A MUST BOOK!!!!!!, 27. April 2001

This book is great! It gives you lots of information about each month of your baby. Its good to have a general idea of what happens each month, it also informs you of sicknesses, first aid, adopted children, relationship change between the new baby and an older sibling and much more...

       Aufklärend und beruhigend, 22. März 2001

Habe diese Buch an eine Freundin ausgeliehen und nicht mehr zurück bekommen... somit bestelle ich es nochmals! Sehr interessant und für jede Mutter lehrreich!

      Dieses Buch ist sehr hilfreich und sachlich., 17. Oktober 2000

Ich zum ersten Mal Mutter und hatte vorweg keine Erfahrung mit Babies, weder beruflich noch persönlich. Dieses Buch war für mich oft wie die Kinderärtztin, Hebamme und Erziehungsberaterin bei mir zuhause. Die Autorinnen sprachen alle relevanten Themen neuer (und nicht so neuer) Eltern an. Es wurden mit viel liebe und sorgfalt die äusserlich erkennbaren Entwicklungsprozesse von Säuglingen beschrieben, wobei gleichzeitig eine Abhandlung der inneren psychischen Entwicklugsprozesse völlig fehlte. Schade!

      No one is perfect!, 24. Juni 2000

I feel that this is an excellent book for first time parents. I found the first three months very helpful as I have never experienced life with a child younger than three months. As a infant/toddler child care provider, I know that children don't exactly follow their month by month format. But they also state that is is a month to month guide and that children develop at their own pace. I know children who begin walking at 8 months and completely skip crawling and I know of children who don't walk until they are 14 - 16 months. There is no normal when it comes to children. They develop at their own pace and often not within any guidelines. The section on what to do if your child is sick is very helpful as is the section on childhood illness. What I did is read the book and skipped over the sections I did not believe in. So if you feel co-sleeping is great, skip that section. I ear marked many sections so I could refer to them later. Even my husband reads this book!

       Excellent Resource (especially for first-time moms), 7. Juni 2000

This book is great! It gives you lots of information about each month of your pregnancy. It also helps alleviate any concerns or worries you might have in a caring and informative manner. You never feel like your worries are stupid and being able to read this book is great because it's very well organized and talks about each stage clearly. I really loved having it with me to use as a reference book and also as a month-by-month information book.