Everything Changes Including Me:

by Brett Hillary Aronowitz

delightful poem, along with its semi-realistic watercolor illustrations, aims to introduce the nursing and weaning toddler to the concepts of growth and change as tied to various activities during different seasons and weather conditions, and include a time when mommy's milk is gone.

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 5, 2016

Reviews

[Mikaila Mangohig · Rating 2 out of 5]

If this book was purely about growing up I could give it more stars. However as a weaning book I'm very disappointed.

The toddler in the book is the kind who is so happy playing and growing up that they don't even noticed they've weaned. While I know these children exist, I don't think they need a book about weaning.

I'm sure other parents thinking about weaning, like me, have toddlers who need a lot of emotional support around this big change, and this book offers none.

I realise in hindsight I should have picked up from the book title that actually the message 'everything changes' is a very daunting one. And now trying to wean my toddler I realise the key message she needs is 'everything else is going to be the same: you still get cuddles and kisses and quality time and all the other things you love'.