Jo Frost’s Confident Baby Care: What You Need to Know for the First Year from America’s Most Trusted Nanny covers all the basics of taking care of a baby. I was quite pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
I have watched the show and am always amazed how great she is with kids and how fast she is able to turn around a family. Of course my husband reminds me that THIS IS A TV SHOW and there are probably out takes of her yelling at those damn bratty kids. But on TV she is always great, and Nanny Jo is comforting and reassuring even in her writing.
Since she seems so ridiculously perfect, you might expect her tone to be of the greater than thou tinge. And yet, she writes with a style that is very humble and helpful. She reminds you that “it’s okay” and that you will feel like you are at you’re wits end at time – but that it’s okay – breathe.
If you already have lots of experience with infants, this book may not be as helpful to you. However, I see an infant as a completely foreign alien creature and I have no idea how the little alien works. So I really needed a book like this. She teaches you how to swaddle, what to feed baby, how to calm baby, etc. Now I feel that I know a little more about this creature called baby.