Canada's Baby Care Book: A Complete Guide from Birth to 12-Months Old

by Jeremy Friedman

Everything a parent needs to know about caring for a newborn -- up to 12 months. Despite planning, nothing can quite prepare you for the big step from pregnancy to parenting. And what can make it even more challenging is all the contradictory and sometimes confusing information that comes from well-intentioned friends, family, co-workers and complete strangers! It's for these reasons that we've published Canada's Baby Care Book . Written in a user-friendly, easy-to-understand style, it will empower parents with knowledge and allow them to make their own personal choices for their own circumstances. Created by leading experts at the world renowned Hospital for Sick Children, it covers an extensive range of topics clearly and succinctly. You'll find information on everything from what to expect in the delivery room and the tests your baby will immediately receive to signs of illness in a newborn to feeding basics and crib safety, and so much more. One hundred and fifty specially commissioned "real life" photographs complement the text and illustrate additional instructions and information. This is truly the most complete book on baby care on the market.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published May 18, 2007

Reviews

[Ruby_blue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stellar. The best baby care book I've found. Best of all, the authors take a very non-judgmental approach and assume that you, the parent who is clearly motivated enough to read a baby care book, has good reason to choose one option over another (no frightening rants on breast feeding, attachment parenting etc., etc.)
The have taken the approach that you know precious little about caring for babies (thank heavens) and provide loads of pictures and a clear approach to everything from bathing baby to diapering to feeding (both bottle & breast).

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an extremely useful book. I actually read it cover-to-cover, which I didn't expect to do. The authors provide a lot of very important information in an easy-to-digest format - they repeat themselves just enough to make sure the most important points sink in, but they don't resort to lists and bullets that you feel like you need to memorize.

They also do a really great job of being totally unbiased and non-judgmental. Unless there's a serious medical reason for them to encourage one type of parenting decision over another, they keep it neutral and offer advice for all options. Their tone is professional but friendly, and easy to read without being condescending.

My biggest complaint is that the book is called "Canada's Baby Care Book" but almost all the information about groups and resources and government support, plus most of the statistics, are American. I found that really irritating; they're Canadian doctors writing a Canadian book - the least they could do is keep it Canadian.

But overall, this book was great. I strongly recommend it to all first-time parents.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Baby Care Book" is a book on baby care from prenatal to 12 months old. My my brother and his wife want to start their family. They asked my mom to be there when a baby is born, so she wanted to read up on the latest baby care information to make sure she remembered things correctly. I checked this book out of my library and gave it to her, and she gave me the following review of it:

"I was very impressed with this book. It covers everything you might have questions about and would be a good choice for first-time parents. It has good pictures--and many of them. It has a chart in the back for various illnesses and that chart directs you to the pages in the book that give more information. It's a good reference book for practical use. I recommended that [my brother and his wife] buy this book and read it."

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good reference book for basic baby care questions. The best section is the newborn one, which is full of helpful info for those first weeks. Unfortunately I didn't read it until after I'd already bungled my way through that period. I'd suggest reading BEFORE your baby arrives.

[Jolie Hiddleston · Rating 5 out of 5]

My husband and I are trying to adopt a newborn. I searched through many books on caring for an infant. This is the best book I found.

[Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful pictures and easy to read text

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

So helpful when you're worried about your baby and her health at 3 am.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

great resource!

[Spencer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Infinity useful.

[Elizabeth Gosse]

I am glad I picked up this book for reference and to prepare for the first few months to a year after our little guy arrives. I have post-it noted and highlights for future reference as I am sure we will return to it as a guide.