By: Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau (As told to)

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Whether this is their first child or their tenth, parents start out with so many expectations and have so much advice floating around them. Pick up the baby when she cries. Don't pick up the baby. Have lots of stimulating learning toys. Keep the baby's room cool at night. Motion helps babies sleep. But what if you follow all the "expert" advice and still have a cranky, uncomfortable, sleepless baby on your hands?

The key to a happy baby is understanding what she is trying to tell you with her cries, gestures, and facial expressions. In this groundbreaking book, Tracy Hogg, who has cared for more than 5,000 babies, unlocks the secrets of infant language so that any parent, grandparent, or caregiver can interpret what a baby is "saying" and give her what she needs.

• What to do when the baby won't stop crying and you're panicking. (Hint: trust yourself—parents' instincts are usually right.)
• Find time for yourself. Structure your baby's day with Tracy's EASY program:E-Eat, S=Sleep, A=Activity, Y=Your Time.
• Identify which type of baby your baby is most like—Angel, Textbook, Touchy, Spirited, Grumpy—and then learn the best way to interact with your baby's type.

About the Authors

Tracy Hogg's first experience with babies was caring for her younger siblings. As an adult, Tracy obtained her nursing degree in England, specializing in maternity and neonatal care. Her uncanny ability to understand and calm babies led to her nickname "The Baby Whisperer". In 1997, she founded Baby Technique, through which she consults individually with parents, organizes and teaches group classes, and provides nanny training and referrals. She lives in Los Angeles, and is the mother of two daughters.

Melinda Blau is an award-winning journalist specializing in family and health topics. She is the author of seven other books and countless magazine articles. The mother of two grown children, she lives in Northamton, Massachusetts.

In The Press

Library Journal
Hogg, an English nurse and founder of Baby Technique, a Los Angeles-based newborn and lactation consulting firm, has a way of calming and caring for babies that led one of her clients to dub her "the baby whisperer." In this, her first book, she teaches parents how to decipher "infants' language"--their cries, gestures, and facial expressions. Her E.A.S.Y. (eat, activity, sleep, your time) method offers a relaxed, commonsense approach. Every aspect of care for mom and baby is covered, with interesting charts and clear references. There are many good books on baby care, such as Arlene Eisenberg and others' What To Expect the First Year (LJ 6/1/89), Jodi A Mindell's Sleeping Through the Night (LJ 6/1/97), and, of course, Dr. Spock's oeuvre, but this book possesses unusual tenderness and heart, and it respects babies as people, albeit little ones. For all public libraries and any parenting shelf, this is the perfect gift for a new mom and family.--Annette V. Janes, Hamilton P.L., MA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction: Becoming the Baby Whisperer	p. 1
Loving the Baby You Gave Birth To	p. 15
E.A.S.Y. Does It	p. 38
S.L.O.W. Down (and Appreciate Your Baby's Language)	p. 64
The E--Whose Mouth Is It Anyway?	p. 89
The A--Wake Up and Smell the Nappy	p. 133
The S--To Sleep, Perchance to Cry	p. 167
The Y--It's Your Turn	p. 190
Great Expectations: Special Circumstances and Unforeseen Events	p. 229
Three-Day Magic: The ABC Cure for Accidental Parenting	p. 251
Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts	p. 275
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ISBN: 9780345479099
ISBN-10: 0345479092
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: July 2005
Dimensions (cm): 17.6 x 10.8  x 2.0
Weight (kg): 0.172