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Welcome To Baby Whisperer - Please visit here first! => Remembering Tracy => Topic started by: Site Admin Team on November 23, 2009, 22:03:14 pm
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Tracy Hogg, RNMH “The Baby Whisperer”
Born and raised in the north of England, Tracy worked in several reknowned hospitals including St. Catherine's Hospital for the Mentally Handicapped, where she first discovered her gift for understanding children's cries, gestures, body language, and other nonverbal cues–a talent she would later apply to babies. When she emigrated to the United States in 1992, Tracy began to work exclusively with parents and their new babies, helping them make the transition from delivery room to first diapers and eventually into toddlerhood.
In 2001 Tracy, working with her co-author, award-winning journalist Melinda Blau, published her first book, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How To Calm, Connect, and Communicate With Your Baby, which instantly became a New York Times bestseller. Just one year later, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers was published and became a national bestseller as well. In June 2002 Tracy teamed up with Discovery Health in Great Britain to produce a fifteen-part television series entitled The Baby Whisperer. Each episode demonstrates not only Tracy’s incredible problem-solving skills, but also her compassion for children and parents. In 2004, even as she was battling a life-threatening disease, Tracy and her co-author collaborated on The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems. Because Tracy knew that this might be her last book, she was determined to cover every conceivable problem so that even if she couldn’t help parents personally, her book would.
Sadly, Tracy lost her battle to melanoma on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2004. Five years later her legacy lives on in her books, her tapes, her television programmes, and, mostly, the spirit of this website. Babywhisper.com has realized one of Tracy’s greatest dreams: to create a place where thousands of devoted parents can come to share their experiences and to support one another. What she possibly didn’t imagine, though, was that this virtual community would also make sure that her wit and wisdom could never die.
I hope that you will join us in paying tribute to Tracy on this thread. The thread will remain here in this board as a lasting tribute on this special day.
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Thank you.
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Tracy saved my DS2 from reflux with the entry in her "Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems" on reflux.
Both my boys have good sleep habits and I'm regularly complimented on their manners etc.
Wish you were here to thank in person.
Thank you Tracy.
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Thank you Tracy for creating the BW philosophy. You have helped me become a better mom than I was ever equipped to be, and I want to thank you and this lovely community that lives on in your honor for all the help and understanding that I received here.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope you can look in on us all from wherever you are, and know what a difference you have made in our lives!
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Thank you Tracy, you have been an inspiration.
You have taught me so much through your books and have saved DS from many hours of crying.
Rest in peace knowing your legacy lives on.
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Tracy, what a beautiful soul you must have been. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your wisdom, patience, and your tireless love for babies and thier Mommies.
My own mothering is firmly rooted in the BW ways, and it has made both my husband and I the best parents we can be. We truly believe that we have you to thank in so many ways for this wonderful 3 year old that we have. A lovely, miraculous girl who has always been respected, loved, and whispered to, since before she was even born.
You know that old saying "Babies don't come with instructions.."? Well, I give your first book to every new Mom in my life, and always I inscribe it with "They say babies don't come with instructions....well, I believe that they do, and I believe that you are holding the instructions in your hands right now...Happy Baby Whispering."
This site is a tribute to you and your blessed work, and I am grateful for it each and every day. It truly is a safe haven, and I will be thankful for it always. I will never forget the night I stumbled onto it, exhausted and sobbing, with an exhausted and sobbing newborn. It is here that I found the most supportive and loving home...full of Mommies that were and remain a lifeline for me.
May you continue to rest with peace, and know that your legacy will live forever through millions of happy children and thier parents.
I thank you, and my baby thanks you. :-*
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thank you is all I can say.
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I can't thank you enough for all the help you have given me - not sure I would ever have understood my Touchy DD if I hadn't read your book - I thought I had an angry baby :(
When my friend gave me the book when DD was 10 wks and I did the know your baby quiz and read all the 'symptoms' of a touchy LO everything seemed to fall into place - I began to understand my super-sensitive touchy little girl.
Thanks for making me a better Mum - not sure if I could have done it without you . . . and all the lovely folk on this site who carry on your 'work' :-*
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Thank you Tracy for giving me an anchor point for my life and my parenting - always a book with advice I could turn to, always a friend on this site that i could turn to for guidance
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God Bless You Tracy! You saved our family and made me a better mother.
