Waiting for Baby New Baby Series :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Best

2008-08-19
This is the best book we have to talk to our 15 month old about our coming baby. Since there are no words, we are able to use the words we've chosen ("there's a baby hiding inside mommy") for describing what is happening. She often gets up, comes over, and kisses my stomach when we're reading the book (this is not shown in the book).

Part of the book shows the parents getting into the car to go to the hospital. The child later goes to the hospital to see the baby. A few weeks ago we told our daughter that we were going to the hospital. She immediately got really excited and started signing and saying "baby!". She understood from just going through this book a few times.

cute book

2008-07-29
it takes a little imagination because there are no words to the book. but my son (2 years old) and i enjoy flipping through the pages and making up our own story (stories).

great book

2008-07-28
This is a great book. It is an illustrated book, with no words, so you can make up the story yourself using your family's names. It goes through a lot of the transitions of pregnancy to having a baby, like getting the room and crib ready and visiting the doctor. Great gender neutral book as well. I am very pleased with this book.

cute story but not best for getting ready for new baby

2008-07-28
I bought this for my 19 month old to begin to ready her for the arrival of her little sister. When reading past reviews I figured out that the story had no text printed. I decided to purchase anyway thinking it would be easy to make up our own story. The book is cute and pretty easy to compose your own story but would be better with SOME text. The pictures take you through what mom and big brother and dad do to get ready for new baby. Nice concept but could use some text.

No Words

2008-05-14
I wish I had read the reviews. There are no words, you have to create your own story, just FYI for other people who are browsing.

Great for open-ended discussion on new baby!

2008-04-30
The fact that there are no words in the book means that one can personalize the story for the older child--and that is awesome. My son loves reading this book, because it is about "him." Interaction with mommy and daddy is emphasized, as is the child's role in helping prepare for the new arrival. There is no gender assigned to the new baby, and the hospital room is generic enough that one could substitute "birthing center," or another alternative. Fantastic and simple.

Not so much

2008-04-05
My daughter nor my husband liked this book. I thought the pictures were pretty, but that doesn't do any good if my daughter doesn't like it.

We recommend it! One of my son's favorites!

2008-03-07
Our son is 2 and preparing for the arrival of new baby. "My New Baby" and "Waiting for Baby" by Annie Kubler are by far his two favorites (out of about eight books on the topic that are written for toddlers). Illustrations are fantastic, and we are happy that the book has no words as we would most likely not use them (we don't speak English to our son, and the absence of the words leaves all members of our family open to creating the story that fits our life most). We love that the child in the book is involved with all the preparation for the new baby arrival. Our family situation is somewhat different from what is pictured in the book. We have only our grandma with us, and grandpa that is pictured there can be left to different interpretation... we tell our son that many people will be coming to see us and to help us before and after the baby is born. Bottom line, our son is very excited about the baby and reads this book about twice a day very enthusiastically.

Not my favorite

2008-02-24
My son, 2 1/2, seemed to enjoy this book but I thought it was a bit babyish for him though the manufacture states for preschoolers.

no text

2008-01-23
This book has no text, which may be okay for older kids who can put words to the pictures, but not for my 2 year old son.