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How Smart Is Your Baby?: Develop And Nurture Your Newborn's Full Potential (Gentle Revolution) | 
| Authors: Glenn J. Doman, Janet Doman
Publisher: Square One Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 37553
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 266
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0757001947
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.122
EAN: 9780757001949
ASIN: 0757001947
Publication Date: February 28, 2006
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 Not helpful at all January 23, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I did not find this book to be practical or helpful at all. Better books include: Einstein Never Used Flash Cards; Baby Minds; and Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten.
 very good!!!! November 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
a must have. so unhappy that hv it when my daughter is 5mth now. but still help!!!!very organized &easy to follow. step by step method. highly recommended!!!
praise from an old hand at childhood stimulation October 30, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Several other reviewers have already praised this book, and so at first I was not going to add to the chorus. But then I noticed a few calling it "impractical" or "cheesy," and advising readers to "take it with a grain of salt." That got my dander up, so here goes:
I am well acquainted with the Doman program for neurological stimulation, since I took my brain-injured son (then 18 months old) to their Institutes in 1986 and kept him on their Intensive Program for the next four years. During that time, he went from complete immobility to walking with perfect coordination, among other astonishing improvements. (No one who knew him then would say that this "would have happened anyway.") The same techniques discussed in this book were part of his daily regimen back then.
Late in life, I became a parent again, and this time my son was born 7 weeks early. On discharge from the hospital, we found ourselves referred to numerous public agencies that proposed to follow our baby's development, since preemies often experience delays. I recoiled from those resources, because in my earlier experience they'd proved worse than useless. My first son wasted a precious year and a half of his early life while we waited for someone to tell us what could be done. Anyway, if this new baby might need extra help, I already knew to start providing it without waiting for him to start missing milestones.
An old friend who once worked at the Institutes mentioned that this book had recentely been published. I ordered it, built the crawling track per its specs, and am now beginning to admire the results. This baby is going to surprise some people when his next assessment comes up!
The point I hope to make with all this is that a baby emphatically does not have to be disabled or at risk to benefit from the kind of stimulation recommended by the Domans. Children -- and families -- can thrive on a joyously implemented home program. Such a program will always be misunderstood by folks who have some philosophical objection to the pursuit of excellence, and I have no patience for debating with them. But if you're intrigued, do consider it. While I think most stuff marketed to eager young parents is unnecessary at best, the information in this book is vitally important. If you're expecting a baby, please read it. If you know someone who's expecting, what a gift this would be!
Great September 20, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I loved the book. I would suggest it to all parents. If you are too lazy to build the crawling track then I don't know why you would read the book anyways. I suggest you watch some late night paid programming that guarantees the impossible with no work.
 Impractical, but Interesting September 4, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Few modern, working parents (the author advocates against working mothers, by the way) have the time or resources to build the variety of apparatuses required for this program. Crawling track? Neck brace? Unlikely for most of us. Our parental instinct also (wisely) makes us wary of some of the more dangerous activities promoted by the author.
The book does, however, give readers some interesting tools for evaluating their babies' reflexes and developmental responses at a depth well beyond what pediatricians assess in routine visits. And it offers a variety of activities (again, employ your parental discretion) designed to demonstrate and build upon babies' natural abilities, as well as their desire to bond with their parents.
If you pick and choose, this book offers some valuable information and interesting activities. But take it all with a grain of salt....
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