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I agree with the fear based WTEWE book! I couldn't read it, I read a week by week book and that was it. I found most books disagreed with each other and it confused me, so I decided to stop reading them and go with my gut, and I have to say that I'm glad I did! I have a baby who sleeps through the night from 4 weeks on, she's happy, growing, and healthy....so I think I did pretty good without the "experts"

I skipped WTE also cause I'm not interested in fear! I'm reading a couple of labor books to help prepare for the pain but otherwise that's it. Maybe a sleep book when it gets closer.

@tororojo: LOL. I read that like "is this verbatim?"

@rahlyrah: OH if anything, watch the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD! It'll take you like 30 mins and will be worth it.

I only followed the weekly pregnancy updates while I was pregnant. However, now that LO is here (and has been for awhile...he's 16 weeks old) I really regret not reading baby books while I was pregnant. I was really busy while I was pregnant, working full time, house hunting and moving and I've always been around lots of babies so I figured I'd just be okay. I really underestimated how much pressure it actually being MY baby was. It wasn't until after LO was born that I realized that I wanted more information from the experts and I've spent many nursing/feeding sessions speed reading through baby books (especially on sleep!!!) on the Kindle app on my phone. I definitely think I'd have absorbed more if I could've read them while pregnant.

@rahlyrah: I dont think it makes you a horrible person but its good to have a book on hand when the baby actually arrives. I didnt read any books prior but then there were so many things that I didnt know, I ended up receiving the Mayo clinic Baby's first year book which is helpful, and I still look through it now that my baby is 9 months

I didn't read much. I read several adoption books. Sine I found our I was pregnant when I had a six week old baby there wasn't a lot of time for reading. I have one book that I use as a reference from the AAP. The people in my hospital glass laughed at me because they went around the room and shared what books they had read. When I said I didn't have time to read they looked at me like I had 8 heads. Then I explained our situation and everyone laughed. I think I have done just fine without reading tons.

I started reading one and just felt baffled! I didn't take any of it in!! I'll have to re-read once LO is here anyway (and I know what its going on about!) so if my experience is anything to go by you'll be no better equipped if you do start reading!! Besides, every baby is different anyway!

I didn't really read any...we have dr sears book and WTE and another one that I can't remember the name of. I skimmed through them while pregnant but haven't picked them up since LO arrived. Honestly, I learned more from HB than from the books!

I wish I would have read a book on colic and sleep habits before LO arrived. We read "Happiest Baby on the Block" after a long night of riding in the car with a screaming baby. After that, we managed colic a lot better. Now, we're trying to transition from Happiest Baby to something where our LO can self soothe.

I haven't picked up one pregnancy book yet. Not sure that I plan to until I'm ready to read about the baby's first year type stuff!

I started reading the Mayo book and WTEWYE, but I probably only read them regularly until about 16 weeks, and then I kind of stopped. Now I just refer to them if I experience something new and I want confirmation that it's normal.

Although I feel like I need to start reading some baby books before I deliver (I'm 35 weeks), because I feel like I won't have time to read anything once the baby is here and I want to be as prepared as possible!