The Attachment Parenting Book, William Sears MD
The Attachment Parenting Book, William Sears MD
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The Attachment Parenting Book
A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Child

Author: William Sears MD, Martha Sears RN

Narrator: Jim Denison

Unabridged: 10 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/29/2019


Synopsis

America’s foremost baby and childcare experts, William Sears, MD, and Martha Sears, RN, explain the benefits—to both you and your child—of connecting with your baby early.Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father’s role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child’s eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears—the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term “attachment parenting”—answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment and advocates parental responsiveness to babies’ dependency needs.The Attachment Parenting Book clearly explains the seven “Baby Bs” that form the basis of this popular parenting style:BondingBreastfeedingBabywearingBelief in the language value of baby’s cryBedding close to babyBalanceBeware of baby trainers.Here’s all the information you need to achieve your most important goals as a new parent: to know your child, to help your child feel right, and to enjoy parenting.

About William Sears MD

William Sears, MD, and Martha Sears, RN, are the pediatrics experts to whom American parents increasingly turn for advice and information on all aspects of pregnancy, birth, childcare, and family nutrition. Dr. Sears was trained at Harvard Medical School’s Children’s Hospital and Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, the largest children’s hospital in the world. He has practiced pediatrics for more than forty years. Martha Sears is a registered nurse, certified childbirth educator, and breastfeeding consultant.

About Martha Sears RN

Martha Sears, R.N. is a breast cancer survivor, mother of their eight children, and co-healer in this book.

About Jim Denison

Jim Denison is an Earphones Award winner and a SOVAS Voice Arts Award nominee. He has experience as an actor on a variety of television shows and movies and in regional and national television and radio ads. He holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in Christian studies and spent forty years working full-time in Christian ministry. He is the voice for the popular YouTube channel Top10Archive. A Florida native, he and his wife currently reside in southern Indiana.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy

In our family, this is the definitive parenting book. Rather than extolling the virtues of being a wire-monkey Mama, and getting your newborn/infant to adapt to *your* busy life, Dr. Sears gently shows that it's OK to listen to your parenting instincts. Hold your baby...breastfeed your baby...sleep......more

I had high expectations for this book. Mostly, because without a lot of information and preparation, I'd likely be a pretty shit parent. It was either read a buttload of books and hope for the best or let the TV do the job for me. I'm still not sure I made the right choice... I want to make it clear th......more


Quotes

“Will do more for new parents than a pacifier will for a newborn…A comprehensive, soothing work which will ease the fears and anxieties that explode during a pregnancy.” Publishers Weekly on The Birth Book