Baby Lists: What to Do and What to Get to Prepare for Baby [Paperback]

Elaine Farber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 11, 2007

There's no way to prepare for the emotional changes that are to come, but parents-to-be can get organized. "Baby Lists" leaves the pregnancy and parenting advice to other books, and cuts right to the chase. This user-friendly guide tells expectant parents exactly what to do - and what to buy - as they get ready for baby. Packed with lists and helpful questionnaires, "Baby Lists" offers all the practical information parents need. From what to ask on the hospital tour to how to select and shop for layette items to how to interview and choose a pediatrician, "Baby Lists" has got Mum and Dad covered.

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About the Author

Elaine Farber is a newborn consultant and a mother of three who has coached hundreds of families through early parenting. She has worked in hospital nurseries, run a daycare center, provided consultation to expectant parents, and nannied for families with newborns (90 percent of whom were multiples) for more than 25 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (May 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598692380
• ISBN-13: 978-1598692389
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I had hoped, July 2, 2008

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This review is from: Baby Lists: What to Do and What to Get to Prepare for Baby (Paperback)

Being pregnant with my first, I had hoped that this book would give me some insight about what to buy (and what to pass on). This book seemed to make recommendations for a LOT of items that other resources deem as unnecessary. I also purchased Consumer Reports Best Baby Products, and some items listed in there as potentially unsafe are recommended in "Baby Lists." Overall, this book seemed to be a strong marketing tool for a lot of items that would simply take up valuable space in the home. I did find some things, like recommendations for creating a birth plan and childproofing the home, to be useful, though these things can easily be found on-line. Fortunately, the book was relatively inexpensive, but I think most can find better resources for what to purchase.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Baby Registry Resource, September 21, 2008

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SusieQ (Phenox, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Lists: What to Do and What to Get to Prepare for Baby (Paperback)

This book is a well organized, comprehensive guide to what you need the first year. I like that it tells you what are necessities versus what are nice things to have, but not necessarily necessities. Also, I like the chapter on nursery accessories, things like cute drawer pulls, scented drawer liners and switch plates. Things I didn't find in other product recommending books. I also found the first section of this book really helpful. Without this book I would never have known how to create a bifth plan, stock my medicine kit or how to interview a prospective nanny. The Feeding Schedule Sheet and Emergency Phone Numbers and Safety/Health Information Sheet are another great feature in this book. It's the only book I found that told what I needed to do and what I needed to buy all in one book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where to begin, October 17, 2010

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Heather English - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby Lists: What to Do and What to Get to Prepare for Baby (Paperback)

As a baby planner, former nanny, mom of 1, and someone whose used baby equipment for quite some time I found this book to be worthless (sorry I know that sounds mean and that is not at all my intention. But there are products out there that are flat out unsafe and most doctors would recommend not buying or using them such as sleep positioners. Even stating in the book that doctors recommend them (I've never read an article nor have I spoken with a pedi that recommends a sleep positioner to prevent sids the only method I've heard is back to sleep without soft things in the crib, sleep positioners while still on the market (who knows why) are one item my pedi told me on my first visit to him not to buy.

She listed products that had low recommendations and are no longer on the market, yet Sony baby call monitor whom I know works well was not even listed or mentioned yet its been out since at least 2000 and has had few modifications since it was introduced. She gave quite a bit of space to fisher price who has for years (even at the time of book printing) been known to sell poor quality monitors.

I thought the including of how to mix formula was silly because it's on the can of formula.

Also there's alot of baby items recommended that really aren't necessary. Putting nearly every baby item under the sun wasn't helpful and made my head spin.

I do like that she didn't include Evenflo or dorel (safety 1st, Quinny, cosco and eddie bauer) carseats and strollers in her book that company (dorel not evenflo) had been fined in 2000 for hiding the fact that children were hurt & even died while using their products. They didn't even recall the unsafe items that were still on store shelves and in homes already. They just re designed the items. While this was 10 years ago that this fine (which was more than 1 million dollars) their still one of the companies besides evenflo that you always hear being recalled. At least 2 of their car seat brands had car seat recalls in the last 6 months.

Sad Chicco was only mentioned for it's umbrella stroller...

I gave this book a one star because the only useful information can be found for free online.