The New Baby

We got this book for our almost 4 year old son to help him prepare for the arrival of our new baby. He loved reading the pages with us at bedtime & it encouraged us to elaborate more about why would happen when baby arrives like mummy going to hospital, feeding baby, where baby would sleep etc. He also loved filling in the new words he’d learnt when we got to each sticker so it really helped his vocabulary. Even when he stickers were in, he still enjoyed having this read to him. Only thing worth noting is that baby in the book was a girl. We didn’t know what we were having (& turned out we were having a boy). When I read the book to him, I therefore didn’t read ‘she’ but substituted for ‘baby’ so we didn’t confuse him.

I bought this for my grandchildren who are getting close to getting a new sister. This particularly helped the elder of the two as it went systematically outlined the run up to the babies birth and what would happen afterwards. I feel it helped to reduce the fear of mummy going in to hospital and helped them process the order of things to come, Very well explained but in the guise of a nice little story that children can read themselves. The stickers were an added bonus.

We love this sticker book! I bought this for my 2 year old to help prepare him for the arrival of a sibling. The story is pretty much the same as the New Baby book, with a few added sentences. Unlike some other Usbourne sticker books where you just stick the stickers wherever you like, this book contains the story, with clear guidance as to where the stickers should go. Amongst the text are line drawings to replace a word, for example 'cat'; you then find the sticker with the cat and stick it over the image of the cat. My child enjoyed lining up the sticker perfectly with the image. Although the pages aren't super glossy, they are smooth enough to allow some repositioning of the stickers. My sone enjoyed this much more than the Farmyard Tales sticker book, which contains no story. Now that the sticker book is finished, my child still wants the story read to him, unlike in other completed sticker books where the books would just get chucked into the recycling. The story itself is very sweet and provided us with lots of areas for discussion, which all helped to prepare my child for his new sibling. We enjoyed this so much that I will buy it again if we have another child, to help prepare the second child for a baby sibling.

Such a high quality product and great for giving some quality time and attention to older brother or sister when new arrival comes. We’d borrowed the book from the library and liked it so much that we ordered this. Only downside (depending on age of the child) is that the stickers need to be stuck in conjunction with reading the story rather than sticker ‘free for all’ which works better with a 2 year old but you can work around it - only reason I wouldn’t give 5 stars

Really good book, stickers make it far more interesting. Introduces both breast feeding and bottle feeding, Mum going to hospital in the middle of the night and being quiet around the baby. Good conversation starter for other little children

Bought for my granddaughter(4) in preparation for the arrival of her sibling. We had fun going through the story and finding homes for the stickers and finding the duck on each page. Provided lots of talking points regarding the new baby. Great buy.

Perfect gift for any new brother or sister, lovely story about a family waiting on the new arrival. The stickers take you through the whole story, so it's a great activity to do with your little one.

There are some positives to this book. My daughter loves the stickers and it explains how much attention and sleep a baby needs. It also depicts breastfeeding. However, I found it be full of gender stereotypes. There is a line that say something like "mum is really busy with the baby so dad and the children must help her" No sorry, dad has slightly more responsibility than the children do with regards to his baby. Also the little girl is always depicted as either caring for her doll or the baby while the little boy is playing about oblivious to the baby. The only interaction we see of him with the baby is when he snaps into protector mode and chases the pets away from the sleeping baby. Thats just some of the examples that annoy me. This isn't the message I want to give to my little one about families and roles within families.