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Thank You Tracy for bringing these methods into our lives, We are a happy well rested family, we have a great bond of trust established and I know my son so well. I owe it all to you, I mention you to all Mothers in the hope that they will know what we all know, how to teach our children independant sleep, how to read our babies cues, how to be better parents!
I know my life as a Mother would have been completely different had I not found your book and I know God put it in my life for a reason!
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Thank you, Tracy, for helping me understand what mothers and babies are all about. Thank you for immortalizing your gift to help so many mommies around the world.
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Thank you Tracy. :-*
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I will be eternally grateful to this wonderful lady. Her books and TV show helped me so much when Charlotte was a baby. Who knows, if it weren't for her, perhaps I would never have had the courage to go on and have 2 more babies!
Rest in peace.
With love, Rach xxxxx
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Remembering you today and always Tracy. :'( :-*
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Rest in peace Tracy and know that you are an angel to all the new mothers out there that follow your techniques. If it weren't for the knowledge you shared, I don't think I would be the mother I am today, and have a happy baby who is well fed and rested. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
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Tracy...you are the best friend I never knew. Yet, I do know you because of the real and lasting impact that your insight, wisdom, and love have had in my family's life. Becoming a mother hit me like a ton of bricks and pretty much overwhelmed me...until I found your books. I felt like a weight was lifted off of me when you discussed EASY: I felt empowered and confident enough in myself to be able to meet all of Aaron's needs. Because of that, now that I am no longer wondering, "What does that cry mean? What's wrong with him?," our entire family goes about our day in relative peace and calmness. Rob and I feel like we can look at our son and see who he really is. More importantly, we can LOVE him for who he really is. And that has made all the difference.
We love you Tracy!
Our endless gratitude.
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Thank you Tracy, for teaching me how to listen to my babies. I never would have understood what they were trying to tell me if it hadn't been for your books.
May your memory be eternal
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Thank you Tracy. Can't thank you enough. :-*
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Tracy saved my sanity when I really didn't think it could be saved. She was an amazing woman that brought understanding to mother's worldwide. She has changed lives everywhere and has brought a community together like none other. From our humble beginning to see what she has become. Tracy will forever be missed, but will forever live on. Peace and love from a forever thankful BW mom with a now 8 and almost 5 year old.
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You have made an amazing difference in the lives of so many. Thank you very much.
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Jen - X&E's Mommy - has said it so very well!!!! At a time when PPD and reflux and a Touchy baby were sending me around the bend, she helped us get thru it with her words of advice and her encouraging manner.
And this site that she's left as a gift to so so SOOOO many of us has been such a blessing! I've been a mom for nearly eight years now, and I'm still here. I know I'll find other moms who understand, and be able to hopefully help other moms with some of the things we managed to survive. The network of love and caring has taken on a life of its own - I've been thrilled to meet in person and/or talk on the phone with so many BW's since I started here when J was only 3 months old (Jen being one of them, come to that - thanks!), to exchange ideas and techniques and fun and baby/kid stuff and advice and experiences and so on.
Thank you Tracy for all you've done for us and for out children!!!! Love you!!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Thank you Tracy!
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I feel I wouldn't be the parent I am today if it weren't for you and my wonderful, supportive friends here :) What would I have done without you all? I shudder to think :(
Thank you from the bottom of my heart :-*
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Saying my prayers of thank you to you Tracy as well, my soul was touched in the first pages of your book, with the stories of your grandmother. And I know that I am the parent I am, and my son is the child he is, because of your help and guidance. As others have said, I could not have done it without you.
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so thankful for Tracy's beautiful and witty wisdom, I truly wish I'd been able to know her in person, such a treasure.
so thankful for the wonderful BW on this website who hold my hand help me enjoy motherhood.
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I'm forever grateful for the incredible gift you have given us - your philosophy, the way you empower us to be the best parents we can be, this site - your legacy - which truly provides a safe haven to so many of us. I know I'll be forever indebted to what you have given me and my family, and there will never be a way to properly thank you.
I have been listening to this song lately and it has reminded me of you very much:
Mary Chapin Carpenter - 10.000 Miles - Fly Away Home
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Thank you Tracy for learning me how to be a mother for the Greatest Love of my life. I pray for you with my DD every evening. You will always be remembered.
