Attain What To Expect The First Year (What To Expect) Composed By Heidi Murkoff Formatted As Audio Books

straightforward survey of child development during a babys first year written largely in a question and answer style, I especially appreciated the “Developmental Milestones” section to see what the average baby should be doing per month and the “Baby Basics at a Glance” boxes to see what each month of your babys first year should look like in regards to sleeping, eating, and playing.
Like What to Expect When Youre Expecting, I didnt read this cover to cover but only read the sections which I had interest in or questions/concerns about.
I dislike this whole series of books, The author spends too much time making her beliefs sound like facts in some areas like against cosleeping and for "crying it out" and then pandering to both sides like bottle feeders and breastfeeders in other areas in an obvious attempt to sacrifice the best baby advice for coddling to readers who may not have gone the path that's best for baby and don't want to feel bad about it.
The advice is more along the lines of my mother's generation than the current practices and research that is so much more babyfriendly, I like Dr. Sears' "The Baby Book" much better, I will preface my review by saying that, apparently, my parenting style is referred to as "Attachment Parenting" which I understand is an institutional term for "Damn Hippie".
I simply do what feels natural and right for me and my baby, I have learned to trust my baby, listen to her pediatrician with a discerning ear, and phooey on anyone that tells me I HAVE to do XYZ to make sure she scores high on the SAT.
seriously, if she doesn't eat solids atdays old, she will still learn to eat with a spoon!,
If you are a control freak who thinks that nap times should be scheduled, or if Clorox is your BFF, than disregard everything I have said and will say in this book review

This book is like the sequel to a movie.
The first was good What to Expect When You're Expecting, but the second installment exists because the producers know it will sell at the box office, no matter how good or not it is.

Excepting, of course, "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", which far exceeds its predecessor in every regard

This book has some well thought out advice and handy information for the first time parent.
However, I gave up on reading this cover to cover, as I did with the first book for nine months, and eventually only used "What to Expect" as a reference guide.


My attempt to read this chapter by chapter each month was met with several difficulties,
Firstly, Heidi Murkoff must be crazy, or Super Mom to think that any Mother of a newborn or infant has the time to read this monstrosity it simply cannot be held in one hand while the other hand cradles a nursing baby, the weight of the book will possibly break the hand in such an attempt.

This coincides with my other difficulty with the book: there is just too much information for the average parent, This book covers so many topics, that much of the information was irrelevant to me, and only served to cause mild paranoia, Reading this book made me more paranoid than I had the right to be, I was worried about all of the rare and uncommon diseases, calculating my daughter's chance of SIDS, and being altogether too calculating about what to do the first year.


The useful part of this book is the first page of each chapter, the only part that actually tells you what to expect each month of the first year.
What the common developmental milestones are, accompanied by a mild reassurance that every child develops at their own rate, and what to anticipate at the pediatric check up each month.


This book is better used as a reference, Instead of implanting worries into the mind of a new parent, the glossary at the end of this book can be a quick go to for questions like "Is my baby sleeping too much", "What is nipple confusion", "Is what my Mother in Law said REALLY true!" and other ridiculous things every parent wonders and ends up calling the pediatrician's office about.


I have found that signing up for the whattoexpect, com email subscription to be a good way to get much of the information found in this book in a chronologically relevant manner to my inbox.
Did not like the tone of this, And when I read that you shouldn't buy your baby yellow or green as a gender neutral option "because many babies can't pull off those tones" I was out.
Good basic overview that shows both sides of parenting traits, even if it is slightly biased towards one side, Very unhelpful and I found it to be a bit biased or maybe just onesided, She definitely has opinions so if that is what you're looking for maybe you'll like it, I also hated the way it was organized by month rather than by topic, If your baby isn't on the exact same path as she expects them to be then you will have to leaf through looking for the info you want.
Also the QampA sections of each chapter are strange, I didn't really find any useful information in the book, I don't know if there are better ones out there, but for me babycenter, com and Goggle solved all my parenting questions better than this book ever did, I had an older edition of this book which I found helpful, because likeof advice for new moms not only changes wildly from decade to decade, but is frequently contradictory.
If you are only reading newly printed material, you are missing out on CONTEXT, The specific edition I hadnd Was concerned about baby's cholesterol levels, No one in the yearorhas ever inquired about my or the baby's cholesterol,

I began reading "historical" pregnancy documents out of frustration about the lack of good information about childrearing and pregnancy, Reading the older texts helped to provide context for the information I was recieiving now and to help me explain things to people who offered well intentioned advice from a different time.
It felt much more polite to say "oh yes! That is the advice that was given in theo's, This is the advice that is given now, "

Any who. Just do what your guts say is right, I like the monthtomonth chapters, I also like that she lists milestones by the percentage of children that reach them by that age,,, and, Actual Rating:./

A great guide to the ever growing unstable wet squish that is your baby!

I didn't find this book as important as the first one which was my savoir having known NOTHING about babies!, though it is still very well written.
It's incredibly informative and a great guide for following the development of your baby during his first year of life,

My rating isn't indicating anything wrong with this book, There's nothing wrong. It's perfect. But I found it to be more of a fun guide like keeping track of milestones, excited to see which one's were on the mark, which needed improving and which he was 'excelling' at than a lifesaver and any book after this, I'msure I won't bother with.
The only reason this one even ended up in my paws is because I got it in great condition at my local Charity Sale for.
so shrug

Overall, I would recommend this one but I won't shove it in someone's face like I might the first one.
Because honestly, if the women in my life who had already raised their babes didn't, I would have ignored this series altogether, I thank those ladies and these books for getting me through my first year being a new mommy and helping me not accidentally kill begin the process of raising my little squish!
I think like a lot of people who loved "What to Expect when you're Expecting' I have mixed feelings about this book.




