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Nursing Your Baby 4e
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 breas
...morePaperback, 480 pages
Published
June 28th 2005
by William Morrow & Company
(first published 1977)
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I think this book was written during the dark ages. OK, maybe just the 60's. Anyway, a time when doctors and nurses conspired against breast-feeding mothers, when car seats were optional, honey was fine for infants, alcohol didn't pass through breast milk, sids research was non-existent, and men didn't cook. Does anyone else have a problem with the statement that you should have friends bring dinner in when you get home from the hospital so your husband has dinner? Help is great, but a) men can ...more
The copy I have of this book is from 1972 - so it looks a bit outdated. However, the old maxim 'never judge a book by its cover' is proved true. Only Pryor's commentary on the times was less than relevant (not to mention appalling - most doctors at the time advised against breastfeeding for ludicrous reasons). Everything else in the book is as applicable today as when it was first written. I loved to read about the relationship between a nursing mother and her child - the nursing couple. The boo...more
My mother recommended this book to me as it was what she used as her advice manual to successfully breastfeed me and my two siblings in the 1980s. The book was originally written in the 1960s and the book my mother gave me was the 1970s non-revised version, so the book is admittedly very dated on many points (one that immediately pops to mind "And of course it's fine to nurse the baby in the car," referring to pulling the baby out of the carseat and nursing him/her in a moving vehicle...more
This book has seriously helped me get through the first 2 months of a new baby. It helped me a ton with breast feeding and taking the steps for me to stay sane. There are definitely a few things in here that are a little extreme for my taste but overall I would recommend it to anyone. Just like any book there are things I loved and incorporated into my life and things I learned and decided to leave.
An interesting read. I liked the first section on the science and history of breastfeeding and found the second section on how to actually do it be quite helpful.
Loved the extensive resource section in the back.
Loved the extensive resource section in the back.
This book, more than any other, helped me to master the art of breastfeeding
Kileen
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My mom of course!
If you are having your first or fifth, this is the BEST book ever created to help with breastfeeding! New is not always better. In our society, breastfeeding has been so warped by society and doctors that getting back to when nursing was normal will be more beneficial. I go to used book stores and buy all of the copies they have of this book to hand out to friends and family. It's that good!
I didn't finish this book because it was too dated for me (the best part is the first chapter, anyway). Although I didn't like it much overall, I believe I came away from reading it as a better nursing mother. I now take the time to really notice the relationship/bonding my infant and I are having during nursing. It means more to me now than just feeding him. So, that's great!
An excellent resource for the nursing mom. I'm assuming a lot of the other reviews are for editions prior to the 4th edition - I didn't feel the 4th edition was dated, but I'm guessing the older versions are still on many public library shelves.
Jamie
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Jill
I really liked this book. It was all about the wonderful bonding between mother and baby. The tips were good. Some of it is outdated, but if one can get past that, it is a wonderful, helpful book on breast feeding.
Through four pregnancies and breastfeeding relationships, this book was my best friend and personal lactation guide. My edition was gloriously unrevised, with 1960s line drawings and unfussy ideas.
This was a staple breastfeeding book along with The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding back in the day before there were a thousand other breastfeeding books.
I liked this book a lot better than the La Leche League book even though I was a LLL leader-
A wonderfully written, informative book on a loving mothering practice.
Very good book on the basics of breastfeeding.
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Karen Pryor is a behavioral biologist with an international reputation in two fields, marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. 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 not in u...more
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