Tracy Hogg, RNMH (August 1960 – 25 November 2004) was a British nurse and bestselling author. Her experiences as a nurse at St. Catherine's Hospital for the Mentally Handicapped and other hospitals led to a career as a child care expert. She was nicknamed "the baby whisperer" for her ability to placate

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ky infants. Hogg emigrated to the United States in 1992 and became famous in her last years for guiding young parents in

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. Her fee for three weeks of babysitting was said to be over $15,000. Her first book, ''Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How To Calm, Connect, and Communicate With Your Baby'', co-authored by journalist Melinda Blau, was published in 2001. It became a New York Times bestseller. One year later, ''Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers'' was published and became a national bestseller as well. In June 2002, Hogg teamed up with Discovery Health in Great Britain to produce a fifteen-part television series entitled '' The Baby Whisperer''. In 2004, as she was battling cancer, Hogg and Blau collaborated on ''The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems''. Hogg died of

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on 25 November 2004, aged 44, in her native

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Books

* '' Secrets of the Baby Whisperer'', 2001, * ''Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers'', 2002, * ''The Baby Whisperer Solves all your Problems'', 2005,

TV shows

* '' The Baby Whisperer''

External links

Official website

Tracy Hogg's Baby whisperer Forums

Profile
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