The Adventures of Baby Arthur

We had more. Between the pregnancy and baby shower, we must have been given 2 dozen books, some duplicate! They were all very much appreciated and we're grateful that so many of our friends and family wanted to help, but we couldn't read them all! But for the ones we did read or use, click on the image of the book for more information.

Books for Pregnancy



While Liz was pregnant, the "What To Expect" books by Heidi Murkoff seemed to be the de-facto standard for pregnancy references as we received multiple copies of both books as gifts. It's written like an encyclopedia and is chock full of information. I actually don't think Liz spent all that much time using these books. It went more like:

Liz: Do you think I can eat [whatever blah food].
Lincoln: [flipping pages] Sure no problem.





I don't know which joker bought Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories for Liz and I'm sure her reading it broke some kind of rule somewhere, but she loved the dark humor and god a good laugh out of it. It's not for kids! It's a series of short stories by Tim Burton about children who don't fit in and their appalled parents. It definitely fit the moment.

As for Safe Baby Handling Tips, there are some extremely important lessons to be learned from this book. Click on the book and you'll see!!

After Pregnancy



We have used all four of the above books with great frequency. We really enjoyed and are pleased with The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer and Dr. Frenchy's book The New Basics: A-to-Z Baby & Child Care for the Modern Parent so I'm planning to talk more about them in future posts. The jury is still out on The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition as Arthur reaches the true toddler age.

That just about sums it up on our books. Forgive me for skipping any mention of The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy and The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition (La Leche League International Book). I didn't read them. I didn't even crack them open (and neither did Liz apparently). I guess I hard a hard time relating to those titles!