Customer Reviews

What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home (What to Expect Kids)

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
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The recommened ages for this book are 2-5yrs but they really should be more like 4-8. There is far more text than any 2 year old would ever listen to. I had to reword and shorten the entire book for my 2 1/2 year old. Plus the information is way over the head of a 2 or 3 year old. Yes the book explains a lot about new babies but it just wasn't geared towards the age group they claim it to be.

What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home is a fun book for children who are going to become brothers and sisters. Every other page has a question that a child my have regarding a new baby. Some examples are: "Why do New Babies Cry So Much?" and, "Can I Play with the New Baby?" Angus, the Answer Dog helps to answer these questions. He also puts a paw print on pages throughout the book. Next to these paw prints are suggestions for activities a child could do that are related to the question. Examples of these are: "Think of your favorite thing to do during quiet time when baby is sleeping," and "practice burping a doll or stuffed animal." I like this book and would highly recommend it for children ages 3-8.

This is a good book, but very wordy for young children. It explains things well, but you might have to skip a lot of the words and just describe the pictures.

My daughter is 8 and she loved the book. Though it is simple, it is well written and fun to read. She loved the pictures too.

My son *made* me read this to him over & over before his baby sister was born. It encouraged him to help out and helped me explain what would be different once the baby was here. Also included things to explain to him that I never would have thought of. Thumbs up!

i am 6 and my mommy just had a new baby and angus helped me to understand it. my mommy is writing this review for me, but if i knew how i would. i give this book 1000000 stars because it is so good. and i love it. and i love to read it cause angus is so cute and smnart and nice, because he is my friend.

The age group on this book should be more like 3 - 8 or even 4 -8. The recommended ages for this book are 2 - 5yrs, but there is loads more text than any 2 year old would ever listen to or understand. The information is way over the head of most 2 year olds and maybe even 3 year olds and very few pictures. The book is great at explaining a lot about new babies and would be a great book to have for siblings older than 4, but it is not geared towards the younger age group they claim it to be. This was a disappointment since my daughter is only 2 and at least my 2 year old needs more pictures and less words. I will have to do mucho ad libbing and shortening of this book....Thanks!

Reading this book word for word to my 3 year old daughter would not have worked. We read the big question at the top of each page and answer the question ourselves using the pictures. I slip in different things from the text each time and she loves it. It has made her very excited about a event she had been growling about untill we started reading this book. She has even started "reading" it to her stuffed animals. I would suggest this book to anyone with a child, of any age who is expecting. Read it once yourself and you can decide how best to "read" it with your child.

THIS BOOK WAS A LITTLE TOO OLD FOR MY TODDLER GRANDSON TO UNDERSTAND. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE IN A YOUNGER VERSION OF BABY WILL CRY AND YOU WILL SEE MOMMY AND DADDY PICK IT UP AND FEED OR CHANGE IT AND YOU CAN HELP, ETC. IT WAS TOO TECHNICAL TO ENJOY FOR A TODDLER.

This book along with what to expect when Mommy's having a baby, are wonderful tools for any older child. I ordered both and am very happy with them. It answered my daughter's questions, and gave me some ideas on how to help her feel involved.