The Fussy Baby Book: Parenting Your High-need Child from Birth to Five - Softcover

Sears, William; Sears, Martha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007198256 ISBN 13: 9780007198252

Publisher: Harper Thorsons, 2005

Synopsis

The best-selling authors of The Baby Book (Dr William and Martha Sears) have created a supportive and practical guide to coping with difficult and fussy children. The book contains proven methods for dealing with a multitude of difficulties you may encounter.

Parents of fussy or difficult children, take heart, best-selling childcare experts William and Martha Sears have written a book just for you. Drawing on more than twenty years of paediatric practice and their experiences with their own high-need children, they provide:

- Creative ways to soothe a fussy baby
- Information on medical causes of infant fussiness – from infections to food sensitivities
- Effective ways of coping with common high-need personality traits and behaviour
- Proven strategies for discipline – getting connected to your child early, providing structure, setting limits, knowing when to say yes and when to say no
- Tips on learning how to talk and listen
- Real-life stories and advice from parents of high-need children

In The Fussy Baby Book Dr. William and Martha Sears acknowledge the difficulties you face but show you how responsive parenting can turn these challenges into advantages for both you and your child. The Searses prove that difficult children can provide the most rewarding parenting experiences of all.

About this title

Review:

Praise for The Baby Book:

'Encyclopaedic, clear, modern and engaging... Among the best parenting books out there.' Junior

‘This is a timeless way of raising babies.’
Steve Biddulph (author of Raising Boys)

From the Back Cover:

Does your baby fuss, cry, and want to be held all the time? Do you have an older child who's stubborn, opinionated, demanding - a real handful? Take heart. America's favorite childcare experts - the authors of The Baby Book and The Discipline Bookhave written a book just for you. In Parenting the Fussy Baby and High-Need Child, William and Martha Sears acknowledge the difficulties you face but show you how responsive parenting can turn these challenges into advantages for both you and your child. They demonstrate that despite tough beginnings, these children develop wonderful sensitivity, confidence, trust, and other desirable qualities. In fact, the Searses prove that difficult children can provide the most rewarding parenting experiences of all.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Thorsons
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0007198256
• ISBN 13: 9780007198252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272