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The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance
The Baby Owner's Manual Operating Instructions TroubleShooting Tips and Advice on FirstYear Maintenance
Author: Louis Borgenicht, Joe Borgenicht
ISBN-13: 9781931686235
ISBN-10: 1931686238
Publication Date: 2/1/2003
Pages: 228
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 70 ratings
Publisher: Quirk Books
Book Type: Paperback
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16 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 34 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This was my favorite baby present we received when our son was born. My wife read a lot of books, but I just wasn't interested until someone gave me this book. A great read for new or experienced dads! It's funny AND informative!
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The very best book on baby care I have ever seen. Wonderfully illustrated.
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 10 more book reviews
Hilarious yet practical! This book is especially great for new dads, who sometimes need the dose of humor alongside the usable advice and instructions.
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Very very funny.
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 213 more book reviews
Really cute book.
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 35 more book reviews
absolutely hilarious version of "what the heck do I do now that the baby's born"

back cover:
At Last! A Beginner's Guide to Newborn Baby Technology

You've programmed your VCR, you've reinstalled Microsoft Windows, you can even check your email on your Palm Pilor. But none of this experience will prepare you for the world's biggest technological marvel: a newborn baby.

Through step-by-step instructions and helpful schematic diagrams, The Baby Owner's Manual explores hundreds of frequently asked questions: What's the best way to swaddle a baby? How can I make my newborn sleep through the night? When should I bring the baby to a doctor for servicing? Whatever your concerns, you'll find the answers here - courtesy of celebrated pediatrician Dr. Louis Borgenicht and his son, Joe Borgenicht. Together, they provide plenty of useful advice for anyone who wants to learn the basics of childcare.
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 471 more book reviews
It s the answer to every new parent s first question: Doesn t this thing come with an owner s manual? At long last, yes!
Through step-by-step instructions and helpful schematic diagrams, The Baby Owner s Manual explores the common concerns of every first-time parent: What s the best way to swaddle a baby? How can I make my newborn sleep through the night? When should I bring the baby to a doctor for servicing? Whatever your question, you ll find the answer here courtesy of celebrated pediatrician Dr. Louis Borgenicht and his son, Joe Borgenicht. Together, they provide plenty of useful advice for anyone who wants to learn the basics of childcare.
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 12 more book reviews
Great book for dads and moms! Love the format, humorous but lots of good information too.
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This is a fun, light "manual" that will keep parents from pulling out their hair when the baby has been up all night.
KoryO avatar reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 5 more book reviews
I've given this to techies and to public safety guys and they both loved it. (That's not to say women won't. I kept referring back to this one with my first since it gave me the info I needed without searching too hard at 2 am.) Forget the other "baby books for dads", this one is the best out there by a mile.
ZePenguinMuffin avatar reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 3 more book reviews
any book that explains a baby akin to a clock radio is awesome. nothing is better then tellign my husband, "ooh they have a chapter on programming sleep mode!" it's great to see a baby book that has a good sense of humor. The diagrams are also cute. This would be a really neat shower gift for a good friend.
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 14 more book reviews
A very funny little book, but not an overly serious child care book in my humble opinion. On the bright side, it's also much less frightening than some of the "real" baby care books (got myself very concerned with some of the hypotheticals in the other books of horrors as my husband used to call them). Would make an excellent baby shower basket insert- and does have some helpful safety and emergency info.
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I got this book for my daughter as she is having her first baby. I read through a lot of it with my mother-in-law as soon as it arrived and we laughed through so much funny, but true, things. My daughter then read it from cover to cover and really appriciated it. Hopefully it will take her through that first difficult year with enough information to make it a successful year!
Kylee-CT-mom avatar reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 42 more book reviews
So clever. It really made my husband feel more at ease about our little one coming into the world.
timetoread avatar reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 17 more book reviews
Received as a gift....enjoyable for the father that is very mechanically inclined and not interested in the mushy female versions.
reviewed The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance on + 28 more book reviews
This is a great book for any expectant father (especially) to read. My son in law thought it was very funny, and in an odd way helpful:)