| The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-shooting Tips and Advice on First-year Maintenance | 
 enlarge | Authors: Louis Borgenicht, Joe Borgenicht
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 78407
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 228
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1931686238
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.122
EAN: 9781931686235
ASIN: 1931686238
Publication Date: May 30, 2003
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 Excellent Manual! February 19, 2008
This is an incredibly funny and extremely informative read. I have to give it 5 stars for it's innovation alone. We have a number of books in this area, all well written but none as enjoyable to learn from as this. Highly recommended. I'll be buying the toddler version once we're at that stage!
 Not bad, but get's annoying quite quickly February 9, 2008
As the book description states, this book reads as an operating manual which I thought may make it different to any 'normal' baby book, but this style of writing gets old and annoying very quickly, and I couldn't finish the book. There are also some factual errors he states generalities as cast iron "should be's"
Recommended June 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband found this book and loved it because it is written in what he would describe as a "male friendly" way, light hearted yet gets the serious point across and he read it without losing interest and understood every word without being daunted by the whole experience!
 Quirky but flawed... May 26, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
..says it all really. This is a really nice idea, a book that tells you how to unpack, programme and operate your new baby, just like that sparkly new HD TV.
The presentation is excellent and some of the humour gave me a number of wry smiles - but didn't make really laugh.
Please note that this is an American book so makes reference to diapers, pacifiers etc. etc. so I was sceptical whether the information given was consistent with UK guidelines (car seats etc.). However, there were some gems of information that I hadn't read elsewhere - I guess, ultimately, babies are babies no matter which country you live in!
This is probably best given as a present to an expectant father. He'll love reading it, until the baby actually arrives and he has no time left for such luxuries and his HD TV is covered in fingerprints.
Humour gets repetitive May 4, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Never let anyone tell you there isn't an instruction manual for newborns! We bought this for a laugh but found it surprisingly useful and practical. Great for first time parents, especially those without a clue.
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