The CALM Baby Method

Solutions for Fussy Days and Sleepless Nights

Patti Ideran, Mark Fishbein

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• eBook ISBN:
  9781610024853
• Year: 2021

With decades of expertise as a pediatric gastroenterologist and a pediatric occupational therapist, the co-authors have helped thousands of parents soothe their high-needs infants—improving attachment, sleep, feeding, and overall quality of life for the whole family. Parents will learn possible causes of their baby's crying and ways to help, including information on reading their baby's cues, attachment, infant massage, positioning, and nutrition. Additional chapters address postpartum depression—especially critical when coping with colic—and what to do when colic extends beyond 6 months of age.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Authors and Contributors
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword Andrea Childers, RN, BSN, CPN
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. What Is Colic?
• Chapter 2. Is It Colic or Something Else?
• Chapter 3. Why Do Babies Cry?
• Chapter 4. Reading Cues: What Is Your Baby Saying?
• Chapter 5. Your Baby’s Sensory World
• Chapter 6. Your Baby’s Arousal Levels
• Chapter 7. Attachment and the Parent-Baby Relationship
• Chapter 8. A Calming Touch: Baby Massage
• Chapter 9. The Secret of Sleep
• Chapter 10. Feeding Challenges and the Fussy Baby
• Chapter 11. Infantile Colic: Can Diet Help?
• Chapter 12. Understanding Your Baby’s Postural Control
• Chapter 13. The Postpartum Family
• Chapter 14. Beyond Colic: Disorders in Babies Older Than 6 Months
• A CALMing Last Word
• Resources
• Index
• Back Cover