Customer Reviews

Great Expectations: Baby's First Year

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As a new parent, I wanted to know exactly what to expect from my baby. The book if fantastic. It is easy to read & very detailed. I've read several (7-8) parenting, baby, or what to expect books & this one is my favorite. Some of the info is a little redundant, but detailed descriptions of development make it great. There are tips to keep your sanity, guides for baby gear, feeding your baby, and illnesses/medical guide.

I love this book. I have checked several others and I didn't buy this till after my baby was born. I wish I would have just bought this one first. It gives you a lot of information that comes in very handy, even something as not allowing your baby to cry it out because research shows that it harms the baby more than it does any good. I have had several people tell me to do things this way and that, but this book really gives you your own insight as well because babies deserve the best and only good things out there. This book revolves around that idea.

Update: I recommend this book big time, "Caring for your baby and young child, Birth to age 5 written by the American Academy of Pediatrics". This book goes over ever single thing you could possibly imagine from handling babies to a scrape on your toddler. It's a very large book packed with lots of valuable information that is great for the first time, second time or third time mom. Totally worth the buy and you won't regret it.

I read the first book while pregnant and really liked it. It's real info without making you paranoid like the What To Expect books. This book gives great info for every step of the first year. Great book...can't recommend it enough! I want to get it for my friend's who are expecting.

I love this book and cannot recommend it enough. It is the closest thing you will find to getting a set of instructions with your newborn.

This book is a valuable resource and updated with details you will not find anywhere else.Well written and carefully researched it complements author's earlier books and adds to the important resources every new parent should have. Kudos to authors.

There are tons of books for first time parent's however this one really covered everything in a thorough neutral way. It was nice to see a chart telling when you should buy baby stuff (i.e., bouncer, high chair, stroller). As with all baby books, the information is just a suggestion and not the gospel, but I really enjoyed this, more so than the "Everything Series" book.

Marcie Jones has done it again, with a well-written and easy-to-read book that helps parents navigate the maze of their baby's early life. A great resource.

I loved the Great Expectations pregnancy book so much that I bought this one also. I highly recommend the pregnacy one. Unfourtnately I wish I had my money back for this one. This book contains pages upon pages of repetitive information from the pregnancy book and gave me very little information on my sons development which was my main interest. The free development updates I get from the baby sites online are more entertaining. Buy this book if you don't have the pregnancy book.