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Based on extensive scientific research, The Wonder Weeks describes in easy-to-understand terms the incredible developmental changes that all babies go through during the first 55 weeks of their lives. Now this book, which has sold more than 400,000 copies overseas, can help American parents predict-within a week or two-when to expect the behavior that marks a new change. They will learn what is going on in the baby's brain and read examples of how other parents react at this stage and what they can do to help the child during this transition. It includes: -Week-by-week guide to baby's behavior -An explanation of the markers for fussy, clingy behavior and how to react -Fun games and gentle activities you can do with your child -A description of your baby's perspective on the world around him and how it can help you understand the changes he's going through
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Book is being reprinted.......2007-08-23
I give this book to every new mother I know, it's that good. However, the used book prices are insane. I emailed the author in the Netherlands and he said they are in negotiation with a new publisher to reprint the book.
There is no reason to pay $80.00 - $175.00 for a $20.00 paperback.
People all over the world have written to him asking to have it reprinted and he's very anxious to do so.
Tricia
There's a reason for the change in behavior!.......2007-07-20
I wish someone had told me that babies have a fussy phase around 5-6 weeks. I got this book when my son was about 8 weeks old and it was comforting to know that his seemingly out of the blue crying was very normal. For each "leap" the book tells you fussy signs to look for, things your baby may be doing, and things you can do to help them flourish. The last week or so, my son has been craving more attention, having trouble settling down before sleeping, and turning away at times when being fed. I picked up the book again and sure enough, we have hit the next wonder week at 19 weeks and all of these things were listed under fussy signs. It's nice to have an idea of when these weeks are, instead of wondering why things have changed so much!
Great insight into baby's brain development.......2007-04-10
I really wish I'd had this book from the beginning! It's a fascinating insight into what is going on inside your baby's head.
It's easy when your baby is fed, slept, cuddled and played with to become a little frustrated if he's still uncharacteristically fussy. It really helps to be able to anticipate a fussy phase -- I actually prefer fussy "time frame," since our little guy just seems to have a few more off days and isn't really fussy all the time. When he's unusually fussy in that time frame, instead of just becoming frustrated and giving myself a hard time that I'm not meeting his needs, I can look for specific new things he is learning.
I agree with other reviewers that just knowing what is going on is incredibly helpful. Also, knowing that it will end soon and that this fussiness is your baby's way of coping with increased mental capacity and awareness really gives me a great deal of perspective. Actually, knowing it will end soon is probably the most helpful :)
I also like that the authors emphasize that your child will *not* do all the new things listed, but to pay attention to what (s)he is interested in for clues to the emerging personality. I have enjoyed their suggestions for games to play to help your child learn to use their new mental capabilities.
I have acquired a large library related to child/infant care and this is the best book I have invested in thus far. No other book has had such practical information that really contributed to lowering my stress level as a first-time parent.
Wish I'd had this book with my first baby..........2007-02-13
This is such a helpful book. It explains all of the major developmental stages, and helps you understand what your infant might be going through. It seemed whenever my son would start getting fussy or sleeping poorly, I'd look in this book and coordinate it with a different developmental milestone. I recommend this book to any new parents. Sometimes realizing what's happening, makes it easier to deal with.
If you have a baby, you need this book........2007-01-23
I don't think I've ever bothered to do a review here before, but this book made me take the time to do it. I got this book when my daughter was a few months old and I recommend it to all parents. Each chapter discusses a "fussy phase" and explains the developmental leap that accompanies it. The book offers suggestions of how to handle it, how to cope when things get frustrating, what toys are especially useful during the phase, what games to play with your child at that time.
I love the way it's organized. It's very readable. Without fail, every time my little girl was acting...not herself...I would open up the book and sure enough, we were right in the middle of a great developmental leap. I feel like this book helped me understand my daughter better, and be a better parent. I WISH they would write a book for the second year as well.
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not for the lay man.......2005-01-05
I'm sure this book has a great message, but I couldn't understand it. From Pierce's use of language I might have had an easier time understanding it had it been written in Egyptian heiroglyphics. I hear how amazing this book is and I'm sure it is. Just be wearing your xtra smart hat. I suggest a book by Hygeia Halfmoon instead.
