Listen to Your Baby - by Naomi Aldort (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In the first and only book of its kind in the parenting and baby-care arena, internationally acclaimed parenting advice expert and bestselling author Naomi Aldort gives the power of knowing back to the parents so they can trust their own inner wisdom, and foster a nurturing relationship with their children. Including The Work of Byron Katie, the compassionate care approach offers a guiding light to parents.

Today's parents are confused, not by a lack of information but too much information--too many theories by too many experts, which leaves them insecure and unsure of their abilities. Parents have become dependent on authority to know how to respond to their own baby or toddler to a frightening degree.

Listen to Your Baby is the antidote to this confusion. This revolutionary book teaches a self-inquiry that creates emotional freedom to be able to see the baby or toddler from an authentic and loving heart. To do so, readers learn to use The Work of Byron Katie in order to release stressful thoughts that abstract the ability to notice the child as he or she is and then be able to see the baby's valid needs with clarity. The result is a peaceful connection, in which the child feels secure and naturally responds with care and inner peace of his or her own free will.

At the same time, the book also provides a wealth of commonsense solutions and ideas to consider, many of which break the common limiting and complicating narratives. Listen to Your Baby can create a breakthrough in building trust between parents and child and making parents see the obvious with ease.

Review Quotes

"Naomi Aldort and I agree that the best expert on a baby's needs is the baby. When we listen to our hearts and to our babies and young children, we can hear what they are asking for, and they only ask for what they need. Thank you, Naomi, for being a voice for babies and young children."

--Pam Leo, author, Connection Parenting

"The title of Naomi Aldort's latest book, Listen to Your Baby, tells the whole story. When I read her advice that listening to your baby can awaken your own natural wisdom as a parent, I remember how much the readers of Mothering magazine relied on Naomi's advice. They loved her for acknowledging that they could trust themselves. Read this book to reassure yourself that you have the innate wisdom necessary to raise a healthy and emotionally intelligent child."

--Peggy O'Mara, former editor and publisher, Mothering magazine.

"As a mother of five and a physician who has spent years guiding women back to their innate wisdom, Listen to Your Baby felt like a homecoming. Naomi Aldort gives words to what so many of us know in our hearts--that our babies already know the way. This book is a masterpiece in reminding parents to trust themselves, trust their children, and find joy in simplicity. A must-read for anyone seeking calm, connection, and confidence in motherhood."

--Dr. Cheryl Kam, family physician and podcaster

"In Listen to Your Baby, Naomi Aldort offers a way to clear our mind of the external noise from media, experts, people's opinions, and even our own thinking; only then can we hear, understand, and trust our baby. A liberating book that returns us to trust and love."

--Saffia Farr, editor, JUNO magazine

"Naomi Aldort's Listen to Your Baby is an essential and much-needed book for all new and soon-to-be parents. I struggled with the same questions when I nursed my three children. I wish I had had Naomi's book then. Even with the advice from the La Leche League, society's dictates to young mothers in the 1990s confused me about how long I 'could and should' breastfeed my children. The struggle for women who wanted to carve out an identity, while also caring for their children, led to a litany of mixed messages. I am sure that had I known the importance of cholesterol to a baby's wellbeing, both physical and mental, I would have breastfed my children for more than 16 months and been better able to listen to my babies. Listen to Your Baby fosters a dialogue between mother and child, enabling the mother to better listen to not only her baby but also to herself.

--Dr. Elizabeth Bright, DO, ND

About the Author

Naomi Aldort is the author of the bestseller Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves, which has been published in twenty languages. She has spoken in parenting conferences, universities, and other events worldwide, and her parenting advice columns and articles have been published internationally in world-distributed magazines, including Mothering, Nurture, Pathways, Natural Parent, Juno, Natural Life, Life Learning, The Attached Family (of Attachment Parenting International), and more.