Waiting for Baby (New Baby)

Very nice and good quality

Please publisher take note, the 'like new' copies of this edition are now £40 or so, because the new edition you've published is just awful in comparison, ugly pictures and the addition of words has made it much worse. This version is a lovely book, with a gender-indeterminate child which makes it very flexible. Illustrations by Annie Kubler just naturally appeal to toddlers (all her books are winners with my children), and the pictures illustrate real life before and after baby in a way toddlers will easily recognise. We are still reading it 18 months after the baby was born!

This seems to be a lovely little book. I'm currently pregnant and just told our 3 year old he's going to be a big brother, although excited he has been a tad anxious. We brought this book along with as as nice visual ways to show him what's going to happen. We have sat down several time together where he has chosen to look at this book, over and over again. It doesn't have any words, but we like this as it is a great conversation book. My son spends a lot of time on a couple of pages talking about what's happening then wanting to role play this himself. My son has gone back to this book independently several times and seems to enjoy the pictures. It is great for introducing the processes for getting ready for a new baby, however others books alongside this about being a sibling would help.

This book has lovely illustrations, including breastfeeding mother which I have found refreshing in comparison to the majority of books which show baby being bottle-fed. We can tell the story to suit our daughter, "look, here's you giving Mummy's tummy a kiss!", "remember when we went to the doctor and had a look at the baby in Mummy's tummy?" etc.. And as she gains a greater understanding we can change the story to include more detail. a great book for any age.

This book is ok. It is a short story with lots of pictures for your child to look at and tells a simple story. Not as good as another book we have but maybe more suited to a younger child (my son is 3 nearly 4).

Bought to read to my daughter. I was worried about how she was going to react to a baby taking over her space so thought better forewarned!! I loved this book and have recommended it to all of my friends. The pictures are great. It shows what can happen when a baby comes along. I especially liked that "Daddy" had to do jobs around the house because Mummy was so tired. And of course Daddy can just be a friend if there isn't a male in the household. When my son came along, my daughter who was nearly 2 by this time knew exactly what was happening. Whether this is down to the book or just the situation I will never know however it gave me peace of mind that I was preparing her for her brother!

I ordered this book to read with my 2.5 year old daughter as I am now 6 months pregnant and wanted something to enable me to explain to her what was happening. This book has few words so you can interpret the pictures as you wish, it takes you through various stages of waiting for the baby including shopping for baby things, scans & check ups, standing at the door with Nanny, waving Mummy & Daddy off as they go to the hospital and finally the baby being brought home. I wasn't sure how much my daughter was taking in but after a few reads she was talking all about the new baby in mummy's tummy so I'm hoping that this will make her a little more prepared for the transition!

This is my son's favourite book at the moment. We are currently 5 months pregnant and bought this to help my son adjust to the idea that mummy is pregnant with a baby and what that means for him and us. He talks though the pages himself and says where we have chosen clothes, toys etc for baby and how we also see baby on the tele at the hospital at the scans (these are all pages of the book) and it is a very nice way to help him make sense of whats happening. The pictures are lovely and we all love this book.

Kids really enjoyed it

My older kid loved this book whilst waiting for his younger sibling ... He was 2.

We read this book to our son for months leading up to the second baby’s birth. I think it really helped with his transition from an only child to having a sibling. Highly recommend.

Bel libretto di facile approcci oanche per bimbi molto piccoli

Genial para explicar la llegada de un hermanito. Las imagenes son faciles de entender. Da igual qur este en ingles