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Summary: Buy the Set: You Won't Regret
Review: this book covers all the bases, most everything else you are going to find in other places that you'll need can be found between the covers of this book. For some reason, I didn't get this book until becoming pregnant for the third time and was worried that I had forgotten many of the finer points. Why wait? This book is available in a set with What to expect when your expecting, get them both together. You wont regret it.
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Summary: I hope the author of the section on teething has no kids!!
Review: In general - if you want good developmental info this is a good book, however, you'd do better with a child development text. This book states that if your child cries while teething "There is no use in trying to comfort her, and she will just get used to your presence if you try" What a CROCK! If we are raising entire generations on THIS kind of advice, no wonder we have school shootings and rampant drug abuse. I want my child to know he can trust his parents, that we will be there for him when he is scared or in pain. This is DEFINATELY not a book for first time parents, I've raised 4 already and am now raising my fifth - since I have experience, I don't tend to question my skills as a parent. There is NOTHING WRONG WITH COMFORTING YOUR BABY WHEN HE HURTS OR IS SCARED!!! THATS WHAT PARENTS ARE FOR! This book is for folks who want a trained little robot, not a loving connected little human being! (PS - Im a nurse as well - babys shouldnt eat sushi because they cannot digest it and their stomachs cannot handle some organisms that might be present - NOT because they can't chew well enough to crush pathogens as the book says! Bwahahahah!!!)
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Summary: Must-have for new parents!
Review: This book is a must-have for all new parents! Being a nurse, but having little experience with infants, this book was invaluable to me. Unfortunately, I didn't get it until my son was 6 weeks old. I wish I would have had it sooner. Many questions I had would have been answered! It helped us get through that first year! Now we are working our way through the next book, 'What to Expect: The Toddler Years'.
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Summary: Book enthusiast!
Review: I loved this book! I read it at the beginning of every month and then checked back if I had a question about anything! It was a great resource for the first year of my sons life. I am now reading What to Expect the Toddler Years, and it is just as good!!!!
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Summary: Great for first time moms
Review: I just had my first child and this book has really come in handy. I had a lot of questions and was always able to find the answer in this book. It tells you what to expect at checkups, when your child should be doing certain milestones, and all the things you think that only YOUR child is doing. A great helper.
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Summary: Buy Dr. Sears' book instead
Review: I obsessed over the information in this book for the whole of my first child's fist year of life. I anxiously turned to the listings for each month to make sure that my child was "normal." I fretted when my parenting style didn't match the one emphasized in the book. What a waste of time! My second child is about to turn one and I realize that I didn't consult this book once during his entire first year. The information (like the information in "What to Expect When You're Expecting") tends to feed, rather than alleviate, worry about your child's development. Dr. Sears' "The Baby Book" is a thousand times more useful.
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Summary: A Waste of Money
Review: This book is filled with outdated, culturally biased, and poorly researched information on co-sleeping, breastfeeding, and infant nutrition. The most glaring example of this is that this book advocates weaning (from the breast) at 9-10 months...never mind the fact that the AAP recommends breastfeeding a MINIMUM of 1 year and that the WHO recommends breastfeeding a MINIMUM of 2 years. Buy the Sears Baby Book instead.
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Summary: Waste of time
Review: This book is a ridiculous waste of time. I used it for the first few months, just for the milestone charts. Everything else in this book was of no help whatsoever.The breastfeeding information is pretty bad. It makes one wonder if the author even has any experience with nursing a child. Spend your money on The Baby Book by Dr Sears instead. It is so much more informative, from diapers to breastfeeding, to formula feeding, to illnesses. The What to Expect book doesn't even come close!
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Summary: Go with any of the Sears books instead
Review: I bought this book as a set with "What to expect When Your Expecting" and read both cover to cover during my pregnancy. I have since found that quite a bit of the infomation is both outdated and medically bad advice (like leaving your breastfed baby with a sitter at 3-4 months old with only a bottle of water) Also, the cry it out advice is horrid. Buy the Baby Book instead!
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Summary: Wonderful reference book to be used even beyond the 1st year
Review: I am buying my second copy of this book today. I let my friend borrow my first copy when she had her baby. She's not done with it and my second baby is due soon. I feel like I can't make it without this book! Even after my daughter's first year, I still referred to this book more than the "What to Expect the Toddler Years" book. The book is definitely heavier on the medical side than the parenting side but playing with and cuddling your baby should come naturally. It's the workings of the baby that you have so many questions about. How far can they see, can they see colors, what are the best first foods, what can that rash be from? Every question I ever had during my daughters first TWO or more years can be answered in this book. I sometimes wish I still had it to refer to and my daughter is now 4! The toddler books deals more with discipline and those kinds of issues and not alot of medical things.
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