book for new parents?

[terbear1225]

I'd like to buy a/some books for new parents but I don't want to spend money on something that isn't very helpful. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Tina2001aniT]

I'd like to buy a/some books for new parents but I don't want to spend money on something that isn't very helpful. Anyone have any suggestions?

What to expect when you're expecting and/or what to expect the first year are both VERY useful...IMO

 

[suzeQ]

I'd like to buy a/some books for new parents but I don't want to spend money on something that isn't very helpful. Anyone have any suggestions?

Consider a nice collection of classic nursery rhymes that Mom can start reading to the baby very early. Babies respond to the rhyming patterns.

Mother Goose has a nice complete collection of them, usually available at Bay Books.

 

[moon5leg]

What to expect when you're expecting and/or what to expect the first year are both VERY useful...IMO

 

[DoWhat]

Try this one.

 

[workin hard]

Try this one.

Where did you get that?

 

[Llwynog]

Try this one.

 

[terbear1225]

What to expect when you're expecting and/or what to expect the first year are both VERY useful...IMO

i have the first one and like it. I had been leaning towards the second but hadn't made up my mind for certain.

thanks to those with (legitimate ) suggestions. much appreciated.

 

[meme]

What to expect when you're expecting and/or what to expect the first year are both VERY useful...IMO

 

[vraiblonde]

I didn't find any book helpful with either my son OR my daughter. And, god knows, I had a zillion of them Everything they said, from pregnancy to breastfeeding to terrible twos, my son did something different and threw me for a loop. By the time the daughter came along, I was an old hand and didn't need the book.

I'd get the Mother Goose or some Dr. Seuss - THOSE are awesome books

 

[sockgirl77]

Diaper Diaries is great!

 

[janey83]

Why not buy a nice blank journal and have other parents you know write some "things they wished they had known" before they had children or maybe just some helpful hints, or stories.

 

[Nickel]

I thought the "Girlfriend's Guide" books were pretty helpful...they tell it like it is, and don't gloss things over. I don't remember which one I had, but they have them for pregnancy, the first year of motherhood, toddler years, etc.

 

[K_Jo]

Why not buy a nice blank journal and have other parents you know write some "things they wished they had known" before they had children or maybe just some helpful hints, or stories.

terbear, this sounds like a cute thing to do at a baby shower if you haven't already had your baby.

 

[kelleymauck]

I'd like to buy a/some books for new parents but I don't want to spend money on something that isn't very helpful. Anyone have any suggestions?

Terbear pm with your address. I have a few books for new parents that you can have. I don't need them anymore if your interested. I also check and see what I got.

 

[Triggerfish]

What to expect when you're expecting and/or what to expect the first year are both VERY useful...IMO

also if you don't mind it used you can buy them for less than $6 with shipping for the expecting and a little more for 1st year from Amazon.com marketplace.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/of...=pd_bbs_1a//103-2810089-1403048?condition=all

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/of...=pd_bbs_1a//103-2810089-1403048?condition=all

 

[janey83]

Try this one.

that image is still

 

[terbear1225]

terbear, this sounds like a cute thing to do at a baby shower if you haven't already had your baby.

actually, I did that for a coworker who's shower I hosted last year!

 

[crabcake]

Parenting for Dummies I've given this to a few of my friends when they're expecting. It's practical info/advice and humorous with the cartoons, and I believe it covers babies through teens, if I recall correctly.

 

[CMC122]

I have 5 girlfriends that are due to have babies between October and April A few are first time mom's and I may go with the book idea this time for showers