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You Just Don't Duct Tape a Baby: True Tales and Sensible Suggestions from a Veteran Pediatrician

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A great book to read for humorous & enlightening case stories regarding parenting & children. Bottom line: reminds parents to widen their scope of vision when problem-solving and to understand there are different ways for them to approach problems. As with all advice books, there is a good selection of tips (derived on your own from reading the stories) from which parents can choose what works for them. Format provides for easy reading and several chuckles.

This is a very funny, insightful book. I recommend it to anyone even thinking about having kids.

Though I had a hard time getting through the first couple chapters, once I got into this book--it was excellent. Dr. Weinberger's advice is so gently couched in delightful anecdotes that you hardly even realize your reading advice until you find yourself saying, "ah, good idea." Had he given the advise directly, rather than in an illustration, it wouldn't have hit home the same way. Its not a textbook, but is for the parent who has a grasp on the basics and is looking for something a little deeper, and something inspiring.

I liked this book immensely. It has many elements of a good sermon....you don't even know you've been "taught" something until you think back, as it was that enjoyable. Dr. Weinberger and Ms. Pohn do a very fine job of imparting new-parent knowledge while telling a story, with a large dose of humor. Of course, the title was what drew me into looking at it, but the content held me....and I am a veteran parent!

I read this book with great anticipation as I had just enlisted Dr. Weinberger to be my first child's pediatrician. It's not another "How to Change a Diaper" book, but really his observations as he went about setting up what is now a very busy practice and raising his own kids. It addresses larger philosophical points through real life stories without espousing a rigorous child rearing regimen. It's a a light, easy read (I read it in pieces on the train while commuting to and from NYC) and I found it to be both humorous and enjoyable, as I have my subsequent relationship with Dr. Weinberger and my two children.

This book was beyond worthless. Advertised as a compendium of useful tips for caring for a baby, I was instead transported into a whirlwind tale of hyper-accomplishment and self-praise. Nowhere are there any useful indices organized around such "trivial" areas such as health issues, doctor visits, age-appropriate behavior, safety tips, and others. An index? heavens, no, that would make the book too useful and take away from Weinberger's god-complex, which drips from these pages all too readily. One simply must trudge through the whole tedius tome, putting up with inane stories for pages and pages, only to find scattered odd bits of useful information laced in between.

So spare yourself the $25.00, and use it to buy a useful book (like "Caring for Your Baby and Young Child" by the American Academy of Pediatrics) that will provide the information you need. If you had the unfortunate luck of receiving this book as a gift, consider instead using it as tinder for the family fireplace, where it will create more genuine warmth than contained within the book's pages.