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Baby Taming

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As a college student/parent many years ago I found this book in the university bookstore and enjoyed it for it's humor and realistic take on parenting methods. We used many of the concepts in the book with great success on our children.

Now as grandparents to be we are passing it on to my son and his wife to give them a better perspective and hopefully, give them a better family life.

A wonderful gift for new parents. Hilarious. I have been searching high and low for it. It also helps new parents not be sooooo serious about having the baby and if they react appropriately to the humor will have a much more relaxed and enjoyable experience during those first few months of new parenthood!

I have really enjoyed other books on parenting by Peter Mayle so I looked forward to this one with interest. It is really for raising babies, and since my youngest is 11, I didn't buy it for myself, but for some friends. Told with humor and a relaxed manner, it helps drive home the point that kids crave structure, not necessarily getting their way, andif you give them structure, you will also be much happier.

I picked up a used copy of this book when my youngest child was about 2 years old. I thought the book was hilarious -- and, frequently, almost too true. When my children were grown, married and beginning to reproduce, they borrowed my old copy and found it both funny and frighteningly factual. As the years passed I bought copies for my children. It was the only way I could get my copy back. I bought a copy to loan to people I worked with and it was passed from one pregnant co-worker to the next. It may still be making its way through that remarkably fertile workforce. All I know for sure is that it wasn't returned to me when I retired several years ago. I found a used one for my oldest granddaughter when she gave birth to my first great granddaughter earlier this year. It's a short book -- less then 50 pages -- but it provides vital information in a format that is less stodgy and far more realistic than most manuals for getting the baby through the first two years or so. The author is a parent and he has been there. (He's been there five times, actually, and he knows.) The information may be presented humorously but it is useful information for the new parent and we all learn better if we enjoy the process. If you have a sense of humor and a new baby, know someone who fits that description, or just like to remind yourself what your own kids were like when they were very small, this is a wonderful book.

This is a great baby book that was given to me as a gift when I was expecting.
Now it is a pleasure to find it again (holding on to my own copy) and give it to my daughter that is expecting. Great book that uses logic in raising kids. Unlike the other baby books that you will find out there.

Absolutely the best, simple, and most humorous guide to baby rearing I've ever seen. I used it with my child and recommend it enthusiastically to any new parents.

This book, IMHO, is a MUST for all new parents. Sift through the silliness for sensible and useful advice.

The author addresses all of the issues of raising a baby (teething, feeding, sleeping through the night, toilet training, etc.) from the viewpoint that a baby is an insiduous devil who considers all of the above confrontations as nothing less than all out war. The author responds in kind with advice that is knowledgable (he has 5 kids of his own), practical (none of that mush and drivel that's so common in 'Your fist baby' - type books), and humorous. The author doesn't delve into the saccharin tones of those who say that your baby is a little angel and a precious joy - he's a demanding, completely self-absorbed poop dispenser, whose main goal seems to be drive you insane