The Adventures of Baby Arthur

by Lincoln



This is as good a time as any for me to write down my thoughts about this book because three of my friends are expecting!

I'll start off by saying that this was by far the best book I've read about parenting at the infant stage. I consider this book mandatory reading and tell everyone I know that is expecting to read it. I've already lent out my copy to several people.

Before Arthur was born, I had no idea how to deal with infants and I worried about it all the time while Liz was pregnant. I feared the loud shrieking baby and the helpless feeling of not knowing what to do. I'm not exaggerating when I say this book made it all better. It's a good read from start to finish with plenty of anecdotes, historical references and cultural solutions from across the globe. Dr. Karp provides a very specific technique for calming infants down. It worked for Arthur 99% of the time and EVERYONE, including my mom and Liz's mom, was extremely impressed and even puzzled at my magic touch.

Here are some of the main points you'll learn about:

• Trigger your crying infant's calming reflex by applying the 5 S's. Fathers will have to skip the last "S". :)
• Dr. Karp theorizes that babies are born a trimester too soon, which explains why they are so helpless and need us to trigger the calming reflex when the world becomes too overwhelming.
• Dr. Karp also theorizes on colick and how it's rare as an actual medical condition. Some cultures have no colick!
• Click Here for more excerpts direct from the official website.

The techniques in this book worked for us for the first 3 months or so. After that, it was a whole new ball game! It's amazing how kids change everyday.

Sometimes I wonder if Arthur was such a well-behaved infant because of the techniques we used or if it was because Arthur is just a great kid (Which means we're just plain lucky!!). Anyway, I swear by this book. Give it a shot!

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