Some readers will love this book.......2004-01-04
The overall message of this book is important for parents and babies; we need to let babies and children grow and develop. We need to provide stimulation and new experiences. We need to keep the little ones close, provide them security and not force Western-style "independence" on them. This keeping close means a natural birth, breastfeeding, holding and talking to- not getting our children attached to things.
I'm just not certain the author reached his conclusions in a way that I endorse since he says many things I absolutely disagree with. In the first chapter, he says about our brains and grey matter, "the amount we have is just what we need for certain goals nature has in mind, such as our dominion over the earth."! I really have a hard time believing that evolution is goal directed, and that humans should have "dominion" over the earth. We have no right to that, and we are destroying the earth as a result of trying to be in control of this planet.
The chapter on "maintaining the matrix", or how to birth babies naturally, is taken right out of LeBoyer's work "Birth without Violence"- a fine book but not without it's flaws. This chapter also explores the development of the naturally birthed and nurtured infant, or at least the ones the author observed in Uganda. These babies are developmentally ahead of the medically birthed babies in Western society, so he says. They push up at birth, sit up at a couple months, run (not just walk!) at 7 months of age. Humph! Amazing babies, right? My baby born by c-section walked and talked much earlier than my naturally born-at-home babies. What happened?!
I don't particularly like the language of this book, but it will work for a lot of people. Many of us in breastfeeding advocacy work learn that people don't always learn intellectually, but they do learn *emotionally*. If some mothers learn to nurture their babies in a hands-on way because of the emotional discussion in this book, more power to them. For those of us who learn differently, "So That's what they're For!" or "Attachment Parenting" might do the trick.
Every parent should read it!.......2003-11-14
An excellent book. Every parent should read it!
It's difficult to trust...........2003-06-08
...someone who claims they know what they're talking about on a subject unknown to you, when their command of the basics of other disciplines in questionable at best. First, a 'hologram' is not a unit made up smaller less clear images of the larger unit and Chilton would have you believe. Does he mean fractal? Who knows. I hologram is a 3-d image reproduced from a pattern of interference produced by a split coherent beam of radiation. A holograph is a literary work penned entirely by the author, not a synonym of hologram. When speaking of the evolutionary steps humanity took to get where we are, Chilton seems unable to make it clear that there is no inner want, or direction, to evolution, and to propose such is a gross misrepresentation.
However, when he states that a 3 year old child is not an incomplete 5 year old but a fully functioning 3 year old, my faith in his ability as a psychologist is not shaken. Good book if you can get past the errors. It won't be the only I read on the subject.
A must read for the open-minded.......2003-04-12
This is a wonderful book for anyone who is open-minded and interested in the radical potential of the human (child). While it is a difficult read, it is worth it. Pearce presents an intriguing and awesome perspective.
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This parenting guide presents seven principles for guiding and teaching children in today's turbulent learning environment. It replaces traditional adult-child formulas, rewards, and punishments with playful interaction, creative intelligence, and insight. With the goal of raising happy, healthy, intelligent young people, the book adopts proven strategies that allow top athletes and others to perform at high levels, called variously "zone," "flow," and "play." Using these concepts, parents and other caregivers will learn how to create and maintain "Optimum Learning Relationships" with children of any age.
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Insight and Inspiration for Parents and Parents to Be .......2007-03-13
This is THE book to begin and end with ( with a generous dose of neurocardiology journals and laughter meditation practice along the way ) to liberate the spirits of our future.
Brilliant writer, unorthodox and insightful........2007-01-04
I'm a big fan of Joseph Chilton Pearce. I've given this book as a gift to new parents, most of whom were inspired and blown away by his ideas. Even embracing just a few of his recommendations helped me IMMENSELY with parenting my daughter, now almost 18.
He's definitely a scientist of the mystical variety, and his insights require a "leap of faith" that there is much more to reality - and child-rearing - that what our often toxic culture usually suggests.
