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28 of 29 people found the following review
helpful:
 WOW!!!
She CAN stop crying!!!, August 22, 2002
Reviewer: Kim (NJ, USA)
After 5 straight weeks of sleepless nights, my husband and
I were walking zombies. Our infant would wake every hour to
2 hours throughout the night and just scream. During the day
she would also scream uncontrollably - even though the doctor
found nothing wrong with her physically. I had convinced myself
that she just wasn't a happy baby like our 6 year old was
and life with Isabel would be tough!
Then I searched Amazon one night under "Colic" and
found this book and video. Even though we have absolutely
no time to read, we did watch the video (while she wailed).
My husband tried the swaddling and shhing techniques that
night and she quieted down after about 10 minutes. Now 1 week
later she calms after 5 min or so AND she is sleeping 4 hours
at a time. We feel great and she finally looks peaceful -
and not agitated.
Both the book and video are geared toward
the first 3 months of life.... and the notion that most babies
1st 3 months of life are really the 4th trimester in their
developement. Our first child slept soundly from day one.....
but we were blown away with this second one. Thank you Dr.
Karp! We finally feel like humans again and the stress level
in our home has dropped tremendously.
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| 15 of 15 people found the following review
helpful:
Happy
baby =Happy Parents, January 26, 2004
Reviewer: Deanine & Pete (Sagamore Hills, Ohio United States)
Our 5 month old son has slept through the night since he was
6 weeks old and we owe it to Dr. Karp's techniques. The 5
S's work great...swaddling and shushing are our favorites.
This DVD is a must for all new parents. Everyone says we are
just lucky, that we have a good baby. I think we have a good
baby because we utlized these techniques from the beginning.
A well slept baby is a happy baby. Our son is truly the happiest
baby on the block, and we are the happiest parents on the
block! (And not sleep deprived!) Thank you Dr. Karp for making
our first try at parenting easy! By the way, at 5 months he
still sleeps swaddled.
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13 of 13 people found the following
review helpful:
Unbelievable:
common sense solutions for crying babies!, September
23, 2003
Reviewer: MANUEL J HERNANDEZ "askmanny" (Orlando, FL)
Dr. Karp applied common sense to the "problem"
of crying babies that most new parents face, by borrowing
from traditions being used around the world to calm babies
down as if you had "flipped a switch." He acknowledges
the existence of a 'fourth trimester', i.e. the first three
months of the baby's life and the need to use techniques
to make the baby feel as in the mother's womb to calm him/her
down, appealing to their calm reflex.
These techniques are summarized as the five S's: Swaddling
(very tight, to resemble the tight environment of the uterus),
Side or Stomach position (otherwise known as the football
hold), Shushing (as loud as the baby cries), Swinging (making
the head jiggle slightly, to replicate the mom's movements
with the baby in her tummy) and Sucking (with your finger,
or a pacifier in place).
As intuitive or odd these techniques may
sound to you, you need to view this video: it will probably
make the difference for you as it has for so many parents.
As I write this, we're in our last couple of weeks of pregnancy,
and we're ready to apply them to our upcoming baby boy.
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| 12 of 12 people found the following
review helpful:
A
"Must-Have" For Every New Parent, July 30, 2002
Reviewer: A viewer
This video is amazing! The companion book is very interesting
and helpful, especially with the background and medical research
that underlie the techniques in the video. But for new parents,
the video is an absolute god-send! It is enormously helpful
to see Dr. Karp apply his techniques to a dozen screaming
babies, and calm each of them within seconds! Watching the
video really brings home the point that calming babies is
not a hit-or-miss exercise, but a REFLEX that anyone can learn
to trigger. And for stressed out new parents, watching the
video is simple, easy and clear. My three-year-old even mastered
the technique and regularly applies it to her dollies. Really,
if you have a fussy baby, or are looking for a baby gift that
will be used and appreciated, the video and book are a must.
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| 11 of 11 people found the following review
helpful:
a
must have for new parents, July 23, 2004
Reviewer: amazonShopper "proudparent" (USA)
We are parents of a 5 week old girl - our first child. At
about week 3 we noticed more and more crying in the afternoon/evening.
Luckily she would calm down by about 11:00 and sleep for 3
hours, so I know we don't have it as bad as some parents.
Nonetheless, it really starts to wear you down. On more than
one occasion we questioned our decision to have a baby. We
tried the Mylicon drops, but those didn't seem to help much.
We talked to our doctor who tried to assure us that this is
just a phase some babies go through. Then I remembered a book
that was featured on Oprah a couple months ago. Being the
skeptic that I am, I didn't pay much attention to it. But
desperate times call for desperate measures. We looked up
the book here on Amazon, and sure enough it got great reviews.
