Baby: An Owner's Manual

Great answers - check out the index if you're looking for a particular answer. Thanks for leaving open ended answers. It is great to read about parenting without all of the anxiety producing dogma.

The small moist pink creature that breaks into many people's lives kicking and screaming and expecting people to care for it doesn't even have the decency to come with a manual to help its caretakers along- until now. "Baby: An Owner's Manual" is a comprehensive guide to help harried and worried parents get through the early stages of their new child, and only want the best- a practice that usually leads them to endlessly nagging their pediatrician of choice. Covered in the book are infants' sleeping habits, early scheduling with the baby's defiance of it, weaning and starting them on solid foods, and if the child will ever be quiet and how much crying is too much. "Baby: An Owner's Manual" is a must for any new parent and for community library parenting collections.

Love this book!!! Have given several copies as gifts for new and expectant parents and grandparents....shower gift, new arrival gift, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, or just because.....a great book! I am thrilled that it is newly updated!!! New parents are always happy to have it. Check it out!!!!!

What a wonderful book! finally someone who is truthful and frank - you don't have to be everything and all things to your child! I loved this book while my two kids were infants. They both slept through the night at 8 weeks, in their own cribs! and continue to be confident, fun kids. Let's hear it for old school parenting!!! a great baby gift.

Absolutely loved the book and am recommending it to all my friends. What a wonderful and refreshingly frank approach to caring for a newborn. Don't be turned off by the negative reviews you read here. If they knew so much about how to raise a child why did they need to read a book about it. When Dr. Zukow wrote breast feeding is becoming a cult he must have struck a nerve.