Too much long winded idealism; not enough practical insights.......2006-10-09
If one wants to parent with lofty idealism that has limited practical applications then this is the book for you. The authors have presented a philosophy of "joyful" parenting with an effort for parents and children to find "flow" and make play and "optimal learning" experience. In doing so, the "real" world is seen as so out of reach of any nurturing loving parent, that is has to be denounced so that you can create the dream world of your own. As I agree that "culture" has to be looked upon with a critical eye, not every negative aspect of it should be shielded from children nor dismissed is such sweeping general terms. Not every competitive children's sport out there is run by a despotic coachs with overly demanding parents. The way the authors present their theory makes it seem that this is so. Obviously this does exist, but to categorize every one in that group is not only bad editorship, but a highly susceptible argument;without specifics what are we going to discuss: subject or principle?
And random quotes from Pearce's previous books, highlighting every page so that it is jam packed with excessive verbage is not only disconcerting but an equally distressing part to their presentation of ideas. It would have been better to have shorter versions of Pearce's quotes, not the chronically long passages that sometimes do not even go with the main text of the page. And statements from Pearce, such as "... Up to the post World War II period, no suicide has ever been recorded under age fourteen.." leaves one wondering. Now where is Pearce talking about, The United States? Europe? No child during the Depression in our country and those under the rise of Nazism every committed suicide? This hits to the problem with the book: blanket statements that may be true, but may not. As long as it feeds to their argument and is wrapped with flowering prose, then it is acceptible. But what is left out is content.
What would have been better if they utilized this theory into practical results; following families who have to live in the "real" world because mortages and taxes have to be paid, and record the results. How "play" can be implemented in your child's world with "real" examples. Then showcase how a family is succeeding or failing in their endeavors.
There are better books out there that showcase learning, children and the role of parents. Maria Montessori, Charlotte Mason, Erik Erikson, Howard Gardner, David Elkind, John Taylor Gatto, seem better suited to discuss the practical realm of children's learning then the pedantical philosophizing that I found here.
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The study of early cognitive development has emphasized the way in which young children act like scientists, testing and revising theories about the physical, biological, and psychological world. Evidence of this early understanding of the natural order has led researchers to reconsider children's thinking about magical, religious, or otherwise supernatural orders. The present volume offers reviews of new lines of research on children's thinking that stretch beyond the ordinary boundaries of reality. More than being "little scientists," children are here considered as "little magicians," "little metaphysicians," "little theologians" and "little story tellers" or "dramatists," imagining other-worldly possibilities.
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Pagan Parenting.......2007-01-12
I'm really enjoying this book. There aren't a lot of places for people to go for advice on educating children about alternative spiritual practices. My child is autistic and we've spent so much time on basic life skills that we had forgotten about the most important part of his development, his spiritual development. This book is really helpful in that area.
Pagan Prenting.......2006-08-13
it is a good read for ideas but it is kind of a slow read, not really engaging.
Not Just For Pagans.......2006-05-22
I read this book when I was just looking for more natural ways to parent and definately long before I met Kristin. It helped me to trust myself and my own instincts more while giving me fresh ideas and theories to apply.
If I remember right it was the only "baby" book I read while pregnant with my youngest. After reading it I knew I didn't need to read anything else.
Definately worth the read and consideration when wanting to become more in tune with your children.
One of the better parenting books.......2005-09-17
This book takes a totally different approach compared to other popular wiccan or pagan parent books. It has good, thought provoking things about your child from the moment of conception through thier developmental years. It has good ideas and ways to figure out where your child is spiritually and how to connect with them.
very basic.......2004-12-28
I must say that the more books aimed at pagan parenting the better, but this book is definately geered more toward the parent who is new to paganism and parenting. It has many cute ideas and activities to do with kids. If you are a seasoned parent or pagan, this book will simply be old news.
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Does your child love the special make-believe magic of Fairyland? If she does--and most do!--Fairy Fun will delight with all kinds of wonderful, creative, and easy fairy crafts and activities.
Using simple items found around the house and garden, your child can make fairy dust, a magic wand, fairy wings, and a fairy house. She'll make a pretty flower doll, grow a magic garden, and play with a fantasy sun catcher. She'll learn the best way to make wishes come true, how to do a fairy dance, and how to discover fairies outside. She'll find easy magic tricks, fairy riddles, tongue twisters, lots of fun ideas for playing with friends, and games for fairy parties and
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With its wondrous color illustrations and imaginative projects, Fairy Fun will win the heart of every child who knows just how real fairies are.
