Customer Reviews
Not a good investment in the future - By: dirtmother, 30 May 2008 
Every time we depict unnecessary interventionsin the childbearing process as routine egin this case ultrasound scanning & leaving the home environment to give birth we are laying down a legacy which will cause trouble for our children.
It could be argued that these are a common feature of many young children's experience - & so indeed they are. However, we do not see contemporary books for this age group depicting parents smoking, drinking alcohol, hitting the child, all of which are also part of many young children's experience. We would rightly question their routine depiction, & the fact that we unthinkingly embrace the inclusion of routine but for most women unnecessary interventions shows how effective our brainwashing has been. But we do not need to do it to our children.
Good but needs one more page - By: brendajc, 20 Jul 2007 
I am 5 months pregnant & have been reading this book with my 3 year old. It's good that you make up your own words as I can add detail about anything she's been asking about the baby (such as can she help give the baby its breakfast). I am planning to breastfeed so I'm glad there are not too many pictures of bottles.
My one complaint is that the book ends with the child & father going to visit mother & new babyin hospital, there is no homecoming shown. It took us a day or two to work out why my daughter started saying "Mummy I think we should all livein our house together" & "I don't want to live here by myself". So now I end the last page by talking about how they will all go home togetherin their car.
Worth its weight ... - By: Lynnie O'connell, 15 Oct 2006 
This book was so helpful. I didn't realize until afterwards what a big impact it had on our son. I didn't mention I was having a baby until a month or two before. I showed him the book a few times, talking about what was happening & emphazing the more relevant pages. He told my husband he was supposed to bring me a cup of tea! (while the mother puts her feet up) I think the book really helped him make sense of things. We 'read' the book an hour before I went off to the hospital. There is a picture of the father opening the car door for the mother & she's got a bag & the grandmother is at the door of the house with the boy. That is exactly what happened. He kept lookingin the book as if to see that what happened was right or to see what happens next. What does happen next is the boy comesin with his father to visit the motherin the hospital. This book prepares young children for the excitement of shopping & decorating for a baby, the scan, the mother resting more, the mother going off to the hospital & the presence of the baby. It helps them make sense of it.
Waiting for baby - By: , 03 Feb 2004 This book has proved to be an invaluable way of talking about the baby growingin mummy's tummy. Our two & a half year old amazed us by telling us what it was about & by using the illustrations to describe what was going onin our family. The simple illustration of 'the mummy having a scan' helped when we took him along to the hospital to see the baby 'on telly', as he really seemed to understand what was happening. This book has enabled our son to lead the conversation & to ask his own questions about the baby, although the picture of daddy helping to cook the dinner has left him somewhat mystified!!
A fantastic book that I couldn't rate any higher.
a well designed book for toddlers - By: Peter Stevenson, 07 Nov 2003 I am impressed with this book. There are no words, but that lets us tailor the story for our daughter. The main character is indeterminant sex, so it will work with boys & girls.
There is plenty to look atin each picture & it is a very happy story.
This book has captured our daughter's imagination & I hope it prepares her for her upcoming big sisterhood.
