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Be Warned About Baby’s Leaps
How often have you watched your baby’s sleep go right down the tubes for no apparent reason, worry that you have irreparably screwed up, only to see her go through an enormous developmental leap and settle down immediately thereafter? Yeah, me too, too many times to count.
There’s a book called The Wonder Weeks which I haven’t read, but people I majorly respect cite it frequently as a clue to why babies periodically seem to lose their little minds. It delineates exactly when developmental leaps happen, and why they cause such upheaval in for babies — and their parents. Now, the authors of the book Hetty Van de Rijt and Franz Ploojz are offering a “Leap Alarm” on their website, www.thewonderweeks.com. Parent sfill in their baby’s date of birth and their email address, and then get regular “leap alerts” warning them that their baby is likely to be entering a difficult period.
While I am not entirely sold on the idea that developmental leaps always happen at predictable times, I have absolutely noticed that my kids’ sleep and behavior seem to fall apart for a short while right before they do something huge. Getting a little reminder that things might be about to go to hell might help. And hey, it’s free.
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GP commented on Oct 30 09 at 8:36 pmI wonder when this site came out? I heard of this book in the summer of 2007, just after I had my kid, and couldn’t find it for sale anywhere for less than $100! Maybe they’ve now reprinted it? I traveled by train and bus to a library in the next county to check the book out, I wanted to read it so badly. I took copious notes. I wanted to be ready for whatever she was going to do…
Boy have things changed in 2 years! I’m much less worried about things…
It was a really interesting and good book, though!
Ali commented on Oct 30 09 at 11:50 pmI reat about this exact thing in a child spychology text book my mom used when she was in college in the late 70′s so this is not new. Just found a way to repackage an old idea and make money off it. Next they will bottle air.
GP commented on Oct 31 09 at 7:17 amThis book actually presents it in quite an accessible and clear way. I thought it was worthwhile.
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