It was helpful and had a lot of useful information organized by age, But I think the first year is more about time ranges for things to happen and some specific issues just occupy more of your time.
I spent half my time trying to figure out nutrition for the baby breastfeeding and then solids and then dealing with teething, Colic wasn't much fun either, The development stuff was obviously a preoccupation too, but the book just helped me with the outline only,



So, basically it helps you deal with your first stage questions on everything from feeding, teething, sleeping, growing, crawling, walking, talking and other milestones, but if you have more time and based on the personality of your child, you are really going to need more indepth books on those specific topics.
Тази книга ми харесва с разностранната си изчерпателност. Има въпроси и отговори и информация в много посоки, някои от тях неподозирани от мен аспекти на живота на бебока. Насочи ме да търся и чета по успоредни теми, други книги

и тн.

Както всяка книгасправочник, и тази не може да се изчете лесно отдо, а поскоро седи на масата и току я прелистваш. Също така, не е добре всичко да се приема:, винаги пречупвайте информацията през призмата на вашия живот и вашето дете.

това подолу важи за всички бебешки книги, които ми харесват

Добрите бебешкодетски книги имат една основна функция, по моему. И тя е да успокояват родителите, като им осигуряват нещо като дъска, по която да преминеш плаващите пясъци.

Каквото и аварийно да се случи с детето ти, от подозрително кихване до брутални травми и инфекции, найважната първа стъпка е да запазиш спокойствие. Което идва от информираното отношение.

Отделно, плаващите пясъци баби, лели, стринки, комшийки, напълно непознати всички преизпълнни с акъл, найчесто тотално неприложим към твоето дете, с които се сблъскват всички родители, са много полесни за преодоляване, когато имаш твърда линия, която да следваш. Another manual that should come home from the hospital with the newborn! I devoured this book and have a lot of highlights! A must have for new moms and dads.
Nicely laid out.

I'm glad I got this book out of the shelf to add to GRs, I found a Mother's Day card to me inside it from my Grandmother! God rest her soul, الكتاب حجمة كبيير جداا وحقيقة لم استطع قراءته دفعة واحد هو أشبه بالمرجع لكل حالة. . نصائح ممتازة ومناسبة لكل أم. . من أهم الامور التي استفدت منها جداول الاعراض للامراض كثييرا لا نعلم ماسبب صياح الطفل لكن هناك بكل مرحلة عمرية تقريبا يوجد جدول للأعراض ومتابعة حالة الطفل من لون البراز ودرجة الحرارة لمعرفة حالة الطفل وسبب بكاءة . أفادني كثييراا الحمدلله. . وأخيرا أتمت سارة عامها الاول وأتميت قرائتي للكتاب: Great resource just like the other "What to Expect, . . " books. The library was out of copies in English, so I got some nice and needed Spanish practice with this one which was fun to learn some medical/baby terms I didn't know.
Anyway. I liked that the chapters never said "this month your baby will, . . " because all babies are so different, I'm glad that the book makes an effort to acknowledge all the different ways children develop, Книжка побудована переважно у форматі "питаннявідповіді", а також різні інформаційні блоки. Мені інформація була дуже корисна і цікава!
Крім питань безпеки і базової медицини книжка переважно не дає аж надто категоричних суджень, зате дає багато ідей, орієнтирів і толкових порад.
Раджу всім молодим батькам! The only thing truly helpful in this for me was the list of milestones, Otherwise, the writing felt a little overly judgmental, Parents have it hard enough with hearing conflicting recommendations on how to raise their child, The advice in this book is a bit over the top in terms of its ability to be realistic for the average parent, Instead, it seems to just add stress by insinuating that those who don't make efforts to follow all of the "guidelines" in the book are doing their little ones a disservice.
I honestly expected better from the person who wrote "What to Expect While You're Expecting", I expected to read a bit more of an openminded and comforting dialogue, Some things about babies, happily, will never change, They still arrive warm, cuddly, soft, and smelling impossibly sweet, But how moms and dads care for their brandnew bundles of baby joy has changedand now, so has the newbaby bible,

Announcing the completely revised third edition of What to Expect the First Year, With over.million copies in print, First Year is the worlds bestselling, bestloved guide to the instructions that babies dont come with, but should.
And now, its better than ever, Every parents musthave/goto is completely updated,

Keeping the trademark monthbymonth format that allows parents to take the potentially overwhelming first year one step at a time, First Year is easiertoread, fastertoflipthrough, and newfamilyfriendlier than everpacked with even more practical tips, realistic advice, and relatable, accessible information than before.
Illustrations are new, too.

Among the changes: Baby care fundamentalscrib and sleep safety, feeding, vitamin supplementsare revised to reflect the most recent guidelines, Breastfeeding gets more coverage, too, from getting started to keeping it going, Hotbutton topics and trends are tackled: attachment parenting, sleep training, early potty learning elimination communication, babyled weaning, and green parenting from cloth diapers to nontoxic furniture.
An allnew chapter on buying for baby helps parents navigate through todays dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items, and gear, Also new: tips on preparing homemade baby food, the latest recommendations on starting solids, research on the impact of screen time TVs, tablets, apps, computers, and “For Parents” boxes that focus on moms and dads needs.
Throughout, topics are organized more intuitively than ever, for the best user experience possible, .