Gosh, this was awful. My impressions, trying to pull away from my natural recoil, are that these instructions seem to include both permissive and non-permissive philosophies. Before all of you start howling, I want to say that I still get anxious questions from new moms to the effect "I won't spoil my baby (aged 3 days, mind you) if I pick him up just to hold him?" At least this piece of garbage (IMO) lets you pick up the baby until 2 months :-/ Seems to me to go against parental instincts. How can this get any credibility? Such a sad commentary on lack of self-confidence and reliance on somebody with a degree instead of commonsense/instinct. How can this pediatrician possibly document what he says? The point raised that this was his personal opinion was an excellent one (in *my* personal opinion!). Judy Knopf in Israel [log in to unmask]