Thank you Burton White.My kids, both in their mid-twenties, can certainly credit this book for contributing to their upbringing, whether they know it or not.
I thought this was a decent book. That is, until, I read the section on closely spaced children, which basically claims that I have subjected my children to abuse by having them closer than 3 years apart.
This book contains outdated infomation such as using pacifiers and its effect on teeth. I found this book informative and agreed with a lot of the things he had to say such as not letting a baby "cry it out" and explaining the importance of monitoring hearing ability.
Thank goodness I picked this one up. My bookshelf was full of books that were too harsh (like Gary Ezzo on scheduling babies), too condescending ("What to Expect the First Year"), or relied too much on anecdotal research (like "The Baby Book" by William Sears, an otherwise wonderful book).
I had the frist edition of this book when my daughter was born in 1979 and found it tremendously helpful in understanding the stages of development. This book is based on research, so the information is factual.
