Baby Stuff: A No-Nonsense Shopping Guide to What to Buy, What to Borrow, and What to Avoid -- No Matter What Your Budget

by Ari Lipper, Joanna Lipper

This detailed guide tells prospective parents what they need to buy, need to borrow, and probably don’t need at all in an easy-to-read-and-reference format. Written by an expert in baby retail, who spent years advising and listening to both parents and manufacturers, Baby Stuff names names in sharing an insider’s secrets about which products are safest, most reliable, and most practical for a range of different lifestyles and budgets. Expert Ari Lipper has seen how virtually every baby product works in real life—not just in one family, but in thousands. In fact, Lipper’s careful eye for safety has helped manufacturers make changes in products before problems start. With chapters on everything from Product Safety Regulation to Borrowing for Baby and product sections covering the spectrum from the Layette to Carriages and Strollers to Baby Carriers, Baby Stuff provides the authoritative, calming, and credible expertise every parent craves when approaching this anxiety-ridden process. The book includes a section on safety information and tips on products throughout.

Genres: Parenting

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2002

Reviews

[Bree · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful run-through and reminder of the necessities. Every parent should take a look at a book like this BEFORE getting seduced by the scanner gun at registry time.

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Out of date.