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Emphasizes flexibility and mindfullness

Revisado: 08-08-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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Less and less new parents have a luxury of enjoying help and wisdom of grandparents being by their side when new baby comes. This book might help fill that void by:
- Emphasizing importance of bonding with the baby and showing the ways for both fathers and mothers.
- providing key facts on nutrition
- describing adult and baby sleep cycles
- stressing out the necessity of being receptive to baby’s need and flexibility of methods as each child is different.

I particularly applaud chapter 7 where author cautions new parents about using white noise machines and the potential developmental dangers associated with them. Another authoritative book I read awhile ago (sorry can’t mention its name as amazon review rules prohibit it) emphasizes that babies are born with undifferentiated auditory brain maps. Those maps are shaped and become detailed during first sensory experiences. White noise can force neural circuits to shut down early before the brain maps are fully developed.

Another great advice from the author is to use your own empirical approach and observation when deciding on using “Cry it out” method. In my case 30+ years ago, it caused hernia to pop out in my 4-month-old son when I left him for few hours in care of someone who decided to try such method. Doctor at the hospital told that some kids are more susceptible to hernia than others, so crying could trigger it.

Conclusion – this is a book for new parents to guide, think, and make mindful decisions to benefit wellbeing of their babies.

Pdf that comes with the book brings an added value as a diary/planning tool.

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Storyline lets concepts shine

Revisado: 05-24-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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This book made me think. Think for days. Why? That is below.
I am 50+ and grew up on sci-fi – first Russian, then English. On stories where every paragraph mentally expands into concepts. Much of contemporary sci-fi lacks that. Not this one. Upon listening to this audiobook, I bought the e-book to revisit the written word of some paragraphs to contemplate.

The storyline is direct – apocalyptic world with a chance to survive. Such directness allows to keep conceptual ideas in the spotlight. They shine through the eyes of the Cop, the Street Fighter, the AI Governing Body, The Overseer, the Art Curator, the Hacker, and the Horse Trainer.

Depending on their own views, each reader has a chance to focus and expand on their favorites.
The concept of communication depth kept me focused and entertained:
- The priceless humor of the subtle parallel of Victor’s introduction to Orlanda in Chapter 8 with the one of the Overseer to Victor in Chapter 10;
- The power of phrase to "Draw the shadows without the lines";
- The wide ocean between “live and learn” and “learn and live”;
- The narrow river between AI and humans.
I am eager to see the next book in the series. I would love to see the JT character to grow further – he felt like a charismatic persona. He and Volk together could be the two wings to make the human story fly. And of course, the Horse Trainer – he could become the ‘wizard’ of the land – someone to oversee The Overseer. And his pair wing? The ethical Hacker!

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