The New Baby by Mercer Mayer
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Book Reviews of The New Baby
Book Review: Adorable
Summary: 5 Stars
My son loves this book, we purchased it soon after his new sister was born and he loves for us to read it to him. Very cute!!Book Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Love it! Very colorful and especially love the way it is worded for a toddler to understand!Book Review: Appropriate for toddler
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought 3 "new baby" books to prepare my toddler for the arrival of our new baby - they are 21 months apart in age. This book was by far his favorite. I think the illustrations, the pace of the story, and the language was very appropriate to this age (my son was 19 months old when the book arrived).
I think parents will like the book too. The story is simple with only a few sentances a page (if that) - so if you toddler likes to turn pages as much as mine - you don't feel like you just missed the entire story. The pictures are really detailed too, so if you want to improvise and add details to talk about whats going on, you can do that too.
For the price - this is a great book to give to any new big brother or sister.
Book Review: Not entirely accurate portrayal of life with new baby
Summary: 4 Stars
This book has a lot of pluses. It shows new parents tired. It illustrates that newborns often cry and aren't developed enough for games or books. But I find myself at times having to amend the text to reflect the realities of "new baby" life. Ex. "What can you do with a new baby? You can cuddle her [under parental supervision]...or give her a rattle to play with [when she's three months or older and capable of playing with toys a little.]" I'm also disappointed that this book exclusively shows bottle feeding and no breastfeeding (since nursing a baby really takes up A LOT of a mother's time and an older sibling may resent this physical closeness). Not a bad "new baby" book, but not as accurate as Annie Kubler's "My New Baby."Book Review: Good for older siblings of an adopted baby
Summary: 4 Stars
While reading this book, it struck me that the way everything was worded, it would be a good book for a family who was adopting a new baby - there is no mention of coming home from the hospital, just that our new baby is coming home today. And the new baby certainly doesn't act like a newborn.
My one complaint is that the baby is shown bottlefeeding herself, and while most adopted babies do tend to be bottlefed (you can breastfeed an adopted baby), feeding time should be one where the parent and baby are involved together, not with the baby feeding herself. Certainly not at the age she is shown to be.