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Originally Posted by MariJo7
Who is Dr. Denmark?
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She was a pediatrician who lived to be 114 years old. (I think she actively practiced until she was 90 or so?) She did do a lot of cool things and was a HUGE proponent of listening to the mother. But, a lot of her advice reflects the advice of the times she lived in. She was a hyper scheduler and a lot of people follow her advice to the letter and it's horrifying.
In case anyone wants to read more about her, most of her advice is found in this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Denmark-Said-...dp/0970381417/
Here's a public Facebook group where you can find out more about her parenting methods - link broken because it is very much not in alignment with attachment parenting:
https://www.facebook.com/ groups/69711938505/
And here is an example of her newborn schedule - link broken again, caveat I do not know this blog author and did not read the blog beyond this post:
http://selah4blessedbrownlees. blogspot.com/2014/02/dr-denmarks-newborn-schedule.html
I'm sharing these links because I have seen Dr. Denmark gets pushed in certain circles (like my old church, the one I attended until my oldest was 8 months old, looooved her and gave her book to all the new moms), but I don't come across criticisms of her methods as much and I think some of it is downright dangerous.
She was local to my city, so I see her books come up every so often and I always grab them, even if I have to pay a couple of dollars (at Goodwill/consignment).