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When you think about an infant’s development and how fast they grow? You realize babies ARE pretty amazing. Desmond Morris thinks so too. In fact, he’s created a book devoted to demystifying babyhood behavior and breakthroughs. Thus far, all of our reviewers have been going “ga-ga” over his recent endeavor, Amazing Baby.

“Hands down the BEST parenting, pregnancy, developmental book I have ever come across.” explains one reviewer. While another reports, “Amazing Baby is an extraordinary book, so rich and full and satisfying you could lose yourself in it for hours.”

Amazing Baby, published by Firefly Books, takes the reader on a “journey that outlines the many stages and milestones babies reach during their first twenty-four months of life. Every inch of the newborn body is detailed, from the skeleton to the defense system, each type of growth and development noted. Eating, sleeping, weaning, walking…it’s all here.”

Many books pertaining to an infant’s development, “focus on what can go wrong, what you can do wrong, and ways you can screw up your baby for life. It’s a little intimidating,” admits one blogger. A second reviewer touched on this issue as well describing Morris’ tone throughout the book as “positive” and adds, “This book, while addressing some tough issues like a defiant toddler, really doesn’t drive home any scare tactics. Instead we’re given positive tips and logical steps to work through issues. How refreshing. I could have used this book when BigBrother was born.”

Suffice to say, readers also complimented the writing style of the zoologist and scholar of human behavior. It’s “written in a narrative that struck me as gentle and soft, far from textbook.” Plus? “His descriptions are vivid and easy to understand, and all of the data he relays is interesting as well as informative.”

Speaking of said data, Morris makes the reader privy to fascinating facts: “Did you know that during the nine months between conception and birth, a baby’s weight increases a staggering 3,000 million times? Did you know that a female fetus seems to be more reluctant to leave the snug warmth of her mother’s womb than her male counterpart?” The author also addresses the baby’s emotional needs, taking “extra care in explaining the parent/baby bonding process as well as all the of the other factors that play into making your child’s development a success.”

But what’s really captivated bloggers has been Morris’ stunning photographs – ones that “transform this from simply a parenting reference to a work of art.” Even two of our junior reviewers found the babies utterly adorable. The mom of the young boys also adds, “Both of my kids attempted, on several occasions, to kiss the photos of the adorable babies. Luckily I had dry washcloths near by so that the book wasn’t ruined.”

And there’s lots of photos of different babies throughout: “Related to the photography is another of my favorite points: the diversity of the children represented in the photography. Gorgeous!”

Morris’ visual feast for the eyes, “is beautifully laid out, with full page photographs of babies filling every other page. Some pages have a thin overlay page over a picture, with the overlay showing drawings of the inside the baby’s body, and the photo underneath providing the outline of the body to place it in context.” This blogger, a nursing student, continues, adding: “I really loved these - there were ones showing the muscles of a baby, the parts of the brain and eye, the bones, and the lymphatic system.” She wasn’t the only one: “My favorite part is the overlays,” concurs another blogger. “There are several full color tracing paper overlays that lay on top of a photograph showing, for example, how the skeleton of a baby looks.  It appeals to the science geek/nurse in me.”

Many of our bloggers give away already-reviewed products to their readers. But you may not find too many copies of Amazing Baby up for grabs! “I don’t think you have to be a parent just to enjoy Amazing Baby; after all, we all started out this way. This book would make a great gift, especially to a set of new parents – I was considering passing it on to a friend of mine who recently had her first child, but I must admit, I’m not sure that I want to part with it.” A second blogger also expressed this dilemma. She wrote, “In the end, I decided I’ll have to share it - I can’t think of a better way to introduce to my friend the way in which science and nature are about to work in perfect harmony to produce pure magic in her life.”

A reviewer, pregnant with her fourth child, poses an interesting idea: “it would be so nice if all pediatricians and OB-GYN offices had it in their waiting rooms (it would have made the wait so much nicer during all of my prenatal visits!)”

We’ve still got more bloggers eagerly awaiting to weigh in on the Amazing Baby. Stay tuned!

Today - Cool Zebras
Thursday, 11/13 - Taste Like Crazy
Friday, 11/14 - mothergoosemouse
Monday, 11/17 - Creature Bug
Tuesday, 11/18 - Ovolina
Wednesday, 11/19 - Mother May I

A campaign wrap-up post is scheduled for Thursday, November 20.

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