I have truly enjoyed reading the book Superbaby by Dr. Jenn Berman. It focuses on the first three years of a child’s life. If I shared every quote I have marked in the book with a little paper tab, this review would go on forever. My son is almost past the age Dr. Berman is writing about in the book and yet I had so many ah-ha moments I marked with little paper tabs. Some were ah-ha I am so glad I did that with JDaniel and others were ah-ha I still have time to work on this with JDaniel.
I love that she starts with communicating respectfully with your child. One of the pillars of communication is to set your child up for success. As an infant JDaniel was easily frustrated, I needed to look at the things that were frustrating him and in turn frustrating me. Trying to eliminate them or look for other ways to accomplish them made a difference for him. She also talks about avoiding power struggles. I feel like I am living in the power struggle trenches right now. I am really working on trying to give JDaniel two acceptable choices as she suggests in her book.
The book describes the Dunstan baby language. I wish I had known about it when JDaniel was little. JDaniel was I am sure trying to tell me some of these things and I just didn’t know what they meant. He was always trying to chat. (He must have inherited that from me.)
In the chapter Dr. Berman titled More Than Chitchat she shares amazing tips for encouraging language. These is one of those chapters that I thankfully could say, “Ah-ha” to and have it be because I had done modeling, self-talk, parallel talk, expansion, recasting and extension. It is worth getting the book just to find out what these words mean in the context of talking with your child.
What are some other must reads in this book?
- 20 Tips For Exposing Your Child To A Second Language.
- The Six Immediate Benefits of Reading
- Ideas For Getting The Most Out Of The Reading Experience
- How Bedtime Reading Actually Changes Your Physiology
- Thirty-Six Activities That Will Make Kids Of All Ages Love Lit
- The Emotional Benefits of Play
As you can probably see, I really enjoyed this book. It is easy to read. It is straight forward in its presentation of ideas and concepts. I think every new parent would love it. I think all moms can glean information that will help teach their children even if your child is old than three. You will that this book is not opinion based, but based on research done by the author and her life experiences as a mom.The information contained in this book is so helpful. Read it to learn. Read it to be inspired. Read it to say, “Ah-ha” I did that well with my child.
If you would love to add this book to your parenting library, here is a SuperBaby by Dr. Jenn Berman link to Amazon.com where you can get it for $16.47.
Disclaimer: I was sent a copy of Superbaby to review. All the thoughts and ideas in this post are my own.
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I loved this book as well!
Great review
Looks like a great book – If you have any connection to the author or the publisher can you ask them why there is no electronic version available? I would really like to be able to read this book on my kindle.
Thanks for the great review!
This is a really good review! I’ll have to check it out – it looks like it would mirror my (attempted) parenting style.
Sounds like a great book, I am going to have to look into it!
Sounds like there is some good stuff in that book.