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Title: The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance by Louis Borgenicht, Joe Borgenicht ISBN: 1-931686-23-8 Publisher: Quirk Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not just a satire!
Comment: The book reads a bit satirically -- think of your standard baby care book but written like a VCR manual. But it's actually useful information; we had our first child born recently, and it's been really useful to us. I've ended up buying copies for friends, too. Once you figure out a few of the slightly less obvious "terms" (like "service provider" for "doctor"), it's easy to read and avoids a lot of the editorializing and "my baby was this way" found in similar books. Worth the time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Educational and humorous and entertaining reading
Comment: The book is written as if your baby is a product (therefore the need for this 'manual'). I skimmed through it in the bookstore and found it to be hilariously entertaining. I laughed at the verbage used and the 50s or 60s style pictures and diagrams. I bought it immediately and have enjoyed it very much. Example on writing: they ask you to "inspect" your model for all parts. Example of drawings: A circle with an adult holding a baby by the top of the head while the baby dangles with a line through the circle (as if to say 'Do not hold a baby by the top of the head). Obvious, but funny. I found it to by quite humorous.
I've laughed out loud reading it. But I must say that this book has very good information on how to raise your 'model' (baby). If you are a new parent or know someone who is a new or soon-to-be parent who has a sense of humor, they will appreciate this book. Louis Borgenicht, M.D., and his son Joe Borgenicht, D.A.D. (more humor) have written a master piece in my opinion. I would enjoy reading this book if my kid was 25 or didn't have any. It's just plain entertaining (but, again, very well organized useful information is found within).
Rating: 4
Summary: Funny and a breath of fresh air
Comment: Although What to Expect and Dr. Sears are nice books, what was missing for me was a book with "just the facts" no discussion of parenting styles or anything along those lines, just "if baby is crying it may be b/c of x, y or z." And this book provides that in a simple, clear and amusing way. It's what we used when we prepared to give a bath for the first time to our newborn. It's listing of games and exercises for development has been useful. And it has provided much needed laughs at times. I love the discussion of stuffed animals and how the model will not believe that stuffed are not alive until 10 or 12 years of age. I'm not giving it 5 stars b/c I wish it dealt with stuff in the same detailed way beyond 6 months.
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Title: Keeping the Baby Alive till Your Wife Gets Home by Walter Roark ISBN: 0970793707 Publisher: Clearing Skies Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.50 |
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Title: What the Heck Were You Expecting? : A Complete Guide for the Perplexed Father by Thomas Hill ISBN: 0609805169 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Baby: An Owner's Manual by Steve Tague, Julie Long ISBN: 0767914198 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: 97 Ways to Make A Baby Laugh by Jack Moore, Penny Gentieu ISBN: 0761107363 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Father to Daughter: Life Lessons on Raising a Girl by Harry H., Jr. Harrison ISBN: 0761129774 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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