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The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition

The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

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The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition

By: Harvey Karp
Narrated by: Tim Fannon
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About this listen

Never again will you have to stand by helplessly while your little baby cries and cries. There is a way to calm most crying babies...usually in minutes!

Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable techniques for soothing babies and increasing sleep. Now his landmark book - fully revised and updated with the latest insights into infant sleep, bedsharing, breastfeeding, swaddling, and SIDS risk - can teach you too!

Dr. Karp’s highly successful method is based on four revolutionary concepts:

  1. The Fourth Trimester: Why babies still yearn for a womblike atmosphere...even after birth
  2. The Calming Reflex: An “off switch” all babies are born with
  3. The 5 S’s: Five easy steps to turn on your baby’s amazing calming reflex
  4. The Cuddle Cure: How to combine the 5 S’s to calm even colicky babies

With Dr. Karp’s sensible advice, parents and grandparents, nurses and nannies, will be able to transform even the fussiest infant into the happiest baby on the block!

©2015 Happiest Baby Inc. (P)2019 Novel Audio Inc. Children's Health Infants & Toddlers Parenting & Families Relationships Health Breastfeeding Infant Toddler Pregnancy Sleep Training Infant Care

Critic Reviews

“Dr. Karp’s book is fascinating and will guide new parents for years to come.” (Julius Richmond, M.D., Harvard Medical School, former Surgeon General of the United States)

“The Happiest Baby on the Block is fun and convincing. I highly recommend it.” (Elisabeth Bing, co-founder of Lamaze International)

“Will fascinate anyone who wants to know how babies experience the world, and wants to answer their cries lovingly and effectively.” (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
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It was a bit repetitive in some sense but overall talks about the importance of the 4th trimester. Goes in depth about colic and how baby led caring is great for new borns

Great for understanding baby led caring

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Great book with very valuable insights especially for new parents. Only minus is that I find it very repetitive.

Good overall

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Very helpful and great context to prepare for having a baby. Look forward to putting into practice.

Husband and I both enjoyed listening together

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Really helpful loved it, the 5s were like magic to our excessively fussy baby. every new parent should read this book (listen to)

saved my sanity

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this is a great book. it gives you so much insight and so many tips! I will watch the movie too. have been recommended this book and have already recommended it to others. explains a out the fourth trimester, which I never heard of before and how to best sooth your upset baby. thank you so much for this work!!

so much good advice

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Great advice and tips!! I appreciated the 5 S’s “checklist”; we will utilize all of these. I also liked how theories were disproven and backed up with scientific evidence.

Love!

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Very helpful for first time parents. I saw lots confusing information from social media but after I listen to this book I learn a lot and very clear understanding

Great knowledge

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extremely repetitive. very long winded to explain simple concepts. 5minutes on youtube is better value.

can be condensed in 5minutes

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Seems like basic information that you can find with an easy google search but in a long winded version.

Seems basic

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