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 There are whisperers for dogs, celebrities, houses, ghosts, and now we are on the second go-around for BABIES.
Dee Rule, yet another Baby Nurse to the Stars, has been referred to as such, although she is now marketing herself as a childcare schedule ruler. Is she a knight in shining armor who can take a newborn and, through her magical ways, eliminate baby boredom? (Does a baby even know boredom?)
She also claims to be able to deal with post partum blues and daddy depression, while trumpeting the names of the celebrities she has evidently taken through “creative parental imagination” to make them better parents.
In my 28 years as a childbirth educator, infant care specialist and lactation consultant, I have often provided my services to celebrities. I make it a point to respect the privacy of each of my clients and would never divulge a celebrity's name online or elsewhere to sell a book or program, even with their permission. What we do as infant care consultants is special and intimate. It requires a great deal of trust and discretion. To compromise that by using a celebrity name seems to me to be a risky marketing ploy at best.
Ms. Rule’s audio explanation available on the home page of her Website (and included below) made
little sense, and I had to listen to it several times before I was able
to get the gist of what she was trying to say (at least I think I did). I usually read a book in it’s entirety
before critiquing it, but I wanted to get this out before you spend
money on a book like this. I have ordered it so I can review
it in its entirety, but as a child specialist for more than 25
years, I just can’t imagine what I will learn that might be
beneficial to new parents.
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Editor's Note: Below, we offer Dee Rule's press
release announcing the availability of her new book. If this is any
indication of her book's merit, it is apparent that she elected to self-publish
and bypass the inconvenience of copy editors who might have checked her
manuscript for grammar, style and clarity.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Jan. 23 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- In her new book, Dee
Rule gives advice on baby scheduling, parenting, and breastfeeding. She
wrote "The Baby Schedule Ruler" (ISBN: 9780980126105), in the nursery,
in the dark on her Palm Pilot. She is now announcing the availability
of her new book at www.babyscheduleruler.com.
Breastfeeding can be a challenge for most new mothers. But for mothers
who have a very hard time at it, it can leave them feeling depressed;
sometimes due to the low amounts of breast milk they are producing to
satisfy their baby's appetite; as well as supplementing some feedings;
or because they just do not want to bring the baby to the breast.
Also, you have some moms who are being forced into breast feeding and
just want their little one to just gain weight by formula feedings or
by pumping and giving.
"Pump and Give is an action done by some mothers who prefer to give
their baby breast milk by bottle feeding with pumped breast milk. Some
of these moms are in the closet on this matter. I hope they could only
come out and feel free," says Rule.
"Can some breastfeeding groups warm up to these mothers? Breast-feeding
is so beneficial for babies and toddlers no matter how it's delivered.
These groups have put moms in a squeeze to breast feed by bring the
baby to the breast only. What happen to making mothers happy: happy
mommy happy baby? Has it all just become a business of luring or
forcing moms to breastfeed the way society say they should. Comfort
should come first then a happier, confident, and loving family will
follow. Only if some groups and stores who sell to moms, stop forcing
there hidden agendas on mothers by feeding their coffers."
More information on the author and the book: www.babyscheduleruler.com.
No celebrity endorsement claimed or implied. | |
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Okay, we do think the tyke on this cover is a cutie! He's Wilder Brooks Hudson, son of Oliver Hudson (star of Rules of Engagement) and Erinn Bartlett. Oliver is the brother of actress Kate Hudson. (Oliver and Kate are the children of Goldie Hawn.)
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