T. Berry BrazeltonCritiques

Dr. Brazelton, the internationally famous pediatrician, in collaboration with an eminent child psychiatrist, has brought his unique insights to the preschool and first-grade years. In his warm, funny, empathic tone, he again listens to the child's perspective while also showing his characteristic compassion for the parents' feelings.

First the authors profile four very different children, followed throughout these years in a delightful and revealing narrative that applies the touchpoints theory to each of the great cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that a child makes from ages three through six.

The second part of the book, arranged alphabetically by topic, offers guidance to parents facing contemporary pressures and stresses, such as how to keep a child safe without instilling fear, countering the electronic barrage of violent games and marketing aimed at children, coping successfully with varied family configurations, shifting gender roles, over-scheduling, competition, and more.

Toilet Training Your Child with Dr. T. Berry Brazelton guides parents through the toilet training process.

Dr. Brazelton answers such questions as:
When is my child ready for toilet training?
What are the keys to toilet training?
Should I pressure my child to use the potty?
Toilet Training Child will make toilet training easier for both you and your child.

Dr. Brazelton is the pediatrician all parents would love to have. -- PARENTING Magazine

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The passionate attachment between parents and babies, as well as the inevitable anxieties, begins well before birth. Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, whom Time magazine calls "the nation's preeminent baby doctor" shows how this turmoil prepares parents for the arrival of the child and how to survive and enjoy those important early months when a new relationship begins and a new family is born. Selected Reading Quetionnaire.

What do babies and young children really need? For the first time, two famed advocates for children cut through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. They lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children. Selected Reading Questionnaire

Touchpoints is the only childcare reference by a pediatrician who has both medical and psychoanalytic training, and who offers parents a complete understanding of child development from a physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral point of view. No other childcare guide offers supportive, empathetic insights into the parents' own emotions, and no other guide includes both chronological chapters and alphabetical topics on all issues faced by families from conception through age six."Touchpoints" are the universal spurts of development and the trying periods of regression that accompany them throughout childhood. Dr. Brazelton uses them as windows to help parents understand their child's behavior and prevent future problems. Selected Reading Questionnaire.

In this completely revised edition Dr. Brazelton introduces new information on physical, emotional, and behavioral development. He also addresses the new stresses on families and fears of children, with a fresh focus on the role of fathers and other caregivers. This updated volume also offers new insights on prematurity, sleep patterns, early communication, toilet training, co-sleeping, play and learning, SIDS, cognitive development and signs of developmental delay, childcare, asthma, a child's immune system, and safety. Selected Reading Questionnaire.

For decades, new parents have relied on Dr. Brazelton's wisdom. But all "Brazelton babies" grow up. Now at last, the internationally famous pediatrician, in collaboration with an eminent child psychiatrist, has brought his unique insights to the "magic" preschool and first-grade years.Through delightful profiles of four very different children, the authors apply the touchpoints theory (following the pattern of growth-new challenge-reegression-recharging-and renewed growth) to each of the great cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that occur from age three to six. In the second, alphabetical, half of the book they offer precious guidance to parents facing contemporary pressures and stresses, such as how to keep a child safe without instilling fear, countering the electronic barrage of violent games and marketing aimed at children, coping successfully with varied family configurations, over-scheduling, competition, and many other vital issues today. Selected Reading Questionnaire.

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A helpful resource for each developmental stage.

Book shows children what to expect during a doctor visit.

Ages: 5 +

Source: Pierce ECE Class

this is a book about why we need to go to the doctor and what the tests he might do and how it is ok to get undressed for him but not him touch you in places and how doctors help

Touchpoints by T. Berry Brazelton, MD. Epiphany library section 8 I: Life Skills, Learning K-12. This book by kindly pediatrician Dr. Brazelton defines a “touchpoint” as a predictable time that occurs just before a surge in rapid growth in any line of development – motor, cognitive, or emotional– where, for a short time, the child’s behavior falls apart. Parents can no longer rely on baby’s past accomplishments. The child often regresses in several areas and becomes difficult to understand. Parents become unglued. Over the years, Dr. Brazelton has found that these periods of regression become a window through which parents can view the great energy that fuels the child for learning. It’s almost as if the child puts into the background new things he has recently learned in order to marshal his forces to accomplish something brand new – learning to walk, become toilet-trained, and so on. A child’s particular strengths, vulnerabilities, temperament and coping style are highly visible at these times. This enables parents to understand their child more fundamentally as an individual.
Part 1 of this book is organized around these touchpoints from pregnancy to three years old. Part 2 takes up specific issues of child-rearing from birth to age six that can challenge normal development, such as sibling rivalry, crying, tantrums, fears, emotional manipulations, and so on. Part 3 examines ways in which children’s development is affected by those around them. Each close relationship – with mothers, fathers, grandparents, friends, teachers – all contribute to the child’s emotional and behavioral growth.
Dr. Brazelton says that no child’s development is a steady rise upward. There are peaks, valleys and plateaus. Each new task a baby learns is demanding, and requires all of baby’s energy as well as those of the caregivers. For example, when a baby is learning to walk, everyone pays a price – it is costly to everyone’s peace of mind. The next phase of development will be spent consolidating and enriching this last achievement. The child gains a new skill, and the pressure is off, at least for a little while until the next spurt begins.
Who knew? This book goes a long way into explaining why those peaks, valleys and plateaus occur and why one month a baby is a placid little love and the next month is a shrieking imp. Lucky is the child whose parents read books like this so that they can learn about child development and predict what will happen next in their child’s development. This makes child-rearing easier for parents.
If there were three child development experts I most depended upon they were this author, Mister Rogers, and Dr. Spock. Though this book is now 20 years old all of his comments still apply. The only thing I found outdated was the fact that he did not recommend laying a baby on its back to sleep. Emerging data on SIDS has, since the writing of this book, recommended that babies no longer be placed on their stomachs to sleep. I made a note of that where necessary in the margins. (I don’t generally write in our library books, but in this case I make an exception because it’s important.)

Going to the Doctor by T. Berry Brazelton, MD. Epiphany library section 9 B: Juvenile (gr. K-5), Science. From my favorite pediatrician comes this warm, delightful book for parents and their kids age 4-8 about going to the doctor. Dr. Brazelton tells kids why they go to the doctor’s office even when they are not sick, and covers what the doctor does during a check-up, from measuring a child’s height and weight, to using a stethoscope, otoscope, blood pressure cuff, eye chart, medicines, and sometimes....gulp...shots! He discusses the various body systems such as heart, lungs, muscles, and nerves. His years of pediatric experience have enabled him to discover children’s fears and questions about doctor visits. He addresses these concerns with warmth, honesty, good humor, and a touch of medical knowledge which teaches children the basics of good health.
Dr. Brazelton asked his grandson to draw pictures about various aspects of a visit to the doctor, and readers will find them hilarious and so, so true. There are also colorful photos of Dr. Brazelton performing parts of a checkup with various children. His friendly smile would win any child’s trust. I have found his books very helpful over the years. Enjoy this book with your children, especially if they are less than thrilled with going to the doctor.

Este libro recoge el trabajo efectuado en el Hospital de Niños de Boston con cinco familias.En el se recoge el conocimiento necesario para llevar a cabo la crianza del niño.

This was nice to have read. It's not a go-to book--not what you'll look in when your kid has a fever, but a pretty useful reference for where you could should be/will be/has been, developmentally.

Interesting and learning lots.