The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)
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| Dr. Bill and Martha Sears draw from their vast professional and personal experience to provide autjoritative, comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. THE BABY BOOK focuses on the essential needs of babies - eating, sleeping, development, health and comfort- as it addresses the questions of greatest concerns to today's parents. The Sears present a practical, contemporary approach to parenting that reflects the way we live today. They offer the basic guidance and inspiration one needs to develop the parenting style that best suits carer and baby. |
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Only baby book you'll need : Powered by Amazon
Posted on 2008-11-20 |
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This IS the best baby book you could ever get yourself. With kid #2 it's still my bible. If you want to be an informed parent and are willing to choose the very best approach to child rearing (not always the easiest!), but the most mindful approach of the very best interest of your child, then this will be your favorite baby book too. And Dr. Sears doesn't disregard an individual's choice (dictated often by life's challenges and circumstances). He provides a wealth of information and support to everyone no matter what path your on despite his obvious promotion of what he, as an experienced physician and father, believes is the healthiest (body, mind, and soul!)approach to child rearing for the whole family.
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Fantastic book!!! : Powered by Amazon
Posted on 2008-11-19 |
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| I love this book! It is informative and down to earth. I read it cover to cover with my first child, and now I am re-reading it with my second child. I give this book as a gift to my friends who are new Moms. I have found this book to be a most useful resource! |
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A heavy, but worthy tome : Powered by Amazon
Posted on 2008-11-16 |
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It is a bit early to review this book, as we are going to be parents, just next January. Probably within 5 years or so we will see, whether Dr. Sears is right :)
But as a book, it is fascinating reading and it gives us many news aspects on how to interact, communicate and handle our forthcoming baby. |
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Very informative! : Powered by Amazon
Posted on 2008-11-10 |
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| I got this book for a baby shower gift. At first I was over-whelmed by it because there is so much info. Then I started using it as a resource after the baby was born. Now I feel like I use it all the time, instead of constantly calling the doctor about little things. I am now buying it for a friend who just had a baby. |
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Really good book! : Powered by Amazon
Posted on 2008-11-06 |
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This book has been very helpful with answers to several questions. However, parents have to remember that even the Sears' are human beings and can't know everything--in particular YOUR baby.
For example, I love the idea of babywearing, but our baby girl hated the sling until about four months old (and I even bought the Dr. Sears model!). She became happier in it around five months; and now at almost seven months, she's at the point that I can wear her around when she's tired and she will fall asleep. Babies won't all "forget" to fuss just because they are in a sling.
We have co-slept since birth, and that works great (sometimes hard to sleep but mostly only if something is wrong with her, ie. gas, etc.--which actually makes it easier than trodding down the hall when she's screaming).
We breastfed exclusively to six months; tried babyfood for a couple weeks, realized how messy it really is, and have basically gone back to exclusive breastfeeding...I give her little tastes of things here and there.
The questions it didn't answer were about what their eyesight/vision is and when (we wanted specifics; it's too vague). Also, frequency of bathing between NB and toddler stages.
All the various books differ on some things slightly. And the "put them to sleep with a car ride"--even in this book--forget it for us. She despised her car seat for the first few months until I bought toys for it. For a while she was fine for the first ten minutes or so; now she's basically back to really not liking it. She'll tolerate it for a bit. One of us always sits back with her when we drive together.
Overall, I do recommend the book. It's been very helpful. Just remember, it is not the ultimate gospel on parenting: use the book as a resource, read your baby, enjoy him/her, and do the very best you can (don't just try to convince yourself you are doing the best you can or what's best for your child...really do it). The title should be "What You Need..." rather than "Everything You Need..." You can't put everything into one book. |
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