This book got our TWINS to sleep through the night at 2 months old without making them cry it out. Love this book because it gave us sleep, need I say more?

Most of it was ok. SHe talked about the number of hrs in a 24 hr period a baby should sleep, that was good to know. But her EASY method, which is the basis for the book I disagree with. She says that you should never nurse or bottle feed baby to sleep or before going to sleep. She says it is unnatural to sleep right after eating. And she even used the example of "after eating a big hearty meal, do YOU feel like going to sleep." And I just thought YES, I do! Anyway, I believe it is very natural t...

Wow! Tracy is a miracle. We have a 13-month old son which had severe sleeping problems. He used to wake up 15 times at nights. We followed the method from this book, and now he sleeps continuously at nights. We now regret that we didn't read this book earlier. If you have a baby or you plan to have one, this is the book you should read.

I didn't like this book or the author's approach to parenting. According to the author to parent means that you control your behaviour all the time, there is nothing spontanous about it. It seems inhuman and exhausting. Parents have to keep their guard all the time and follow the rules described in this book. Still, there were some useful tips, so it was worth reading. Anyway, nobody I know read this book and their children turned out fine and are not behaving like little monsters described by t...

At first I loved this book. I thought the explanation of different types of babies was so interesting. And I learned some other helpful information too, like on play and beginning solids etc...but I struggled a lot with her techniques on sleeping and I started to feel incredibly guilty and incapable when they weren't working for us. In the end, I realised how much stress the book was causing me and had to stop reading it. Her philosophy on different matters is very black and white and it just di...

We've tried a lot of things to get our little monkey to sleep through the night (he would always wake up at 4:00am, ready to play), but this book really resonated with my parenting beliefs. I felt like Tracy always was one step ahead in predicting how I as the mom was feeling, which gave me confidence she could predict the baby's reactions as well. She provided a nice middle ground that didn't involve crying it out, but that also helps babies learn how to fall asleep on their own and put themsel...

I think this book is wonderful and a must-read for all new parents. The first few weeks (as is typical of most newbie parents) was uber difficult because I was still adjusting to what exactly taking care of a baby meant. This book shined so much light on little baby personalities and what to look and listen for in baby's cries. I now feel so much more equipped when handling my little girl. Already, I've gotten her on a bedtime routine and am able to get her to take naps better (she's six weeks)....

I don't have time to read this entire book, so I've been skipping around to the most relevant sections. I read this out of desperation to learn how to get my baby to sleep. I've also read about 3 other baby sleep books. Not a single one of them have worked...but a combination of their suggestions along with a lot of what Tracy Hogg says in her book is what is working for us. For example, I can't do PU/PD with my daughter as it gets her more worked up in thinking that she's going to be rescued, o...

There's a lot of information in here some of which is pretty good but a lot of it is so specific or opinionated that it is hard to apply in a reasonable way. Worst of all, all of that information is totally disorganized where kids of all age groups criss-cross each other throughout the book making it very hard to use.

I was against crying it out, and pick up/put down, described here really worked for us. Made both baby and parents happy :)

It's nice to be E.A.S.Y. :DYou will get it when you read it.You can easily take what you want or where is your pain to solve it, you can find an issue as a title, there is a study case to learn and there is findings.This book will help you in full, will promote your behaviour with kids.

I read this book when my baby was 11 weeks old, and boy do I wish I did it sooner! I love Hogg’s “middle of the road” philosophy, and every tip of advice comes with a practical solution. I can read a chapter, put the book down, and immediately go try what she said. Highly recommend for ANY parent!

A nice compliment to Babywise. A good resource on a variety of topics - breastfeeding, schedules and sleep training (though she does not support CIO), solids, and potty training. - I have not read the potty training chapter yet as my son is 10 months. -I was particularly helped by her chapter on a baby’s temperament (my son is “spirited”), and how we can learn to parent the child we HAVE, not the child we wish we would have had :) She gives practical advice for what approaches work best with cer...

I enjoyed the book and I thought the most useful parts of it were the bits taking the lead and putting your child on a routine. She talks about developmental windows where your child is ready to learn something new, like being introduced to solid food, or potty training, or sleeping in a big-kid's bed. There are lots of nitty-gritty strategies, and I thought this book was a nice complement to another book I really liked, titled BRINGING UP BEBE: ONE AMERICAN MOTHER DISCOVERS THE WISDOM OF FRENCH...

I’m not on board with Hogg’s discouragement of “accidental parenting”, I.e. habits that are established as parents try whatever works to get their child to sleep or stop crying. An example she uses of rocking a baby to sleep seems completely normal to me. What’s abnormal is expecting an infant to go to sleep with minimal touch or contact.Her “E.A.S.Y.” plan of eat, active, sleep, and your time is also baffling. I see nothing wrong with “risking” an association with nursing and sleeping as anyone...

British-born Hogg (Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers) earned her nickname for her ability to quickly discern the needs of babies; this book presents confident answers to the questions most frequently asked of her. While not a complete retread, the book recycles much of the commonsense advice for which Hogg is known. Respect for and being attuned to one's child is critical in learning how to parent; acronyms aplenty encapsulate advice (e.g., H.E.L.P. stands for Hold yourself back, Encour...

