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Baby Hearts: A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start
Who says your baby can’t “talk” about his or her feelings? In fact, babies’ actions often speak louder than words! Understanding those actions–and responding appropriately to them–is the key to giving your child a head start to a healthy and happy future. Now the authors of the bestselling Baby Minds and Baby Signs translate the latest research on the rich inner life of ba...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
December 18th 2007
by Bantam
(first published June 28th 2005)
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If you ever feel competent as the parent of a baby or a toddler, this would be the ideal book to pick up to disabuse you of that notion.
Which is not to say that I hated it. I didn't. (I was irritated by it, but that's not the same thing.) It's research-based, which is rare and wonderful in the dubious arena of parenting advice books. It does contain useful information and suggestions on dealing with emotions, emotional development, and emotional problems in babies.
But. B...more
Which is not to say that I hated it. I didn't. (I was irritated by it, but that's not the same thing.) It's research-based, which is rare and wonderful in the dubious arena of parenting advice books. It does contain useful information and suggestions on dealing with emotions, emotional development, and emotional problems in babies.
But. B...more
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If I didn't have any religion in me, I may have liked this book. Really, it's right up my alley and something I should have devoured. It had lots of psychology discourse and all the advice was sound. The author talks about the importance of service and kindness. She emphasizes the need for the parent to set an example of good citizenship. Really, I should have liked it.
I didn't. I actually couldn't finish it. Couldn't stomach the guilt. I've read nearly a dozen parenting books,...more
I didn't. I actually couldn't finish it. Couldn't stomach the guilt. I've read nearly a dozen parenting books,...more
Baby Hearts is designed to (a) help parents more clearly understand their individual child and then (b) guide parents through the many challenges of fostering that particular child's emotional well-being. The book first identifies and categorizes 4 different types of children, based upon temperament. It then goes on to discuss different challenges that parents can encounter at different stages of their child's development. It gives advice on how to respond appropriately to your little one thr...more
If you find advice such as "don't hit your baby when they hit someone else" or "make sure your baby knows you love her" useful, then this is the book for you! Even has pictures of sad/happy/surprised babies with descriptions in case you don't know what a frown means!
I found it extremely condescending and it read like a long-winded advertisement for Baby Signs.
I found it extremely condescending and it read like a long-winded advertisement for Baby Signs.
An excellent guide to understanding what your baby is going through. Emotions are weird.
Eh...some good stuff in here but kind of annoying to read.
An outstanding guide for fostering emotional intelligence in your 0-3 year old.
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