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Summary: There are better books out there.
Review: If you're using this book as your only reference on baby care, you'd find yourself relatively uninformed on several important topics. For example: Breastfeeding is covered in a very cursory way. No pictures, no descriptions of techniques, only a half-hearted endorsement. The rest of the section sounds like it was written by baby formula manufacturers. In general, it was not a very well written book.
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Summary: wonderful!
Review: In the hardcover edition, there is a section on playing and toys for that week. Being a first time mother, I didn't know what were good activities to do with my baby. I love this section of the book. The whole book is full of great information and I'm thrilled I got it!
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Summary: Get this right away!!!!
Review: My baby is now 3 weeks old and I wish I would have gotten this book sooner. Being a first time parent is tough, and you just don't know what to expect from the every begining. This book tells you! It starts with what your baby will do from the first 48 hours after it is born and continues week by week. I have not seen another book like this! And I have looked. I HIGHLY recommend this book. Both moms and dads should read it, it just helps you to understand clearly what your baby is doing- physically, socially, and mentally. I even recommend this book for those having a second and third child. Having a baby is a miracle, but watching your baby grow and develope into a little person is yet another miracle!
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Summary: great reference for infant social developement and nutrition
Review: My husband and I adopted a 6 month old infant without a clue as to where he should be developementally. We also were not sure of the amount of calories in formula to feed. We got little concrete advice from the pediatrician after waiting 2.5 months for a visit. The nurses on advice lines were cautious about giving this kind of advice over the phone. This book gave us a baseline. The charts on what baby is eating now was of great help. They really did help me plan menus for our son that satisfied his appetite with just the right amount of calories. The tips on play and social skills are also great.
Our son at 6 months was developementally delayed, but with the help of the advice this book at 11 months he is on target with some advanced cognitive skills. He is a healthy 23 pounds and 31.25 inch boy. A very happy child I might add.
I would have liked the book better if the charts and graphs were located in the back of the book as an appendix with references made throughout the book. Still I recommend this book.
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Summary: Avoid - Riddled with Errors
Review: Nice idea in theory, and does contain a fair amount of useful info, but the errors, often significant, outweigh everything else I'm afraid.
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Summary: Buy "The Baby Book" (Sears) instead!
Review: Really quick...Do yourself a favor & leave this book on the shelf! I was so freaked out that my baby was behind on development! It really had me scared. "The Baby Book" is right on and sooooo "instinct friendly" :O)
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Summary: TOO MANY ERRORS
Review: The author can't even get his months and weeks straight (ex: he calls a 28-week-old a 7-month-old.. but a 28-week-old is only 6 months old).. and if hasn't figured out yet that a month is longer than 4 weeks (unless it is february)... you shouldn't be trusting him to give you advice on your infant. Also.. remember the author is an obgyn.. not a pediatrician... and obviously not a mathematician either.
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Summary: Not the Greatest
Review: The information in this book was scattered around too much. I would have prefered there to be more information in each week about that specific week and all the medical info at the back (unless really pertaining to that week.) Also, the weeks didn't conform with the months. For example, my baby had just turned 7 months and was 30 wks. old. The book refered to 30 weeks as 8 months old and scared me into thinking my baby should be crawling at that age. Luckily I have other books that confirmed that at 7 months, most babies aren't crawling yet (though a few might be.)
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Summary: Pretty bad
Review: There are several serious problems with this book: -You can't follow your baby's development week by week (which is really the only thing that sets this book apart from the rest), because the weeks and months don't match up. For example, my son is 36 weeks old and just turned 8 months old. The book, however, says that a 36 week old is 9 months old. The author forgets that months have more than 28 days in them. -The book is very poorly organized. Section headings, for example, don't adequately identify what information is included in each section. The chapters are also very repetitive (not just between chapters, but within them). Finally, because the index doesn't reference all pages that include the topic you're looking up, so it's very difficult to navigate. -The book contains incorrect information. The only reason I gave the book two stars rather than one is because it does contain some good information. Still, since there are so many really good child development books from which to choose, I'd definitely recommend looking elsewhere.
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Summary: Fair Read
Review: This book is a good tool for just a simple guideline on development but it's not very up to date on some of the more "controversal" issues. If you plan to breastfeed or co-sleep, this book doesn't favour either. It also seems to favour commercial baby food and other products over making your own. It also doesn't discuss alternative ways to immunize children that might be less harmful for them.
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