The Fussy Baby Book Parenting Your High-Need Child From Birth to Age Five,9780316779166

The Fussy Baby Book Parenting Your High-Need Child From Birth to Age Five

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ISBN13: 9780316779166
ISBN10: 0316779164
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-09-01
Publisher(s): Little, Brown Spark
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Summary

Does your baby fuss, cry, and want to be held all the time? Do you have an older child who's stubborn, opinionated, demanding - a real handful? Take heart. America's favorite childcare experts - the authors of The Baby Book and The Discipline Bookhave written a book just for you. In Parenting the Fussy Baby and High-Need Child, William and Martha Sears acknowledge the difficulties you face but show you how responsive parenting can turn these challenges into advantages for both you and your child. They demonstrate that despite tough beginnings, these children develop wonderful sensitivity, confidence, trust, and other desirable qualities. In fact, the Searses prove that difficult children can provide the most rewarding parenting experiences of all.

Author Biography

William Sears, M.D., is the author of more than 30 books, including Dr. Sears' L.E.A.N. Kids, which he wrote with Sean Foy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
A Word from Dr. Bill and Martha xi
Part I: The Journey Begins 1(150)
Hayden --- Our High-Need Child
3(11)
How She Acted
3(1)
How We Felt
4(2)
What to Call Her
6(2)
Our High-Need Child Grew and Changed
8(1)
Her Discipline Needs Were Higher
8(3)
Our Needs Versus Her Needs
11(1)
How We Grew --- the Payoff
12(2)
Profile of a High-Need Baby
14(17)
Intense
15(1)
Hyperactive
16(1)
Draining
17(1)
Feeds Frequently
17(3)
Demanding
20(1)
Awakens Frequently
21(1)
Unsatisfied
21(1)
Unpredictable
22(2)
Supersensitive
24(1)
Unable to Be Put Down
25(1)
Uncuddly
26(1)
Not a Self-Soother
26(1)
Separation-Sensitive
27(4)
Your Baby's Cry --- What It Means, How to Listen
31(18)
An Infant's Cry --- The Perfect Signal
31(2)
Should Baby Cry It Out?
33(7)
Should You Ever Let Baby Cry?
40(3)
Mellowing Baby's Cries
43(6)
Creative Ways to Soothe a Fussy Baby
49(22)
Motions that Mellow
49(14)
Sounds that Soothe
63(1)
Sights that Delight
64(2)
Touches that Relax
66(5)
Feelings Shared by Parents of High-Need Children
71(15)
Doubtful
71(1)
Alone
72(1)
Defensive
73(1)
Resentful
74(1)
Thrilled and Scared
74(1)
Controlled
75(1)
Critical
75(1)
Tied Down
76(1)
Inadequate
77(1)
Lost
77(2)
Worried
79(1)
Disillusioned
79(1)
Manipulated
79(3)
Confident and Comfortable
82(1)
Proud
83(1)
Vindicated
83(2)
Connected
85(1)
Seventeen Survival Tips for Parents of High-Need Children
86(17)
Consider Yourself
86(1)
Allow Baby Some Frustration
87(2)
Make Sleep a Priority
89(1)
Be Positive
90(1)
Be Patient
91(1)
Focus on the ``Biggies''
91(1)
Realize Your Child Is Unique
92(1)
Don't Compare
92(1)
Get Out
93(1)
If You Resent It, Change It
93(1)
Get Help
94(2)
Job-Share
96(1)
Plan Ahead
97(1)
Take the Long View
98(1)
Get Behind the Eyes of Your Child
98(4)
It's No One's Fault
102(1)
Study Your Child
102(1)
Mother Burnout
103(11)
Martha's Experience
103(1)
What Fuels Mother Burnout?
104(3)
What to Do About It
107(2)
Helpful Tips for Getting Out of Burnout
109(4)
Avoiding Mother Burnout Altogether
113(1)
Helping the High-Need Child Go to Sleep and Stay Asleep
114(17)
Why High-Need Children Sleep Differently
114(3)
Parenting Baby to Sleep
117(5)
Keeping Baby Asleep
122(6)
Alternatives for the All-Night Nurser
128(3)
Feeding High-Need Children
131(10)
The Benefits of Breastfeeding
131(2)
Problems Mothers Who Breastfeed May Encounter
133(5)
Formula-Feeding Fussy Babies
138(1)
High Needs --- High Nutrition
139(1)
Grazing
140(1)
Hidden Causes of Fussiness in Infants
141(10)
Food Sensitivities
141(4)
Gastroesophageal Reflux
145(1)
Ear Infections
146(1)
Anemia
146(2)
Urinary Tract Infections
148(3)
Part II: The High-Need Child Grows Up 151(54)
The High-Need Thrill Ride
153(15)
The Ride Begins
153(1)
Little Need for Sleep
154(2)
High Need for Mom
156(1)
High Sucking Need
157(1)
Hyperresponsive to Stimuli
158(1)
Hyper When Hungry
159(1)
Highly Creative
160(1)
Resisting Authority
161(2)
Stubborn
163(1)
Negative
164(1)
Opinionated
165(1)
High Need for Affirmation
166(1)
``It's Not My Fault!''
167(1)
Where Do I Go to Resign?
167(1)
Disciplining the High-Need Child
168(20)
Get Connected to Your Child --- Early
170(1)
Study Your Child
171(1)
Think Kid First
172(1)
Provide Structure, Set Limits
173(1)
Know When to Say Yes and When to Say No
174(3)
Command Respect
177(1)
Help Your Child Learn Empathy
177(2)
Give Choices
179(2)
Let Your Child Know What You Expect
181(1)
Shaping Is More Important than Controlling
181(7)
How to Talk to and Listen to the High-Need Child
188(10)
Understand Your Child's Viewpoint
188(1)
Getting Your Child's Attention
189(1)
Holding Your Child's Attention
190(1)
Encourage Compliance Before Defiance
191(2)
Guide Your Child Toward the Conclusion You Want
193(1)
Model Control
193(4)
Use Proper Body Language
197(1)
Acknowledge Your Child
197(1)
The Payoff --- for Children and for Parents
198(7)
Empathy
198(1)
Sensitivity
199(1)
Sense of Justice
199(1)
Awareness
199(1)
Intimacy
199(1)
Confidence
200(1)
Expressiveness
201(1)
Persistence
201(1)
Interdependence
201(1)
Ability to Make Wise Choices
202(1)
Future Parenting Skills
202(1)
Closeness
203(1)
Ease in Disciplining
203(1)
Trust
203(2)
Part III: Stories from the Experts 205(28)
Survivors' Stories
207(26)
Too Tired to Get Dressed
207(2)
I Knew Something Was Wrong with Him
209(3)
Balancing a Medical Career and Mothering
212(2)
Robbed of a Month of My Motherhood
214(1)
A Late Bloomer
215(1)
Why Doesn't This Baby Sleep?
216(1)
Day-Care Nightmare
217(3)
I Snuggled with My Preemie in Bed
220(1)
A Screaming Bundle of Unhappiness
221(2)
Sleepless in Canada
223(2)
Career Derailed
225(3)
He's a Hard-to-Love Baby
228(1)
The Proof Is in the Pudding
229(1)
I Would Not Want Her Any Other Way
230(1)
Time to Move On
231(2)
Index 233

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