The Baby Rules : The Insider's Guide to Raising Your Parents

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Summary: Informative and FUN - what a concept!
Review: I bought this book for a co-worker who just had a baby, and he loved it! It's loaded with valuable information, but it is still incredibly easy to read (unlike some reviews I've read recently). The tone is light and playful, but the message is a serious one. It's well-organized in easy-to-reference chapters, and full of practical tips that just might not have crossed the busy new parent's mind. While it doesn't profess to be the only reference a first-time parent needs, it may likely be the easiest one to fit into her busy schedule!

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Summary: Excellent advice in layman's terms!
Review: I found this book a "must"! As terrific as the WHAT TO EXPECT books are, this is in the same vein but in one book! Although some information in the book would be considered common sense, there was just as much if not more information given that I was unaware of. It made me that much more appreciative to my friend who had taken time to research a great children's advice book for this first-time mother!

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Summary: Excellent advice in layman's terms!
Review: I found this book a "must"! As terrific as the WHAT TO EXPECT books are, this is in the same vein but in one book! Although some information in the book would be considered common sense, there was just as much if not more information given that I was unaware of. It made me that much more appreciative to my friend who had taken time to research a great children's advice book for this first-time mother!

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Summary: Warm and reassuring
Review: I found this book to be helpful and gave me a warm and reassuring feeling when I read it. The book offers some great tips on important safety issues -- some of which I found to be really helpful and clever. As a new mom myself, I appreciate the authors' tacit acknowledgement that babies don't come with a manual! Some of the most basic baby questions are answered in a straighforward style.

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Summary: Disturbingly Fallacious
Review: I got a copy of this book, and "What to Expect the First Year". The latter is my choice for accuracy. Mothers and former TV producers Schaefer-Wilson and Germinario believe that "some places we go to for parenting advice are unknowingly giving dangerous information to parents." They can add their book to the list. The section on vaccines is so mis-leading and false by stating that reactions to these vaccines are "rare and non-fatal".Vaccines can harm, and in some cases, even kill (quoted from the CDC).[...] Given that the EPA, FDA, CDC, and AAP are all investigating this high-profile issue, I find the book offensive at best.
Julie Lyman, Pediatric Nurse and new mother.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I grabbed it thinking it would be a fun read. Not much useful information. Others in my playgroup felt the same when I showed it.

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Summary: Very useful, very funny
Review: I just finished this book and am the mother of a small son. I found it refreshing and interesting to have a book written from the baby's perspective. I loved the chapter on bathing. Lots of the information was presented from a different angle so it seemed new and perhaps forgotten gems from the person who everything most effects. The Baby. I will be giving this book to all my friends expecting children and who already have them.

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Summary: Charming and Delightful
Review: I picked up a copy of the book for an expecting co-worker and the more I read the book...the more I read the book. The tips are easy to read and the humor makes you want to read more! I have since shared a copy of the book with other co-workers including my boss (mother of two) and my sister who has purchased several copies for expecting friends of hers! Feel free to read other child safety books that are written by Dr.'s and PHD's that are hard to read...or pick up a copy of "The Baby Rules" and have fun learning about your new bundle of joy!

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Summary: Fun and easy to read!
Review: I picked up a copy of the book for an expecting co-worker and the more I read the book...the more I read the book. The tips are easy to read and the humor makes you want to read more! I have since shared a copy of the book with other co-workers including my boss (mother of two) and my sister who has purchased several copies for expecting friends of hers! Feel free to read other child safety books that are written by Dr.'s and PHD's that are hard to read...or pick up a copy of "The Baby Rules" and have fun learning about your new bundle of joy!

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Summary: A Universal Subject - needed by all
Review: I would unhesitatingly recommend this book to parents, grandparents and any child care workers. It is not only a wonderful, funny read, written in the first person by the baby, but a great reference book so practical that it should be kept accessible for ready and frequent use. Indeed, I would like to see this book translated into other languages as it contains much needed lessons of universal application and which touch everyone involved with children. This book is a great gift idea, alone or accompanied by the more usual gifts of clothing or stiffed animals.