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I was only thinking this morning how little my son actually cries - well, that's down to you Tracy. Instead of crying being his only method of communication; I learned, through you, to read him and understand his needs.
Thank you.
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words can't explain how much you've touched my life, as a mother and a person, through your programmes, books and mainly this site where everyone is carrying on the wisdom, love and support.
thank you!!!!!!! :-* :-* :-*
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Thanks doesn't seem to be enough...
You and this wonderful community have made me the mother I am today. Your wisdom, caring, and love continues to grow day by day on this site and with all that you have done.
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Thank you Tracy for teaching me to slow down and understand my son. I now know what he needs when he needs it. There are times I think I won't get through this first year, but then I read a passage from your books or something on this site related to your teachings and I can carry on once again.
Your methods & philosophy have touched and saved countless families, including mine.
We shall carry on helping others in your name.
With gratitude and thanks xoxox
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Thank you Tracy, from the bottom of my heart. We would not be the family we are today if it weren't for your guidance. I hope that you know how many lives you have changed for the better - your legacy lives on in each one of us.
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I have to say BW has really helped me with everything, being a 1st time mom and not being sure of what to expect, this book helped me ease into it and be confident that I could be a good mother to my new baby. I feel like Tracy is talking to me everytime I read the book, I would have loved to have thanked her in person. My thoughts are with her family and friends you were blessed to have her in your lives.
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thankyou for caring so much about the wellbeing of so many babies across the world... Its heartwarming to know that there are special people like you doing so much for others, so selfless...
On this day your anniversary of passing I promise to you that I will try and share your teachings as much as I can and be the best mummy and kindest person I can - You have shown what a bit of love and patience can do - its easy in the modern world to lose sight of whats really important, now I realise that life is too short to not to live each day being the best person I can not only as a mother but as a human being.
thankyou for caring. :-*
Annette and baby Jasmine.xx
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Thank you. :'( :-*
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I can't believe another year has passed already! Tracy, you have changed my life and I and my children are eternally grateful for you!!!
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Thank you for teaching me how to listen to my babies and respect them as individuals. And thanks for starting this site so that so many parents can reach out and find help & support. :)
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must also say a special thankyou to all of you that make this website happen -
especially all those moderaters that even with issues of their own are always there for us when we are in need - enabling traceys legacy to live on.
Annette.xx
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To an amazing woman who brought so much caring and love to so many. Your legacy lives on in our hearts and we thank you for sharing your methods and your kindness. I would be lost without your guidance and the guidance of the tight-knit community who have followed in your ways.
Lynlea and Lucas x
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I am still here, nearly 6 years later after watching and admiring tracy's programmes whilst pregnant and thinking that this was the way that i wanted to parent my children.
Thank you tracy for helping me to help my son. In reading your books and finding your legacy of this wonderful website I have become that parent i wanted to be and my children are good sleepers and good eaters.
the friendships, empathy and support you get here is second to NONE. I have friends all over the world who I would dearly love to meet.
rest in peace Tracy.
Alex
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Tracy ,when we decided to have jashn we had no clue how we will manage a lil soul but here we are eight months have gone by and we have thanked u every day and every night!
Wish I could have thanked u personally !
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Thank You Tracy from the bottom of my heart, being a young first time mom I didnt know how I was going to cope, let alone how to raise a child, then I stumbled upon your books just in the nick of time and have been following your philosophies since day one, I'm ashamed to say I thought It was just another parenting book claiming to solve the impossible, and my mother thought I was crazy, following a parenting book....but boy am I glad I found it, like it was mean to be, I believe you are watching and BWing from heaven :)
God Bless you and your work, I dont know what I wouldve done, nor my LO, he is one of the happiest babies I know and I feel so confident armed with your practical lessons and information. I am forever grateful and will never forget... Your impact is great, bringing all these lovely BWing parents together on this site to offer support and advice in your BW ways, I thank the Lord everyday I have you all
May You Rest In Peace XOXOX
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thank you so so much Tracy for making me the mammy and professional I am today.
I am forever indebted to you xxx
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I wish I could have met you to tell you how much you changed our lives with our girls. I had never expected the joys and challenges of parenting to be so profound, and you definitely made things seem so much less intimidating.
Thank you :)
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Thank you, Tracy :)
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Thanks for all that you did and for all the things you keep doing even in death. Thank you Tracy.
