Member Reviews: The Baby Bond, By Dr. Linda Folden Palmer

I'm a first time mom also from the healthcare field, so to find a book that I feel has great substance to it is very important. Dr. Palmer writes this book in an easy to read format that flows nicely and I can easily put it down to attend to the needs of my baby and not be lost when I come back to it. She presents well researched ideas, theories and facts with an organized and unbiased approach. She cites her work well for anyone interested in delving further into a specific topic or questioning it's background. Overall this book is incredibly helpful and insightful for anyone contemplating attachement parenting or questioning the advice popularized by the media and/or practiced by...

After meeting Dr. Palmer in person I feel a deep sense of loss in not having this resource when my baby was born. We struggled through postpartum depression and other insecurities that her work addresses. I encourage parent needing to be nurtured to include Baby Bond in their parenting library. I know I would have.   Adelaide Zindler Author, Pray it Forward in 30 Days http://www.DisarmAutism.com

Linda Folder Palmer's "The Baby Bond" is a complete informational package on  major behavioral, digestive and immunity issues that parents typically confront when making parenting decisions during the first days, weeks and months after birth.   Often, as parents, we are overwhelmed in the first year, and easily influenced by the opinions of family, friends and the medical community, who, however, may not be up to date on the science. The choices we make for our children, from how we respond to their hunger cues, digestive distress, sleeping needs, and vaccination schedule, to name a few, will have a long impact on their lives, no doubt.   Becoming versed in the...

I have honestly not had the opportunity to yet read this book.  But i have read her past book and given it away as gifts to new moms.  Dr. Palmer has also worked with me directly in helping me treat my son.  My son was born 2 months premature and had severe reflux and failure to thrive, especially during the first year of his life.  I was fortunate to find Dr. Palmer.  She was very personable and full of knowledge.  She greatly assisted me in figuring out ways to "feed" him and get him to increase his calories with foods that were easy for his stomach to digest.  His severe reflux made him unwilling to breastfeed directly.  But I still pumped as...

  When I started reading this book, I immediately thought “Thank you Dr. Palmer!”  As a mother of a daughter, I practiced attachment parenting not because it was something I read about, but because it was my natural instinct.  This book is a fantastic compilation of the science behind this instinct, and how varying parenting practices affect babies on a physical as well as emotional level.    I now know why my attachment parenting practices (breastfeeding, cosleeping, nurturing) was beneficial for not only my daughter, but for my own health.    For example, when I breastfed my daughter for 3 years, I’d get warnings from many people that she...