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Do we still need experts to tell us how to care for babies? Beverly McCorriston finds two books to go by

Beverly McCorriston finds two books to go by

There seems no end to the 'expert' advice being published about babies or childcare. Is it just a series of changing fads, or common sense? We decided to put them to the test by our own experts on the job.

Since finishing her training at Norland nursery nursing college in 1985, Beverly McCorriston has worked as a maternity nurse, nanny, school matron and nursery teacher. She now lives in Cambridgeshire and here gives her opinion after reading two new books on babycare.

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, by Tracy Hogg (Ebury Press, 9.99) Unfortunately this book has been the subject of much media attention recently. I say unfortunately, because the media has focused almost entirely on the author Tracy Hogg's high-profile Hollywood clients and their ability (or lack of it!) to raise children. It's doubtful whether any of the people writing about Tracy have so much as glanced at her book, let alone tried to understand her philosophy of 'baby whispering'.

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