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"Dr. Harvey Karp, also known as the Baby Whisperer, came to Kansas City Thursday to help new parents and their infants get some sleep.Karp teaches a method of re-creating a womb-like sensation for newborns to help soothe them to sleep. He said his philosophy isn't just about making parenting easier, but also about improving the health of parents and their babies.\"It isn't just burdensome, but it's also the No. 1 trigger for shaken baby syndrome, marital conflict, breast-feeding failure, postpartum depression and sleeping death. We're talking thousands of deaths and billions in health care costs,\" he said. \"You wouldn't think so, but that is the burden of crying babies and exhausted parents.\"Karp said his steps are simple, like swaddling, shooshing and swinging the baby. He said there's no need to worry about spoiling a newborn.\"Inside, you're holding them 24 hours a day, so if you only hold them 12 hours a day, it's an immediate cutback from what you used to do,\" he said.Kansas City-area mom Annie Oliveri's youngest child is 18 months old. She said she still uses Karp's techniques.\"If he's fussy in the car and needs to sleep, everyone will be shooshing and it works,\" Oliveri said. \"He goes to sleep and then everybody can take a deep breath.\"The University of Kansas Hospital hosted a workshop with Karp Thursday evening. Doctors said they'd like to better understand the science behind it, but the methods seem to work.\"I've watched it work,\" said Dr Carl Weiner of the University of Kansas Hospital. \"When you see a crying baby suddenly calm down, stop crying, relax and ultimately fall asleep, it's pretty convincing.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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