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Tip of the day

Never ask a child IF they need the loo... moodlum

Quote of the week

CaptainNancy's (admirably succinct) family rules: "Don't be a dingbat/duffer. Keep calm and carry on. Dream big. Shut up and get on with it."

Recipe of the week

Carmenere's cinder toffee: sweet, sticky, made-in-five-minutes toffee squares that'll spark off a few 'yums' among the 'oohs' and 'aahs' of your little fireworks-watchers.

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Report this review From: podsquash on 11-Mar-08 13:32 Overall rating 8.0
A great and useful book. The concept of the fourth trimester is really useful - basically try to replicate the womb as much as possible for the first three months or so to calm your baby! We used the white noise a lot for our first and it worked a treat. The writing style is kind of annoying (lots of exclamation marks), but I could see past that.

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Report this review From: theprecious on 12-Sep-07 10:38 Overall rating 10.0
We read this book before our baby was born. When he arrived we immediately used Harvey's techniques. They all worked like a charm and we have a happy, sleeping and calm baby. Harvey Karp helped us feel confident even though our son is our first baby.

I think this book should be given to all pregnant women. It made such a difference to us.

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Report this review From: LaBoheme on 28-Aug-07 11:32 Overall rating 8.0
Really nicely written and gives very helpful theories on the goings on of a tiny babies brain. My daughter didn't really respond to a lot of the techniques but she was a difficult little newborn anyway... it was a very Mum friendly book with no harsh routines to follow.

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