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Wonder Week Winners

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Entry #27Ruthie

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The Wonder Weeks are now even better!

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Today we've got a fabulous giveaway. FIVE lucky winners will be taking home 2 chapters

During a Wonder Week (WW) some babies will start to sleep pretty crummy, especially if they don't have some solid sleep habits in place. (See more on What is a Wonder Week and When are the Wonder Weeks by clicking on the links).

Which WW this happens in depends on the child but in my experience sleep issues (I will get more into sleep regressions later) tend to crop up around

You probably already know that I love The Wonder Weeks. How awesome is it that there is a book that tells us the ten times our babies start to act all out of whack and explains why this happens.

Now you can get The Wonder Weeks on Kindle too. You can buy it on kindle right here and you can find out more about the wonder weeks on these posts:

Review of the book
More about the wonder weeks
When they occur
Some signs a wonder week is about to begin

Wonder Weeks are now the Wonder Months

After some complaints from one of my perfectly wonderful sisters, I have updated the When are the Wonder Weeks? post to include months along with the weeks.

Apparently some {ahem, ALL} people don't know exactly how many weeks old their child is at any given time :)

You're welcome!

Signs a Wonder Week is about to Start

Before each Wonder Week most babies act in a predictable way. Yes, even your neighbor's baby that always seems so easy going! They will act fussy, clingy and probably sleep badly. Some babies will be more miserable than others...as will some

There are ten Wonder Weeks the first 20 months of a baby's life. Each wonder week has a fussy period at the start of it (see the post Signs a wonder week is about to start for fussy signs). If it sounds like I am speaking total gibberish to you right now, then check out

I explained a bit about what Wonder Weeks were in my review of the book, but I thought I'd give a bit more of a description here before I jump intomore posts about it.

What in the world is a Wonder Week and what happens during them?
A wonder week is like a growth spurt for the brain. It happens quickly and over a relatively short period of time. And it is really upsetting to a baby. Her perception of the world suddenly changes and she perceives it in a whole new light. As you can imagine, it is pretty distressing and confusing for such a tiny person.

Because of this, she may act very fussy for a short time as she adjusts to all the changes. These changes are a good thing though. They cause her to assimilate information in a new way which helps her advance in her physical and mental skills.

Some babies will pick up more skills than others at each leap. A lot of it has to do with your baby's interests. Try not to stress too much about. There's enough 'my baby is doing more/less than your baby' as it is!

Some great quotes from the book that also explain things...

Our reserach has shown that from time to time all parents are plagued by a baby who won't stop crying. In fact, we found that, surprisingly, all normal, healthy babies are more tearful, troublesome, demanding, and fussy at the same ages, and when this occurs they may drive the entire household to despair. From our research, we are now able to predict, almost to the week, when parents can expect their babies to go through one of these "fussy phases." (p. 2)

During these periods, a baby cries for a good reason. She is suddenly undergoing drastic changes in her development, which are upsetting to her. These changes enable the baby to learn many new skills and should therefore be a reason for celebration. (p. 2)

But as far as the baby is concerned, these changes are bewildering. She's taken aback--everything has changed overnight. It is as if she has entered a whole new world. (p. 2)

You can pick up your copy of the Wonder Weeks here to learn more about how you can help your baby reach her potential during and after these weeks. You can also take a look at WHEN the wonder weeks occur through this link.

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THE WONDER WEEKS: How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward

After hearing about The Wonder Weeks for several months from other moms I finally got to reading it when my last child was born. I am so glad I did.

So, what are the Wonder Weeks? You know how children have growth spurts where they physically grow a huge amount in a short time? Well, the same thing happens with

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Wonder Weeks are now the Wonder Months

Signs a Wonder Week is about to Start

When are the Wonder Weeks?

What is a Wonder Week?

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