Customer Reviews

Waiting for Baby (New Baby)

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This book was so helpful. I didn't realize until afterwards what a big impact it had on our son. I didn't mention I was having a baby until a month or two before. I showed him the book a few times, talking about what was happening and emphazing the more relevant pages. He told my husband he was supposed to bring me a cup of tea! (while the mother puts her feet up) I think the book really helped him make sense of things. We 'read' the book an hour before I went off to the hospital. There is a picture of the father opening the car door for the mother and she's got a bag and the grandmother is at the door of the house with the boy. That is exactly what happened. He kept looking in the book as if to see that what happened was right or to see what happens next. What does happen next is the boy comes in with his father to visit the mother in the hospital. This book prepares young children for the excitement of shopping and decorating for a baby, the scan, the mother resting more, the mother going off to the hospital and the presence of the baby. It helps them make sense of it.

This book has proved to be an invaluable way of talking about the baby growing in mummy's tummy. Our two and a half year old amazed us by telling us what it was about and by using the illustrations to describe what was going on in our family. The simple illustration of 'the mummy having a scan' helped when we took him along to the hospital to see the baby 'on telly', as he really seemed to understand what was happening. This book has enabled our son to lead the conversation and to ask his own questions about the baby, although the picture of daddy helping to cook the dinner has left him somewhat mystified!!
A fantastic book that I couldn't rate any higher.

I am impressed with this book. There are no words, but that lets us tailor the story for our daughter. The main character is indeterminant sex, so it will work with boys and girls.
There is plenty to look at in each picture and it is a very happy story.
This book has captured our daughter's imagination and I hope it prepares her for her upcoming big sisterhood.

I am 5 months pregnant and have been reading this book with my 3 year old. It's good that you make up your own words as I can add detail about anything she's been asking about the baby (such as can she help give the baby its breakfast). I am planning to breastfeed so I'm glad there are not too many pictures of bottles.

My one complaint is that the book ends with the child and father going to visit mother and new baby in hospital, there is no homecoming shown. It took us a day or two to work out why my daughter started saying "Mummy I think we should all live in our house together" and "I don't want to live here by myself". So now I end the last page by talking about how they will all go home together in their car.

I bought this book as soon as I found out we were pregnant, which I was 4-5 weeks at the time. I immediately started looking for a book to explain what was going to happen to my toddler who would see changes or what new things were going to happen.

This book has been immensely helpful. My daughter is highly intelligent for her age and she even loved this book. She identified herself with the little kid and the parents as my husband and myself. We don't look like the pictures, but children don't care about that, it's only adults who teach them to distinguish the differences.

She had her 3rd birthday just before my first appointment. By this time, I already told her I was pregnant. During the appointment, she didn't cry or ask questons when I had to have blood pressure taken or blood. She remained calm and played with the toys. (She is highly emotional and sensitive child, like me.) She said you're having your blood pressure done and it doesn't hurt. She's been with us or me to almost every appointment and scan. She says there's baby on the monitor.

One thing that I read from another reviewer is that it focuses on shopping. There are 2 pages about shopping. To be honest, we all shop for baby clothes and toys be it at a store for new things or at a secondhand store or carboot sale. It is fun to involve our children in these things so they can help pick out what s/he thinks the baby will like.

I love how as a parent it gives me the opportunity to elaborate on the subject of each page with certain things being set.

The most helpful bit is about mommy napping on the couch, which I have to do everyday. She even tells my husband to be quiet daddy, mommy is sleeping.

So to me, this book deals with everything at the beginning except for the emotions a child is feeling about the new arrival. My sister-in-law have me, A New Baby Is Coming!: A Guide for a Big Brother or Sister by Emily Menendez-Aponte. This book deals with emotions and how the baby will act once s/he is here.

This book has lovely illustrations, including breastfeeding mother which I have found refreshing in comparison to the majority of books which show baby being bottle-fed.
We can tell the story to suit our daughter, "look, here's you giving Mummy's tummy a kiss!", "remember when we went to the doctor and had a look at the baby in Mummy's tummy?" etc..
And as she gains a greater understanding we can change the story to include more detail.
a great book for any age.

Good book,easy for my 21 month old to turn the pages on, good pictures and descriptions for my toddler to understand, good price for book too wouldnt pay anymore for it, hardback too so no danger of the pages ripping.
Definetly recommend it.

I really like the format that lets you tell your own story about what's happening, but I found quite a few pages not relevant to our situation and difficult to explain, eg going to the hospital for a scan (we didn't take my daughter with us) and decorating the baby's room (the new baby will have to share a room). Some pages have really had an impact though, especially the page about visiting the doctor for a check up. Overall I have found this book less helpful than its companion My New Baby

I didn't like this book much although it has pretty pictures I found it too simple. Might suit very young ones though x

Simple board book which was very accessible for my toddler. It provided lots of real life moments which I could discuss with my daughter.