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Every little girl's dream come true.......2005-08-02
Fairy Fun provides all the information and material you need to provide an enchanted fairy wonderland for your child. Every little girl loves to dress up and wave that magic wand. From magic spells to fairy gardens, you and the little ones in your life can create and experience the magical, mystical realm of the wee folk.
Maginary the Fairy.......2002-08-16
Based on previous reviews, I expected a lot more ideas from this book. In planning a birthday party for my 6-year-old daughter, I had hoped to find more practical crafts and games for children. I was dissappointed that few of the ideas were original-- many of them I already had. I mean, come on, I thought the page dedicated to making fairy invitations could be more creative than: Get a paper, fold it in half, write the party information on the inside and outside, glue sparkly things to the invitation, address and stamp the envelope, put the invitation inside, and mail it. I may adapt a couple of the crafts for our party, but the flower fairy dolls are too difficult for children to make themselves, and I think many of the crafts and games I already have will be more fun. If you are experienced with throwing good theme parties, you probably don't need this book. If you need ideas and don't have many of your own, this book will get you started.
Great! Lots of fun!.......2000-06-14
I love this book! My friends and I have had lots of fun with it! What other book would inspire you to build a fairy house in the school garden? I really recomend this book to any fairy lover!
Fabulous activity book for children and parents!.......1999-02-02
If you or your child is fascinated by fairies and loves to create props for imaginary play, this is the book for your family! My five year old daughter has used this book almost every day since receiving it last month. Most of the projects she has picked have needed some guidance or hands-on help from an adult, but she can participate fully in their completion. My nine year old would be able to do most of the projects independently. We've made fairy dust, and hand sewn bags to carry it. The stick puppets and fairy treasure box are used almost daily. My daughter is busily planning her next birthday party entirely from the pages of this book! My favorite feature is that while the directions are thorough and can be followed by older children, they leave plenty of room for individual creativity. Your fairy lover can take the authors' suggestions and easily adapt each project to her own style!
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"Once upon a time there was a princess who didn't behave like a princess..." Her behavior is dreadful. (Her idea of a good time is making rude faces, slurping out of a bowl, being messy and dirty, and playing tricks on her protectors.) This very funny book lets children look at this kind of behavior and see how unacceptable it is. The Princess meets a charming dragon who wants to be a princess, so they trade places. How children in the kingdom tried to be good like the dragon, but when they couldn't, they went to the princess' cave and roared and yelled with her. Perhaps a bedroom at home could be a cave for children who are having trouble with acceptable behavior.
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Fantastic book for toddlers and up! .......2007-08-15
My 4 year old daughter and 8 yr. old son love this book! I have been reading it to them since he was 3 or 4 and they both love the switch of the princess-like dragon and the dragon-like princess. It allows them to feel like it's ok to be who they are. I think it helps them understand that being angry doesn't mean you are a bad person. The princess likes to be rough and tumble, and she's ok just as she is and so are all the children of the village when they want to escape and be with her, too!
The Princess and the Dragon.......2007-05-14
I ordered this book for my twin granddaughters and they absolutely loved it. They tend to be dragons on occasion themselves. The Princess and the Dragon is a wonderful book for princesses who aren't always quite princesses. As with most Audrey Wood books, the illustrations are precious and colorful.
I liked it!.......2002-09-24
This nasty princess isnt who everybody thinks she should be, neither is the sweet, well mannered dragon! They trade places and have ball. It teaches that you can be yourself and be happy, also gives some insight into others views. You dont have to be perfect or how others want you to be.. There are perks to being kind and polite though. My kids decided it would be a better choice to be a friend.
A lesson in manners........2000-05-18
A simple story of reversing roles between a princess and a dragon.The princess in this story is rude and the dragon is sweet and friendly. Interesting and funny comments from the charcters as they go about living. Lesson learned? Just be yourself.
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This volume contains a collection of fairy tales from a wide array of classical works, which we have grown up throughout time. These tales are immortal and include the following: Enchanted Stag; Twelve Brothers; Puss in Boots; Jack and the Beanstalk; Princess on the Pea; Ugly Duckling; Light Princess; Beauty and the Beast; Hansel and Gretel; Jack the Giant Killer; Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor; Story of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp. Illustrated.
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