Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears -- the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term "attachment parenting" -- answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment, and advocates parental responsiveness to babies' dependency needs. "The Attachment Parenting Book" clearly explains the six "Baby B's" that form the basis of this increasingly popular parenting style: Bonding, Breastfeeding, Babywearing, Bedding close to baby, Belief in the language value of baby's cry, Beware of baby trainers.Here's all the information you need to achieve your most important goals as a new parent: to know your child, to help your child feel right, and to enjoy parenting.
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William Sears, M.D., a practicing pediatrician for over 25 years, and his wife, Martha, a registered nurse, are the authors of 16 books, including The A.D.D. Book, The Discipline Book, and The Baby Book. They are featured childcare experts for Parenting.com and the parents of eight children. They currently reside in Capistrano Beach, California.
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246 of 250 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoy this book! I had never heard of attachment parenting until I ran across other Sears books on Amazon. I hesitated to buy it because some of the other Sears books had very mixed reviews and some readers felt that the Searses were biased in favor of the traditional stay at home Mom/co-sleeping/breastfeeding model of parenting. That is basically what I have been doing with my third baby (a three month old-- and the brother to a 15 year old and 22 year old!)but didn't know that I was following a parenting model. I have actually been unknowingly practicing some form of attachment parenting with all three of my boys, especially with the last two. A few reviewers of Dr. Sears books with similar subject content express feeling that the bias disregards all other parenting styles and insinuates that working mothers are not giving their all to their children. Reading the book carefully, I found this simply to be untrue. The authors are describing a model of parenting that applies to parents with many different circumstances. It is clearly expressed in the book that attachment parenting is an excellent parenting style for working mothers as well as the traditional stay at home Mom. It is strongly advised that breastfeeding is best for baby all around and that it deepens the mother-child bond. I believe that mothers should choose what is comfortable for them, but I personally have experienced a deeper bond with my second child whom I breastfed much longer that I did my first child. The principles here are flexible and flexibility is at the core of parenting. I don't find much bias in the book, and there are some wonderful ideas on how to deal with all personality types of babies. It is a good book all around, and I think a reader can take the best it has to offer and implement that with the best of other books by different authors. I am pleased with this book and would advise readers to consider it with an open mind and an open heart.
119 of 120 people found the following review helpful
By Anonymous
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A good concise book, but you can find most of the same material in the Attachment Parenting chapter in Sears' The Baby Book, a much more comprehensive book of the same price.
149 of 155 people found the following review helpful
By miel
Format:Paperback
This book was GREAT! I wish I would have purchased this before having the baby. Instead I purchased it 3 months after having the baby after I had read a lot of other nonsense from other "experts". This book really made a lot of sense in that it treats having a baby/child more like a LIFESTYLE (which having children is a change in lifestyle). The other books I read seemed to be treating the baby like a nuisance or inconvenience rather than a human life. This book really helped me to relax and get away from the idea of schedule or routine with the baby and go more with the flow of treating the baby like a person with her own needs rather than a dog to train to be on a schedule.
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Great Tips
Would recommend to any new parent. Like all parenting books, you have to filter what's good for you and fits with your life. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Nicole K.
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Awesome read
Im still reading this book. I actually just started but I love Dr. Sears, well the entire Sears family and what they stand for. Read more
Published 26 days ago by J. Jones
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i had my doubts
My husband and I both had our doubts about this book because we have a freaky acquaintance who is ridiculously into attachment parenting and very judgmental. Read more
Published 26 days ago by C. Grace
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Great Authors and Advise!
I recommend this book to any new parent! Such good advice from such great doctors! Great parenting book for a baby shower gift!
Published 1 month ago by Margaret Louise Tornero
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Best book
As a new mom you don't know what to expect and do and go with your instinks. However all those moms that think they know it all tells you don't do this and do that and all those... Read more
Published 1 month ago by 1sttimemom
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Best baby book out there
I highly recommend this book. It teaches compassion and gentle parenting. Helps you have solid facts to give others when they try to push formula and sleep training on you or... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Marie
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Wonderful book!
This book is so wonderful!!! Attachment parenting is seriously what parents would do naturally if there weren't other crazy books telling people to let babies just cry! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Melody H
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Fantastic book
Really great book, concise and thorough at the same time. I would highly recommend it to any parent or any person for that matter.
Published 4 months ago by Jamie D. Qualtrough
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The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding...
The suggestions made in this book are, for the most part, impractical for my situation. I am a single father raising newborn twins on my own. Read more
Published 7 months ago by connectom
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been summed up in a single chapter
This book contains some interesting information and some good tips, but boy it needs some editing! There are A LOT of repetitions, and a lot of the stuff it talks about is just... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Saretta
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- Birth of a Father by Martin Greenberg on page 148
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey on page 24
- The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children by Ph.D. D.Merilee Clunis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night: Foreword by William Sears, M.D. (Pantley) by Elizabeth Pantley in Front Matter
- The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition) by William Sears in Back Matter
- Gentle Baby Care : No-cry, No-fuss, No-worry--Essential Tips for Raising Your Baby by Elizabeth Pantley on page 7