Inconsistent and the tone can be a bit condescending. Eat, play, sleep is ok advice as giving time before sleep leaves time for the baby to pee before a diaper change. I think it’s also fine to go straight to sleep - eating a full meal is soporific. Sleep advice is all over the place. Some excerpts she’ll recommend shush pat, which is fine although it doesn’t work for my kid. Others are full of scare tactics like losing trust if you let the 0-3mo old cry (even if it’s purple crying), or forming

Am happy to report having good progress w/ her Pick Up/Put Down method. At 3 mos., Mikey is sleeping in his crib and wakes only 1x/night most nights. Yay! _______You don't need Hogg's first book if you've got this book. This one gives you all the "hands on" instructions that you need. An unique advantage of this book is that Hogg's recommendations for solving sleep problems vary with a child's age. She outlines steps to take to change your routine as your child matures. So, I'll be returning to

I appreciated her Eat/Sleep/Play routine, but I drove myself crazy trying to get my little one to nap as long as she said he should have. Once I finally admitted he was a short napper and just accepted his schedule for what it was, we were all much happier. There were some pieces of useful advice, but it is like any advice for new parents: there is no single answer out there on how to do it. If there were, there wouldn't be a million different books about it! Use what works for you, but don't st...

Refreshing after "Babywise." I loved her philosophy. This has been a better approach for James (who is now sleeping through the night.) She stresses the importance of getting a baby on a schedule just like Gary Ezzo, but her approach is much gentler. She still believes babies should be sleeping through the night by four months, but doesn't believe in the "Cry-It-Out" Method. Just like with all infant sleep books, take some and leave some.

Every child is different and every parent searches for a way to solve problems in their child's life. For me, this book was super informative and gave some great tips to try. Not everything she writes about worked for me and my kiddos but for the things that did, I'm so grateful. I like how the book is laid out and how you you can reference things topically without feeling it necessary to read the whole book at one time.

My bible at the moment! Seriously, I wouldn't have survived the first year of my son's life without this book. I still dip in and out of it whenever I have a problem.

How do you make parenting decisions? If you are constantly reacting to situations, doing whatever stops the immediate chaos, you have fallen into what Tracy Hogg calls "accidental parenting." The better alternative is what she deems "P.C." parenting. That is, "patient" and "conscious" parenting. So much of Hogg's Baby Whisperer advice is spot-on. Her foundational understanding of babies is that they are little people, who ought to be respected as, even talked to, as people. She also understands

I still really like the Baby Whisperer's Methods. They seem to be fairly middle ground when it comes to baby rearing. In this book, Hogg goes through a variety of problems that parents might be facing in the first 2-3 years of their child's life. I found it very helpful. At the same time, it is daunting to make some of these changes. We've been fairly successful at the E.A.S.Y. Routine, but this past week my baby hit the 4 month sleep regression. Hogg says that a 4 month old baby needs to be on

Tracy's EASY routine, categorization of different baby temperaments, and chapters on food and sleep broken down by monthly ranges was really helpful. I think this really helped us to get our son to sleep through the night. We were trying the cry to sleep approach and it helped to get our son to learn that he can soothe himself to sleep when he's tired and ready to sleep. But we noticed he was extremely upset when we let him cry if he woke up early from his nap. So we wanted to try this no cry me...

My son is 8 weeks, but I started reading parenting/baby books about 9 months ago and this has proved to be the most useful. A lot of baby care methods are ideological: advice is predicated on someone’s personal beliefs on child rearing and the suggested practices can then be impractical and taxing to the parent or child or all of the above. This book is none of that, it’s just simple proscriptive advice based on careful observation of infant behavior. The “easy” method has helped me read his cue...

I enjoyed the format of the book as it focuses on common questions that we all had as new parents and is organized in a way that’s easy to look up what you might be struggling with. Hogg’s sleep training method of pick up put down is interesting to me and may be something I’d try to use in the future (I like that it’s a gentler approach, but it seems that it would be extremely tiring). However, I don’t like that Hogg makes everything sound so easy and makes you feel like you’re doing things wron...

This book has been very helpful for me throughout my children's growth. I have used some of the techniques that are mentioned in the book, my only issue is that I have twins so some of the examples would've been nice to have multiples in them, instead of just one child. It's funny as most of this is common sense to me as I do fall into the older mother category and like how she explains things. I would definitely recommend this book to any new mother to use as a guideline as believe it or not it...

I like how the PU/PD method has a vivid description of how it works and why it’s beneficial. I also like that the author, inventor of this philosophy, remains unbiased and shares when her method does not work. I am not necessarily against the cry it out method but if I can do less dramatic methods along the way, especially ones that teaches my daughter how to self soothe and make her not feel “abandoned”, I am willing to try. I enjoy how the “baby whisperer” breaks down her chapters and speaks a...

I got this as a gift from a friend who swore by her easy method and sleep training. I read this religiously before giving birth . I tested her methods after I came home in the first few weeks. It never worked for my child. I realized this book is too rigid . The author actually says don’t comfort feed your child to put him to sleep. My child was unable to sleep without comfort feeding. I gave up and went with what my child wants. Take this book with a grain of salt. You cannot put a newborn on a...