I somewhat follow RIE in parenting, which I learned about when I was an intern caregiver at the infant development program at UCLA. That philosophy is based off of Magda Gerber's teachings so I recommend her books. RIE is definitely not for everyone and I don't follow it to a T, but I appreciate a lot of its basis.
I find many of the blanket restrictions to be really paternalistic, and based on the fact that women can't understand the concept of 'moderation'. Expecting Better did a really nice of job of cutting the BS, giving you the data and giving you the tools to make a decision that you are comfortable with. I also liked the stats based approach, because I'm a huge nerd lol.
I'm a Ph.D. chemist so..... we're nerds together :-)
I'm going to buy it this afternoon with my shiny new Barnes and Noble gift card!
Hey fellow science nerds! Biochemist here! I was in my fourth year of grad school when I got pregnant with DS and took the master out option.
I'm reading the Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy. It's pretty straightforward so far! Good information, not too scary. It gets good reviews on Amazon.
I came in to recommend the Mayo Clinic book too. I was gifted WTE and got Mayo on my own. Mayo was much more straightforward and so much less vague.
Ditto the mayo book. I think I bought 4 books last time and this was the only one I kept.
I somewhat follow RIE in parenting, which I learned about when I was an intern caregiver at the infant development program at UCLA. That philosophy is based off of Magda Gerber's teachings so I recommend her books. RIE is definitely not for everyone and I don't follow it to a T, but I appreciate a lot of its basis.
I theoretically love RIE, but my kids do not do well at all with the natural gross motor stuff. That said, I use a lot of the other parts of RIE and really appreciate the slant.
It also fits well with the approach from Francoise Dolto described in Bringing Up Bebe and for later in life with Montessori.
What is RIE? Was it defined somewhere in this thread and I missed it?
::hates abbreviations::
Resources for Infant Educarers, a group founded by Magda Gerber. If you read Gerber's books you can get the gist. Janet Lansbury's blog has a lot of great info also.
I think it's interesting that WTEWYE freaks people out. I read it both times and find it boring. Everything is "this might happen...or it might not..." But I like their monthly development pages.
I theoretically love RIE, but my kids do not do well at all with the natural gross motor stuff. That said, I use a lot of the other parts of RIE and really appreciate the slant.
It also fits well with the approach from Francoise Dolto described in Bringing Up Bebe and for later in life with Montessori.
Ditto this. If I'd actually followed RIE, I think my kid would've been lying motionless on the carpet for 11m. (Also, sorry RIE, but babywearing is too useful/snuggly to sneeze at).
Haha, yes, I would not give up babywearing. I do like the idea of giving the baby some autonomy to explore and play by herself, though often that means I end up on my phone while she's tinkering away. Oops.
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