The Christian Mama's Guide to Baby's First Year Book Review

Title: The Christian Mama's Guide to Baby's First Year.

Author: Erin MacPherson.

Genre: Christian, Nonfiction, Humor, Parenting, Self-Help.

Plot: Having read and enjoyed The Christian Mama's Guide to Having a Baby by the same author way back in April, it occurred to me that I didn't really know much about what to do with the baby once it was born. So I requested the sequel and then found out I was pregnant in mid-to-late May. Of course, that made me want to read the book even more, and I did, very easily. The hard part was writing the review later on because morning sickness set in shortly after and what with that lasting four lovely months and trying to find a doctor/midwife/somebody, I was swamped. So, here is a very belated review.

While this book is very informative and helped me learn new things that I well, didn't know before {like lochia and other postpartum stuff}, a lot of it was just common sense stuff. Like, for example, the author describes her experience trying to trim her baby's tiny little finger nails for the first time and having it backfire on her so badly that she recommends just leaving the nails alone. The easiest and smartest way to trim baby's nails is the way my mom taught me; you do it when they're asleep and you have good lighting. Duh. It also wasn't as funny as the first book, which I was a bit disappointed with because I'd really enjoyed the exaggerated humor of the first book {of course, I didn't realize just how exaggerated it was till after I read it and started experiencing it all for myself}.

I do think it gives a good rundown of information, such as breastfeeding and formula feeding, sleep training and making sure you take time out for the helpful new father and any older siblings the baby might have. It was well written and had a good flow to it, neither too fast nor too slow. It was interesting and informative without being boring, and I liked it. Just not as much as I liked the first book.

Rating: PG-15 and up, mainly for content {it's for married women who've just had babies, so things like postpartum sex with your husband are briefly discussed}.

Date Report Written: December 13th, 2013.

I received a free copy of this book from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. I wasn't required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed in the above review are my own.

Hiya!

Hello, hello, hello. Long time no see, eh? There's quite a story behind that. First off, I couldn't post nearly as much as I wanted to over the summer because I didn't have the energy to write the posts because I had very bad morning sickness and was throwing up all over the place. It was nasty. When it finally started to clear up in September, guess what? We have to take my computer in to get the CD player fixed before the warranty expired and it was in the shop supposedly getting fixed from the beginning of September to the end of November. It was so very frustrating. I couldn't even do NaNo!

But now I have my computer back with a working CD player {the number pad doesn't work but whatever}, I'm all done throwing up and am gearing up for the final leg of 2013 and my first pregnancy. I'm currently 31 weeks pregnant by my calculations, though the doctors add an extra two weeks so according to them I'm 33 weeks along. We have two more birthing class sessions left, a bunch of doctor appointments coming up for routine checks, a birth plan to write, Christmas to shop for, a baby shower on Saturday and then we get to impatiently wait for the due date in mid-January to arrive and then fly by. ;) I also have a ton of blog posts to write and catch up on so hopefully, this blog will get a little more active. One of the only things I could while down with morning sickness was read, so there are a lot of reviews that need to be written and posted. ;) See ya soon!