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The Baby Book: How to Enjoy Year One (Paperback)

by Rachel Waddilove (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
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Daily Telegraph, 16 May 2006
This book is, without doubt, the wisest book about families I have ever read.

The Observer, 14 May 2006
May well be seen as the most sensible book ever written on how to bring up a baby.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Baby Book, 20 May 2006
By Emma Grant (UK) - See all my reviews
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16 days after the birth of my little boy I can safely say this book is sanity saving. Wise, simple, practical advice on all aspects of family life with a new baby. Flexible schedules that help structure baby's day (and Mum's) from the start. Excellent chapter on crying and how to understand and reduce it. As a very new mum I have read and re-read it over the past weeks and return to it daily. I wish I could afford to hire Rachel herself! This book is THAT good - my baby is asleep - and I'm writing this instead of joining him!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny, 16 Dec 2006
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This book enabled me to drop the night feed so my little boy was sleeping through the night at 5 weeks!! The daily routines are really easy to follow and leave plenty of you time. There is also a good section for Dads too which my husband liked as it advocated time for him. It gives advice on what to get before the baby is born and the basics for example how to put on a babygro and how to swaddle them. It is not very long and I have found it much easier to use than other popular baby books.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Useful in parts, 8 Feb 2007
By S. L. Dunkley (UK) - See all my reviews
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I have a three week old boy. I read this prior to his birth. It set me up with entirely unrealistic expectations. Yes, the routines are more flexible that Ford's, but they are still regimented, and frankly, no tiny newborn is going to go four hours between feeds. I tried the routines and watched my son scream with hunger. Even the three hourly routine she suggests for premature babies was too much. I spoke to my midwife about his waking and crying, and she pointed out that newborns stomachs are the size of walnuts: there's no way they can go four hours. And as for the sleep training, well, some people may be able to leave a newborn to scream, but i couldn't. Now, I'm not a full on attachment parent, but at the same time it strikes me that any mum can come up with her own routine based on her child without having to follow a strict regime, and this IS strict. It might suit some babies, but not mine.

That said, the basic sections on how to wind, bath etc were clearly written and fairly useful for a first timer. But I won't be using the routines. There are kinder ways of dealing with a child. And for the first few months of life, what's so wrong with NOT having a regime? I feel a lot happier now i've stopped trying to follow her instructions.
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