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	The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer Harvey Karp Bantam, 2003 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 622 reviews view larger image
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So, before I begin my review of this product, here's our background... our son who is currently 6 weeks has had to be sent to the hospital with gas pains so severe that the emergency room doctors were concerned that he might be trying to pass a kidney stone. Turns out he was allergic to soy, we had tried breast, standard formula and lactose intolerance formula. He had a negative reaction to all (including breast believe it or not, I went through tests also to determine what was in my milk even though I was on a mild diet.... cause was deemed later on to be for a substance need, our baby needed rice formula). So..... we tried just the rice formula with the children's mylicon with the VentAire bottles.... somewhat of an improvement, but our child was still needing to go to the doctor weekly for checkups without much success, our pediatrician would even call us daily to see how he was doing. Constipation was questioned, but was never an issue. Our breakthrough occurred when we took our son to a specialist appointment and the lady asking us if our son had excess gas since she noticed that Mylicon was listed as one of his meds. I stated quickly yes and told her of our ordeal. I was told that she was the grandmother of 5 children and a mother of 3 and had tried EVERYTHING to cure their extreme colic. The remedy they found, Hyland's colic tablets, Dr. Brown's bottles, and rice formula. After the doctor appointment I went to the store to give these products a try....... and it was like an angel had spoken to us. Our child could breathe again and was longer tense in the body, as he was making progress against constantly trying to push. I know that I'm being candid but I am hoping that this will help other parents and children that have been or will be in our situation. We are on day 4 of the product switch and WOW, he's a brand new baby! If these products can help a child who's been hospitalized, hopefully these can help yours as well. Pedialyte also works as well to help calm the tummy. I've been using tylenol every 5 hours (excluding when he sleeps) for the first week and have been continuing to use the Mylicon to help with the surface gas. Burping has never been an issue, but his burps and toots have become louder and more productive, sometimes just shifting him in our arms can help him to expel gas! I'll be making this post in numerous areas in hopes to help people.

Hyland's colic tablets, Dr. Brown bottles, Enfamil AR Lipil, infant's tylenol, gas drops is literally our formula to success.

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The most helpful book!!

This book is wonderful, gives you a new more modern approach to understanding and calming your new baby! Great for new parents!!

A lifesaver for fussy babies!

A friend told me about this book and swore by it. I was a little skeptical at first but figured I would give it a try. As a first time mother of a fussy baby with nothing but stomach problems, please believe me when I tell you Dr. Karp's methods work!! The first night I swaddled my daughter, she slept 3 hour intervals at 7 weeks old. It may not sound great but she wasn't sleeping at all!! Then I added the white noise machine and within days she was up to 5 hour intervals. It is really amazing the turnaround she has done. She is smiling much more often and coos at me like crazy. Please try this book if you are at your wits end with a fussy and/or colicky baby. It will help! I know it saved my life and made me the happiest mother on the block!!

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Very Helpful

My mother bought me this book when my firstborn was two weeks old. It has many tricks and tips that are essential for first time parents. I highly recommend this book to all first time parents.

Hooked on the sleep props

At first I thought this was my gift from God on how to comfort and calm my extremely fussy and colicky baby... however after 3 months of working this magic that I learned from the book, my baby was hooked on the five S's and I had to wean her off them. My suggestion would be to learn the S's and what they are about, but to really follow "Happy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child". That is the only book that really got me the Happiest Baby on the Block that I was anticipating in addition to much needed nighttime sleep and naps.

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