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Babies! by Christopher Green

pixieauthoress's review

3.0

A little dated, and while the author claims that he encourages parents to follow their instincts, there are several instances where he presents issues in a very black and white manner. I wouldn't have picked this book up unless my mum had recommended it, and unless there's been a recent reprint I probably wouldn't recommend it to new parents as some of the medical info (hospital procedures, weaning advice, what causes cot death) is obviously out of date. For the most part this book was encouraging and interesting, but sometimes I got tired of the author telling me to do what worked for my baby and then informing me that I had to do X or all babies should do Y. He made some predictions about how parenting theories would change in the next 20 years and some of them were totally wrong, so he definitely isn't the expert authority on babies. If you own this book, skim read it as there are some good encouragements for new parents, but it's not a must-read.