Even better, there was a DVD version for those of us that
don't have the time to read the book. So we ordered it and
had it shipped overnight. As we were watching it, our daughter
started fussing so we followed along with the 5 S's. Sure
enough, she calmed down within a minute. We were amazed. We
use these techniques everytime she starts to fuss and almost
everytime we are able to calm her down. Keep in mind that
this isn't a cure for colic/crying, but they are ways to help
babies calm themselves. The DVD also includes a Q&A session
where Dr. Karp answers a lot of common questions, as well
as a 3 calming sound tracks. They are sounds recorded from
inside the womb, with different degrees of intensity. Pretty
bizarre, but they seem to work. Sure beats running the vacuum
cleaner! We definitely recommend this DVD, and we will give
it as a gift for any new parents we know.
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7 of 8 people found the following
review helpful:
DO
IT..DO IT!!, April 6, 2005
Reviewer: M. P. Kime (Portland, OR)
I read a few of the reviews from people who didn't like
this DVD and I can't figure out why this didn't work for
them. We had the book and we didn't really use it much as
our baby was fairly calm. At 4 months she really took a
turn and we started to jokingly call her the Unhappiest
baby on the block. A friend suggested we watch this DVD
and I didn't because I had read the book and besides..I
thought it was just for newborns. She borrowed it to me
anyway and we watched and realized from actually being able
to SEE Dr. Karp use his method as opposed to trying to visualize
it from the book we weren't doing it right. Our swaddle
was inferior to his method and we were no where near jiggling
her the way he does. So at 5 months in desperation we tried
it one night. LIKE A CHARM. But you do have to do it just
like he says. My husband and I thought this DVD was GREAT.
The book is good too and has extra information, but the
DVD is much better/practical and quick to watch as opposed
to reading a book.
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| 7 of 7 people found the following
review helpful:
extremely
helpful, December 17, 2003
Reviewer: A viewer
I am giving this DVD to all my pregnant friends because I
think it has been extremely helpful to us with our first child.
I read the book first but still had a few questions about
the techniques described so I got the DVD as well and I think
that the DVD alone is perfect. I wish I had known that before
I spent all that time with the book.
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| 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
The
BEST baby shower gift you could possibly give, August
29, 2002
Reviewer: A viewer
I am a professional reviewer, but the images on this tape
truly deserve the overused "you have to see it to believe
it" comment.
As a mother of a baby who had colic, it is beyond amazing
to see howling newborns go from fury to quiet in as little
as a minute. Best of all, Dr. Karp's "magic" touch is something
anyone can learn to do by following these clearly described
and demonstrated steps. Appropriate cautions are given at
each stage, i.e. not putting a baby down to *sleep* on her
stomach or jiggling a baby so hard as to give him Shaken Baby
Syndrome. I honestly believe this tape ushers in a new era
for newborn parenting. And finally, as others have noted,
the video/DVD format is quick and easy for sleep-deprived
parents to absorb. If you know someone who's pregnant, don't
waste your money on another baby outfit...buy them something
they can REALLY use.
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6 of 6 people found the following
review helpful:
Fast
Answers for Challenging Behaviors, December 31, 2004
Reviewer: Dave Spade
The Happiest Baby on the Block (DVD) and the Happiest Toddler
on the Block (DVD) offer many practical strategies to try
that really work. Who would have thought that you could
SHHHCH a baby quiet? Or calm a tantruming, screaming toddler
by speaking "toddler-ese"? The video examples are clear
and easy to follow in both of Karp's DVDs. In addition to
these awesome teaching tools for the early years, I also
wish to recommend 2 handy, helpful reference books for babies
and toddlers...for medical information..."Caring for Your
Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5"...for answers to common
behavior challenges of toddlers..."The Pocket Parent". These
books do not need to be read cover to cover while serving
as comforting support and guidance as needed in combination
with Karp's DVDs.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
NEW
solutions for crying, difficult babies, July 31, 2004
Reviewer: A. Corn "jcorn59483" (Indianapolis,, IN United States)
Raised 3 kids, thought I knew most of the techniques for ssothing
babies, helping them through rough days (colic, teething,
fussy times). But this video brings NEW research and tips
to make life easier for parents of new babies...and if you're
an aunt or grandparent, you'll learn something new too. SOme
of the suggestions are simply amazing, making specific sounds
gently into the baby's ears and seeing an instant, peaceful
transformation.
Many of these suggestions come from looking at life from the
baby's perspective and, in retrospect, seem like common sense
(but not as easy as it sounds, otherwise there'd be no need
for this video). Well worth your viewing time and could bring
relief to many an exhausted parent (and baby).
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