Baby Bliss: Your One-Stop Guide for the First Three Months and Beyond - Harvey Karp

I got this book out of the library as I was looking for ways to calm my 5 week old son when he became fretful. He isn't a big crier (luckily!), but can get a bit grumpy in the evenings. Harvey Karp is an American paediatrician who has devised his own 'Cuddle Cure' for babies who are difficult to settle. The method is aimed at all parents, but in particular those who have colicy babies, who may cry for hours on end without an obvious reason. Dr Karp theorises that there is a missing 'fourth trimester'. Basically, his idea is that babies are born about 3 months sooner than they would have been millions of years ago. Evolution has made them bigger, ...  Read the complete review

I read this book when I was pregnant and put into practice a lot of the ideas and recommendations that Harvey Karp made. He talks about a fourth trimester. Basically human babies are too big to be born any later than 9 months but ideally they would like to stay in the womb longer if they could. That is why they cry if you put them down and why they just want to be stuck to you like glue for the first three months. It is a really nice book about how to look after a baby in a caring way. It works! Unlike Gina Ford's hardline which is nearly impossible to apply. This goes for a more loving and nurturing way to mother a baby. I have used it and although my ...  Read the complete review