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Summary: The Book that Keeps On Ticking
Review: This is the shower gift I always give! We bought this book with the anticipation of our first child and learned so much. Every page is packed with really useful information about pregnancy, labor, delivery, and new babies. But it doesn't stop there. The childcare, health and safety, and parenting sections are excellent ... in fact, 5 years later, I STILL rely on it for quick research of illnesses (chicken pox this year ... pink eye last year!) and to review safety tips. Excellent pictures and very well written.
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Summary: the perfect reference guide for new parents & parents-to-be.
Review: This pregnancy and childcare book was the best I ever saw and I looked at many books. Primarily because the photographs were excellent. A new parent can tell the difference between chicken pox and diaper rash, just by comparing her child's appearance to the photos. Various methods of nursing or burbing a baby is shown to you not merely explained. Also the photos showed men caring for the baby almost as often as women which is very reassuring to first-time fathers.I especially liked the matter-of-fact practical information. Many of the baby books I have read are chock full of advice on whether to nurse or whether to let the baby cry, etc. Advice is the one thing new parents get plenty of - from mothers, mothers-in-law, even from complete strangers in grocery stores. A book that shows you how something can be done without telling you whether you should do it is very valuable, especially in the first few months.
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