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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Frankly, I'd ignore all the childcare books and What To Expect crap. And don't read the internet either. It's your baby, you're the parent, you're responsible enough to figure out what works and doesn't work for you. The only book I'd really recommend to you is Baby Bargains, which gives some helpful tips on gear and crap and what you need, what you don't and where to get it cheap.
Then again, I ain't the primary care giver, so I'm probably full of bs. I just seem to remember that the books didn't help so much as make the missus start to freak out about a ton of things she never heard of or thought of before reading the books.
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Baby Bargains is the only book I've really used a lot. Early in my pregnancy I found the pg books totally nauseating. Now I realize it wasn't so much the hormones but the condescension. I just wondered whether anyone's found a very matter-of-fact book that's almost scientific in its approach, as if it's written for someone who's not a doctor, but also not a dimwit or in need of emotional affirmation of her choice to have a child and her ability to raise it.
I guess I should just look on the internet for studies about the issues I'm curious about, rather than books full of soft-focus pictures or cutesy illustrations and the overuse of the word "mommy."
