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Melinda Blau,Tracy Hogg

The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (By Teaching You How to Ask the Right Questions): Sleeping, Feeding and Behaviour – Beyond the Basics Through Infancy and Toddlerdom

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  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    E.A.S.Y. doesn’t work if
    people don’t stick to it
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    Say your baby awoke one night and you calmed her by giving her your breast or a bottle. It worked
    like a charm, and so now you think, Mmmm, this is a good strategy. Your baby liked it, too. But
    you’re inadvertently teaching her that she needs to suckle in order to get back to sleep. Believe me,
    when she is six months old, much heavier, and still wants to feed several times a night, you’re going
    to regret that quick fix. (You’re lucky if you catch it by then
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    they also know what a hungry cry sounds like—a slight cough-like noise in the back of the throat,
    short to begin with and then as a more steady waa, waa, waa rhythm—compared to an overtired cry,
    which begins with three short wails, followed by a hard cry, then two short breaths and a longer, even
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    Is it time for a feed? (hunger)
    Is her diaper wet or soiled? (discomfort or cold)
    Has she been sitting in the same place or position without a change of scene? (boredom)
    Has she been up for more than 30 minutes? (overtired)
    Has she had lots of company or has there been a lot of activity in your household?
    (overstimulated)
    Is she grimacing and pulling her legs up? (gas)
    Is she crying inconsolably during or as much as an hour after feeds? (reflux)
    Is she spitting up? (reflux)
    Is her room too hot or cold, or is she under-or overdressed
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    The most important aspect of E.A.S.Y. is to read your child’s signs—of hunger, of fatigue, of
    overstimulation
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    E.A.S.Y. does not apply in the night. When you bathe your baby and put him to bed, make sure he
    has lots of diaper cream on his bottom. Don’t wake your baby up to do an activity. If he wakes
    from hunger, you feed him, but send him right back to sleep. Don’t even change his diaper unless
    you’ve heard him poop or (in bottle-fed babies) smelled it
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    A structured routine is not the same thing as a schedule
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    Parents who actually chart their baby’s day by writing everything down have less trouble sticking to
    a routine or establishing it for the first time
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    babies and toddlers, thrive on predictability
  • Aidana Bekturhas quoted2 years ago
    just when you think you’ve got it, everything changes
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