Baby Love

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Summary: A charming, calming breath of fresh air
Review: Parenting advice is, by definition, subjective. But most parenting books attempt to be so evenhanded (or are so research-based) that they fail to present an opinion and instead confuse the reader with information overload. Maud Bryt has created the perfect counterpoint to the frenzied new mother books that dominate the shelves. Her unabashedly direct advice about caring for an infant is more applicable than anything else I've seen (on my way to both my first child and now, to my second child). Buy this book and keep it on your nightstand during pregnancy. It's a beautifully calming force filled with gems of wisdom.

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Summary: Practical suggestions for simplfying the chaos
Review: Seeing the cover of this book I was apprehensive. Another book on how beautiful it is to have children, with little substantial help, I thought. Well it is about the beauty and a lot lot more. A comparitively short book, each paragraph has practical, sage advice on a host of things one would only learn after years of experience. Written by the daughter of a midwife, the book has years of expereince to draw from. Advice ranges from dealing with family, pets, and guests with bad timing, to setting up a useful nursery. We plan to give this book as a gift to several expecting friends of ours.

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Summary: words of wisdom and great photography
Review: simple, loving text and great photography walk new mothers and fathers through the experience of caring for a new child. This book is a great gift for your friends who are pregnant!

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Summary: the best friend to friend "how to" baby book!
Review: this book is so easy to read and refer to, it is a perfect gift for about to be and new moms....full of simple but necesary advise on caring for your new baby. the photographs are beautiful and inspiring for my nursery!

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Summary: the perfect gift for a new mom
Review: this book walks you through the first weeks of having a new baby to care for in the language one friend talks to another in. it is loving and helpful on all the day by day infant events. it is a calm guide for new parents to use in preparation for and during the first months of caring for their newborns. give it to a friend, she'll remember you for it!

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Summary: the perfect gift
Review: this book will become "the given" at baby showers.

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Summary: the perfect gift
Review: this book will become "the given" at baby showers.

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Summary: Perfect gift--for you or anyone
Review: This gorgeous, calming, smart book plus one or two outfits from The Gap and you're all set for any baby shower. I bought this book when I had my second child, when one thinks one knows it all, and I still learned so much that has made both my and my baby's life easier, happier, calmer.