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

By: Harvey Karp

Narrated by: Tim Fannon

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

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.

Critic reviews

“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)

Wish I had read it sooner!

I am not a reader but after having trouble with the baby I decided to read this book. It could’ve saved me lots of trouble early on and now I’m looking forward to using the advice in this book for my next baby.

Must for new parents

Really enjoyed this book, simple and science based tips for new parents. Highly recommend if you’re nervous about how to get your child to sleep well and how to soothe them with ease

excelent

This book is great for new moms read it! will solve a lot of questions.

So Great

A wonderful help and very calming narrator for the whole family at bedtime. Very insightful and well written. I feel more confident having the knowledge and tools to soothe my baby. I can calm him in under a minute, preventing hysteria, now that I've mastered the 5 Ss to his particular taste, and it only took me a week of practice. Thank you so much.

excellent to prepare for new kid

loved it! very useful information that I used during the read. it worked as it said with the 5 s. would highly recommend.

Newborn Necessity

Husband and I were saved by this book. Read it, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience with newborns.

Very useful and methodical

I liked how methodical and organized the book is, providing clear steps and approaches for calming babies as well as real parents experiences. The Q&A part in each chapter and Y’s about the S’s is very useful.
I highly recommend to read it before baby arrives and to do like a small summary with 5S’s steps and how to apply them.

Useful information. Needs more inclusive language for parent roles.

2 things are true: (1) this book is a valuable resource for parents and uses a science based approach that everyone should know about. (2) this book could use an update on its gender and family structure language. Not only does it almost exclusively use cis-gendered, heterosexual couples as examples, but within that framework, it puts 80% of the focus on mothers’ roles rather than feeling equitable between both partners. At times it felt a little condescending when addressing mothers. Overall, having an updated sensitivity edit would make this book feel inclusive and accessible to all.

Must Read For All Parents

My wife and I are new parents. A friend of mine recommended this book he has twins and it changed his life. I read this book and as long as my baby girl isn’t craving some boob I can quiet her and get her to sleep in a matter of minutes consistently! This book has made our nights easier and our baby happier!

Nothing short of amazing!

I can’t say enough about this book other then I’m sad it took me so long to find it.
This should be given to every parent upon leaving the hospital.
The best part is how it’s data and science based.
It kills a lot of myths out there like “a baby needs quiet to sleep” wrong! The womb is very loud.
“A baby wants there arms free to move” Wrong! A baby can’t control their arms and moving them wakes them up and scares them at night.
And more.
So do yourself a favor. Don’t believe me. Go read this book. If you don’t like it Audible will refund you.