Jo Frost's Confident Baby Care: What You Need to Know for the First Year from America's Most Trusted Nanny

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
For the first time, America's favorite nanny brings all her warmth, love, and experience to bear on that most crucial and worrisome time: a baby's first twelve months.

With her unique blend of humor and empathy, Jo Frost gives parents the practical information and emotional support they need to embrace the challenge of their baby's first year. She offers clear guidance to help moms and dads become the joyful, confident parents that make a family--and little ones--truly flourish.

Packed with tips, practical information, and incredibly reassuring advice, this book tells you how to:

Sort out the essential equipment you need to buy before the birth
Babyproof your home
Set up for routines, feeding, sleeping, and development
Deal with premature and multiple births, as well as adopted babies
Make confident choices about going back to work, day care, and nannies
Cope with breastfeeding and weaning

Covering the key issues of the first twelve months, including growth charts, vaccinations, and first aid, Confident Baby Care is the perfect book for any new parent!

Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

A nice addition to your library May 13, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

It covers all the important bases, but this book doesn't have the authoritative tone and depth of the classic childcare books such as Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care or Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five by Penelope Leach. As an additional volume though, it's just fine.

The book has a whiff of cheap about it. The unsophisticated design incorporates no color photographs (the Leach book above has over 350) and less than a dozen black and white images.

The advice, however, is sound. Throughout the book are boxed "Need to Know" items on topics such as the steps to administering medicine to a baby and when to call the doctor.

Here's the chapter list:

Part 1: Before Baby's Born
* Becoming confident parents
* Making confident first choices
* Essential equipment for provisioning your baby

Part 2: Baby's Here!
* Zero to three months
* Three to six months
* Six to nine months
* Nine to twelve months

Part 3: Exceptional Circumstances
* Multiple births
* Preemies and other special needs
* The adopted baby

Part 4: Tidying Up: Resource Guides
* Growth charts
* Immunization schedule
* Common illnesses and ailments in babies
* Meningitis
* Emergency first aid for children under one
* First aid kit
* Toys for the first year
* Useful resources
* Baby log

5 out of 5 stars

2nd time mom May 9, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I am a new second time mom and feel like this is my first child. This book shares so many helpful ideas for being a mom. I was reassured and given confidence by reading that a lot of the things I already do are suggested. This is a great book and I highly recommend it to everyone.

5 out of 5 stars

A God Send...wonderful book!!! May 18, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I just got this book a couple of weeks ago. Already I have implemented a feeding routine for my 3 month old. He is taking to it wonderfully. I have also read great advice on different issues, such as crying, nap times, etc. What is wonderful is that Jo breaks the age groups up so that you can tailor your parenting to that age group. I was so glad to recieve the book while he is still young, so that I may implement the different routines (feeding, sleep, play time) as he grows.

1 out of 5 stars

Skims the surface June 23, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful

Unforunately, this book will sell well because of Jo herself, not because she's really that much of an expert on baby care. Being a nanny and being a mum are two different things. Further, I was disappointed that she insists on vaccines when new evidence is coming to light of their dangers to young infants. Also, her ideas on breastfeeding are just not that well thought out and up-to-date. She definitely has a "follow-the-heard" mentality and is not very original. There are much better books out there for parents.

2 out of 5 stars

Nothing Special August 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I read a lot of baby books. I am a Postpartum Doula and like to keep up on new literature. I really found nothing new or special that would set this book apart from others. There are a lot better written books for the new mom out there.

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