Survivor's Guide to Colic (ePub)

* No Bossy Rules - Just Clear, Balanced Information About Your Options *

Is your baby unsettled, fussy and crying for hours? When your baby won't stop crying you need practical answers FAST.

If you've been told that "colic does not exist" or "there's nothing you can do" or if an expert has told you that there's only ONE way to 'fix' colic and that didn't work for your baby, this is the book for you.

In this sanity-saving book, Jen Lester brings together for the first time all the information that parents need to help their baby stop screaming. Cutting through all the confusion, misinformation and biased product sales pitches, Jen brings clarity to the colic debate for the first time.

Survivor's Guide to Colic clearly explains the main theories about the causes of colic and covers your options to prevent or reduce colic. For each option, Jen clearly explains:

- who thinks it works and why;

- who disagrees and why;

- any medical evidence to back up each viewpoint; and

- her own conclusion after reading the latest medical research and going through it herself.

This will empower you as parents, to find the right solution/s for your family.

This comprehensive book includes baby whisperer settling secrets that you can use right now to help your settle your baby. It explains the key settling elements, as well as advanced techniques that are particularly effective when dealing with hard to settle colicky babies.

Jen Lester draws on the latest medical research to explain:

1. Powerful settling techniques to help your baby right now.

2. A full range of options to address the underlying cause/s of colic.

3. The pros and cons of each option, to help you decide what to try.

4. What IS colic anyway?

5. Why there is so much argument about what causes colic.

6. That colic is NOT caused by stressed-out parents.

Survivor's Guide to Colic gives you the lowdown on a range of issues that parents of colicky babies often wonder about including burping, baby massage, lactose intolerance and other food allergies, reflux, changing formulas, probiotics, herbal remedies, gripe water, lactase drops, overstimulation, constipation, swaddling, white noise and other calming sounds etc.

Easy to read for new, sleep-deprived parents.