wanted behaviors and ignore the unwanted) and the all-positive methods developed by marine mammal trainers. Clicker training is now in use world wide with dogs, cats, horses, birds, zoo animals, and increasingly with humans, in the teaching of sports and athletic performances and developing behaviors in autistics.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Nursing Reference, July 15, 2005

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L. Loyd (Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nursing Your Baby 4e (Paperback)

Deciding to breastfeed a baby nowadays is much easier if you have some solid information on your side. This book gives it to you--lots of it. Karen and Gale Pryor are not, however, as preachy as some nursing books can be, which I appreciated. This is a calm, cool discussion of the benefits of breastfeeding, a solid how-to manual including problems you may have and thier solutions, and a discussion of how/why to keep going beyond the first three or six months. Very informative, very nice style of writing, enjoyable and comforting to read for a first-time mom. Highly recommended!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ONLY book I wish I had read before baby was born!, December 25, 2005

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M. Fagen "MG's Mom" (Des Moines, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nursing Your Baby 4e (Paperback)

I bought all of the common pregnancy books - "What to Expect..." and "Your Pregnancy Week by Week..." but I didn't buy this book until after my baby was born and I needed more information on nursing her. This book was WONDERFUL, and I could barely put it down- despite being totally exhausted. It was so much more than a nursing reference. It was everthing I wish I had known prior to giving birth. Honestly, if you are going to have a baby, buy this book before birth and read it cover to cover while you still have the time and are not falling asleep every chance you get. :) If you have a new baby- get this book. No one tells you these things in the hospital but they should.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than 5 stars, May 19, 2006

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A reader (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nursing Your Baby 4e (Paperback)

Read this book before your baby is born. Read this book after your baby is born. Keep re-reading this book. It is loaded with excellent information about breastfeeding. I was given this book when my first was born and found it an excellent motivator to keep going when the nursing got tough or when I found myself having twins (twice) and had doubts about my ability to nurse. You will get tons of "free gifts" from the formula companies at the hospital. Arm yourself with good info so you can separate fact from propaganda. ***Have dads read it too, their support is vital to successful nursing.***