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rachep's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the best toddler books I have read! I read it cover to cover. I was very happy to see sections on extended breastfeeding, gentle discipline, picky eaters, and how your next pregnancy will differ. This book is a must have for any mom's library.
caseythecanadianlesbrarian's review against another edition
3.0
Although this was a bit of a mixed bag for me, there are some sections that I found very helpful and that I think I'll return to when my baby is at that stage. In particular I found the chapters on baby-proofing, starting solid foods, and sleep learning quite useful.
Others, like the health and safety section that had a long list of ailments your baby could possibly get (some of which are illnesses babies are protected against in routine vaccinations in Canada) and treatment which was often the same for different illnesses, were a waste of space.
There are also ample do / do not statements in here with no explanation or evidence to back them up. I am beginning to realize this is common in baby, breastfeeding, and pregnancy books and it really pisses me off! Don't tell me what to do, especially in a scare-mongering tone; give me the data and reasoning behind dos and don'ts, even your personal opinion if you make it clear that's what it is, and then allow ME to decide.
Also this book is hopelessly heteronormative. The underlying assumption is the birth parent is mom and mom is married to a dad. A brief discussion of postpartum sex was laughably heterosexual.
There is also no mention (to be fair I skimmed some parts so it's possible I missed it) of race or ethnicity and how that might be relevant in any topic presented in the book. I mean, the cover has one baby on the cover and the baby is white, so expect the book to follow up on that bias.
Others, like the health and safety section that had a long list of ailments your baby could possibly get (some of which are illnesses babies are protected against in routine vaccinations in Canada) and treatment which was often the same for different illnesses, were a waste of space.
There are also ample do / do not statements in here with no explanation or evidence to back them up. I am beginning to realize this is common in baby, breastfeeding, and pregnancy books and it really pisses me off! Don't tell me what to do, especially in a scare-mongering tone; give me the data and reasoning behind dos and don'ts, even your personal opinion if you make it clear that's what it is, and then allow ME to decide.
Also this book is hopelessly heteronormative. The underlying assumption is the birth parent is mom and mom is married to a dad. A brief discussion of postpartum sex was laughably heterosexual.
There is also no mention (to be fair I skimmed some parts so it's possible I missed it) of race or ethnicity and how that might be relevant in any topic presented in the book. I mean, the cover has one baby on the cover and the baby is white, so expect the book to follow up on that bias.
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