- ISBN13: 9781591810858
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The Safe Baby has been the go-to guide for thousands of parents and grandparents. Chock full of essential information from an internationally recognized child safety and health expert, this comprehensive, readable, and empowering book tells you how to make your home and environment safe and healthy for your entire family. Her warm, breezy style makes it all fun! The Safe Baby won the prestigious Gold award from National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) one of t… More >>
The Safe Baby, Expanded and Revised: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Home Safety and Healthy Living
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#1 by Katherine Rutledge on April 20, 2010 - 6:24 pm
Comprehensive and well organized. Very useful guide and refresher about the dangers lurking in the every day world. As in all things, be moderate and reasonable in following this to avoid excessive anxiety.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Midwest Book Review on April 20, 2010 - 9:05 pm
Every parent wants their child to be safe. “The Safe Baby: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Home Safety and Healthy Living” is an expanded and revised edition of Debra Smiley Holtzman’s previous volumes on doing what one can to baby proofing one’s home. The home is a dangerous place, and it’s impossible to assure complete safety, but there are many things a parent can do to lower the chances of an accident. With plenty of tips on advice on a more safe environment for one’s child, “The Safe Baby” is a fine volume for parents to have on hand, and an excellent baby shower gift.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Daniel Crispino on April 20, 2010 - 11:28 pm
Debra Holtzman’s revised edition of her award-winning “The Safe Baby” (2005) contains a myriad of essential advice and resources – both up-to-date and relevant – for all parents and grandparents. This “all-in-one” guidebook encompasses the basics of child safety and the obstacles that parents typically encounter in the hectic and often chaotic world of parenting. Holtzman elaborates on subjects ranging from crib safety to baby food, from buying the healthiest foods to picking the right babysitter, from traveling safely with babies to ensuring a hazard-free environment back at home. These are just a few of the topics that form the backbone to “The Safe Baby,” as Holtzman pays close attention to detail in her “how-to” guide of maintaining a sanctuary for all babies.
I personally recommend this revised edition of “The Safe Baby” for its sheer amount of vital information for the uprearing of infants, as well as the countless tips for saving money and being environmentally-friendly in the process. As a highly-esteemed professional in the field of child health and safety, Mrs. Holtzman is the “go-to” expert and her latest book is especially and undeniably a “safe” buy.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Alice S on April 21, 2010 - 2:16 am
This is a phenomenal resource to help you keep your family safe. Holtzman provides a lot of great tips from her professional perspective – so many aspects of safety you probably never thought of, but that are critical. Her tone is really conversational, that made it easy to read and interesting. My kids are now grown, so this was a great help to brush up and learn lots of new things to protect my grandson so he can grow up great too!
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by ohhcherrie on April 21, 2010 - 2:28 am
This expanded and revised edition has all the helpful advice of the first, plus a financial aspect. The book includes money saving tips and discusses topics such as cloth diapers vs. disposable diapers. Holtzman does a great job staying objective – presenting readers with facts and information, but letting them decide which option is best for their family.
As with the first edition, I love that Holtzman says she wants to share her advice, but she certainly does not want to overwhelm the readers. I am the type to get easily paranoid, but I always try to remember that I don’t (and probably can’t without becoming a nervous wreck) have to follow every rule or guideline.
This book would be a great resource for all parents, grandparents, and even baby-sitters or child-care providers. Holtzman covers topics you wouldn’t even think twice about, such as possible contaminants in water and what type of furniture and flooring is best for a nursery. I particularly like the section on creating your own household cleaning products (less harmful and inexpensive!).
Rating: 5 / 5