Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10286 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-28
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 568 pages

Atlanta Parent, May 2006
"Very helpful for new parents…Much more detail is provided than in some of the other popular publications."

From the Publisher
This book includes a Bonus CD-ROM that contains valuable additional information for parents and parents-to-be, including:

-Baby Name-O-Matic, an Internet link with 13,000 names to choose from. You can specify gender, first initial and ethnic origin give your baby a meaningful name.

-Excerpts from other Fisher Books titles on subjects ranging from pregnancy aches and pains to healthy eating, insurance and more. These can be printed from your home computer.

-Free tour of the drpaula.com website, including valuable parenting information on topics such as baby's due date, morning sickness, breastfeeding and more.

-Introductory offer to FamilyClick!, an ISP that prevents objectionable material from reaching your family with the most advanced multi-layered filtering technology on the market today. With this special offer, you get safe Internet access, a dedicated website for families, and 300 FREE HOURS of Internet access in the first month.

System Requirements for Bonus CD-ROM

Windows 95/98/NT
- Pentium processor, 133 MHz (200 MHz or higher recommended)
- 16 MB RAM (32 MB RAM recommended)
- 256 color (or better) monitor and video drivers
- 4x CD-ROM drive
- Soundblaster compatible sound card

Macintosh OS 7.5 (or higher)
- PowerPC processor, 90 MHz
- 16 MB RAM
- 256 color (or better) monitor and video drivers
- 4x CD-ROM drive

About the Author
Glade B. Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., is board-certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the father of five. He lives in Utah. Judith Schuler, M.S., has worked and cowritten books with Dr. Curtis for more than twenty years. Ms. Schuler divides her time between homes in Wyoming and Arizona.

Customer Reviews

Good Price
I purchased this book for our daughter who is about to give birth to our first grandchild. I haven't looked at it but I had been told by others that it is a good book. For more information, ask my daughter in about a year. LOL.

GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT
It is a good book to read while nursing, it has short chapters about each week of your baby's development with details on baby's milestones. It gives me an idea on what to expect more or less each week but I don't really agree with a lot of the advice it gives regarding baby care. After reading for a while I realized the book is written by an OB not a pediatrician and that doesn't make me feel as confident as with other baby books; however, this book has a great section each week which gives you ideas on games appropiate for your baby's age, I found that very usefull and since it is short I like it that I can read from end to finish (with newborns you have very little time to read)!

Use this book as a guide, not the bible!
I really enjoyed this book because I like to have a sort of guide as to where my son should be, give or take. Also, for suggestions on games to play with him or things to do to help him develop certain skills that are pertinent for that time frame. I learned early on to not take this book, or any, as a sort of "bible".

My son was pretty much always a few weeks behind what they were saying he "should" be doing. And even though they give you a range in this book- babies that are on the high end of achievement and babies on the low, my son was still often past the low end. And he's perfectly fine and normal. Yet, this book did sort of worry me at times that maybe he was slow or behind for a reason. For that, I give it less stars. BUT, I can't complain too much, and neither can most buyers, because if you did buy this book looking to see where your child should be, to compare them, than you KNEW what you were buying. You, like I, knew that every child was different, but if you still bought the book, what did you expect? It's pretty clear by the title and this series what this is about. That being said, if you are a worrysome mom, or you don't want to compare your child, do NOT get this book. It isn't for you.

With all that being said, overall I still enjoyed the book. There was more than just what the baby should be doing, but also health info, games to play, common questions etc. I personally also enjoyed the Pregnancy Week by Week book, which is why I also got this one. Also, for the price, you are getting quite a lot of book, there is a LOT of information in here. As for the circumcision info, I can't say because my son is circ. However it is very frightening to think that there is falso info like that in this book, I am hoping that a newer updated version might be in the works??

Overall, I'd say think about what you want in an infant book and decide if this book is for you. I personally also enjoyed Your Baby's First Year by the AAP and Dr. Spock's book. And if you're breastfeeding, you must get BESTfeeding.