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Rest in Peace Tracy - hopefully knowing how many of us are trying to bring up our children whith love, respect and understanding.
It constantly amazes me how you could write a book that would help me understand my baby so well. How you could notice all those little things that are the same between so many babies, that can allow us to communicate with such a young child.
Thank-you :-* :-*
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Before I even became pregnant with my first I had a notion of the parent I wanted to be, Tracy you gave that notion form and reality and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope someday my children will be thanking you too :-*
Laura
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Dearest Tracy, from one Yorkshire lass to another - thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I bought your book when I was 7 months pregnant with my little girl (now almost 6) and have bought so many copies for friends who have had children. I made a wonderful friend from America on this site 5 years ago and we're still in touch now - what a truly amazing thing that is - you have united mothers all over the world!
When I had my little boy in July yet again you were the person I turned to. My babies will know you as the auntie they never met and they will thank you as I do for giving them a mummy and daddy who listen to and respect them which is what all our babies deserve.
All my love to you and your family, and to all Baby Whisperers :-* :-* :-*
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Thank you So much Tracy, if it wasnt for you and you books I wouldnt have picked up on my DD reflux and wouldnt have gotten passed the first 12 weeks.
Rest in peace.
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Thank you Tracy!
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Thank you for all your insight that has made such a difference in the lives of my and my lovely DD.
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Thank you for helping me understand how to help my little boy. xx
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I'm so glad you provided another way of thinking about parenting, another way to tackle those issues. You've enriched our family for sure!
love
Charmaine, Brendon, Rory and Leobin.
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Yesterday I logged on to tell the TTC thread that I got my first + opk.
It was then that I truly appreciated this site, the knowledge/advice/fun and friends that I have made make this my first site visit each morning and last thing at night.
You have helped me become the mother that I envisaged myself become.
Thank you seems so small in comparison to what you have given me.
But I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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I have just watched you on Discovery Health this morning, you are sadly missed.
I have a wonderful 4 month old son who is an absolute dream and it's all thanks to you Tracy. I wouldn't be without your books and TV programmes.
Thank you to a wonderful lady. xxxx
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I don t know where I would be without you. I will always be grateful. Thank you Tracy!
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Thank you !!! I really wish you were alive. But it feels like it sometimes...
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What a beautiful legacy Tracy left. A loving community where moms can help one another do one of the toughest jobs there is.
I'll be always grateful for the techniques she taught me through her books. Not sure I could have made it through the first year without her! My son probably would have never been dx with silent reflux if it wasn't for what I learned here and in her books. That alone changed our lives.
Thank you, Tracy. You memory lives on in all the children and mommies you've changed.
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You will always be missed but your legacy will live on forever!! I wish I had the opportunity to meet you.
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Thank you, Tracy. We love U!
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Thank you, Tracy. For helping me to become the Mom I always wanted to be.
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Dear Tracy
Thank you for soothing *my* worries as a first time, expectant mother. There's no baby here yet to calm but you've already made a positive impact in my family. That's the kind of talent and far-reaching impact you and your co-author have. You're not only a Baby Whisperer. You're a Mother Whisperer too.
Just like mothers you met, I'm one of those who has hardly been closer to a baby than a nappy commercial. Only your book spoke to me, I knew instantly your philosophy was a match for mine. One day when I had a rare but bad mood swing I bought your second book, and it Whispered to me. Mood back in harmony again. It's magic!
After reading your books I feel that I can, I really can, be a mother. I was so worried how I would handle round-the-clock care for such a tiny and needful person, but now calmness and serenity have taken the place of worry and doubt. How can I ever thank you?
I'm buying your first book in the French version so the father, who is francophone, can be a Baby Whisperer too. He's already a father from his first marriage but is older now and worried about how he will manage the crying jags. He actually said he'd read your book too! I'm delighted that I won't have to come off as the 'expert' and he can be the equally knowledgeble, equally concerned, equal (period!) parent that I will be thanks to your books. There, that's me, the baby, and now the father who are all benefiting from your expertise.
When I first visited this site and read you had already completed your journey, I felt like a friend had died.
Melanoma runs in my family too. I use sunblock every day, no matter the season, and will continue to do so.
much love and affection--Katharine Anne
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Thankyou for writing the baby whisperer book. It was a great find. I like your philosophy and respect you have for the little children.
God bless. Love never dies.xx