Deborah Carlisle Solomon - Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE Way

One of the best things that ever happened to me as a mother was discovering RIE. Im forever indebted to Deborah Solomon and my other RIE teachers for helping me slow down, understand, and respect my baby. Even though my daughter is now nine, she is still a RIE baby at heart: calm, confident, and self-motivated. Baby Knows Best is a treasure of insights and wisdom. I will be giving this invaluable book to every new mother I know.

Maria Semple, author of Whered You Go, Bernadette

Outstanding! Deborah Solomon did it! She brought Magda Gerber to life in this absorbing and powerful book full of Gerbers words and ideas! Reading it took me back to the 1970s, when I sat on the floor and watched this famous infant expert in action working with a group of babies and parents. Deborah Solomons own experiences augment Magdas teachings and expand our thinking about who babies are and what they need. For many readers this book is bound to be loaded with potent new ideasideas that in some ways are quite different from the usual advice experts give parents. Easy to read, eye-opening, hard to forget!

Janet Gonzalez-Mena, coauthor of Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers and author of Diversity in Early Care and Education: Honoring Differences

The RIE program is the single most relatable, intuitive, and commonsense approach to the modern-day conundrum of parenting. Baby Knows Best is the guidebook. It helps you get back to basics and makes you a better, more confident parent as you learn that Babies do indeed Know Best. A must-have on yours and your babys library shelf.

Jamie Lee Curtis

RIE gave us a loving methodology for how to do the most important thing in the worldunderstand and nurture our babies. It fostered a communication and interplay that weve built upon all their lives. This was invaluable and loving knowledge.

Jason Alexander

I think RIE should be a national program so that parents all over the country can have the opportunity that my family had.

Dee Dee Myers, former White House press secretary

RIE has been a blessing in our lives, giving us the chance to learn that our baby can teach us best when we observe carefully. Weve learned to respect him as he expresses his needs.

Gustavo Dudamel, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and his wife, Elosa Maturn

My greatest fear as a parent was making mistakes. I wanted some kind of rule book that told me how to handle every situation with an infant. RIE is the closest thing that I have found to this holy grail. How to be attentive but not intrusive, loving but not smothering, kind but not indulging, guiding but not controlling, strict but not rigidall this wonderfully laid out in RIEs Educaring Approach. We are raising an independent being that I can feel incredibly close to. Thank you, Magda Gerber and all the wonderful infant Educarers!

Hank Azaria

This book will be an invaluable contribution for parents and for anybody who cares about young children. RIE is a pioneering approach to caregiving that anticipated what science now tells us: that babies and young children thrive with sensitive care that is responsive to their signals and developmental needs. For parents who often feel torn between multiple demands, RIE offers a gentle, supportive approach that fosters their self-confidence and helps them rediscover the joys of raising a child. The RIE approach is a refreshing departure from the didactic, overly prescriptive books that seem to dominate the parenting literature. I strongly recommend this book.

Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD, author of The Emotional Life of the Toddler

This terrific book is written by someone who really understands daily life with a baby. Deborah Carlisle Solomon shows how you can build an enjoyable relationship with your baby through the power of observation.

Sue Gerhardt, author of Why Love Matters

A quietly brilliant parenting book, full of wisdom and calm guidance.

Publishers Weekly (starred review)