TV's Claire Verity claims to be a baby guru to the rich and famous - she is nothing but a fraud |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 12:09 am |
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The very image of propriety in a crisp nurse's overall and with her 1950s baby care principles, Claire Verity bends over the newborn and coos: "You're in for a bit of a shock, hunny bunny."And so unfolds another episode of Channel 4's Bringing Up Baby, with the authoritative Verity explaining to a tearful mother that she must cut down on her screaming baby's milk feeds and hold back on physical comfort and eye contact.Reluctantly, the exhausted mother agrees. The woman has, after all, submitted her child to a controversial reality TV experiment designed to compare childcare methods, and Verity espouses a rigorous routine.Crying babies should be ignored, infants need to be left outside for long periods "to air" and cuddle time must be limited to ten minutes a day.When one father asks if he can kiss his new daughter, she snaps: "No, I don't want you touching it!" This "baby whisperer" promises desperate parents the holy grail of baby care: her method will result in a newborn sleeping [ Full article ] |
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