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  • The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition

  • The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
  • Written by: Harvey Karp
  • Narrated by: Tim Fannon
  • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (67 ratings)

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The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition

Written by: Harvey Karp
Narrated by: Tim Fannon
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Publisher's Summary

Never again will you have to stand by helplessly while your little baby cries and cries. There is a way to calm most crying babies...usually in minutes!

Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable techniques for soothing babies and increasing sleep. Now his landmark book - fully revised and updated with the latest insights into infant sleep, bedsharing, breastfeeding, swaddling, and SIDS risk - can teach you too!

Dr. Karp’s highly successful method is based on four revolutionary concepts:

  1. The Fourth Trimester: Why babies still yearn for a womblike atmosphere...even after birth
  2. The Calming Reflex: An “off switch” all babies are born with
  3. The 5 S’s: Five easy steps to turn on your baby’s amazing calming reflex
  4. The Cuddle Cure: How to combine the 5 S’s to calm even colicky babies

With Dr. Karp’s sensible advice, parents and grandparents, nurses and nannies, will be able to transform even the fussiest infant into the happiest baby on the block!

©2015 Happiest Baby Inc. (P)2019 Novel Audio Inc.

What the critics say

“Dr. Karp’s book is fascinating and will guide new parents for years to come.” (Julius Richmond, M.D., Harvard Medical School, former Surgeon General of the United States)

“The Happiest Baby on the Block is fun and convincing. I highly recommend it.” (Elisabeth Bing, co-founder of Lamaze International)

“Will fascinate anyone who wants to know how babies experience the world, and wants to answer their cries lovingly and effectively.” (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Author took what should Should have been a two page essay, not a book

You can likely learn as much from the back of the book as reading the entire book.

The 5 S’s are simply repeated over and over again with phoney testimonials that drag on.

The author could have been much more concise. This was painful to listen to / read.

As a Pediatrician, I would not recommend this book.

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Enough about your smart sleeper already!

Some really useful information in this book but the author tries to sell the reader on his smart sleeper far too often

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repeatative

I thought my phone might be broken given how many times the author repeated himself.

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  • 2022-08-10

Longwinded and Redundant

Some of the content is useful. Unfortunately it's burred in repetitive filler words. I continuously found myself double checking which chapter I was listening to because the content of many chapters sounds virtually identical.

I suppose it's a good option if you have 7 hours to kill. Otherwise, you can find succinct summaries of the 5S techniques all over the internet.

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Great for New Parents!

Very useful tips and tricks. We were struggling getting our little guy to have solid sleeps at night. But with some pointers from this book we are back on track to better sleeps and less freak outs!! Very Helpful!!

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Good, but not great

The content is good, even if the brunt of the information feels like it can be relayed in about 20 minutes of narration. The background information and history is interesting though. if you only want to walk away learning techniques for raising a toddler. I would simply suggest googling the the 5 S's.

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