I used Spock, because my own mother did, and she didn't kill me (and because she gave me the book at my baby shower). Lots of times, the pedi gives recommendations for sensible books.

And, there you go: recs by people you know and trust on the subject of your kids.

The real problem is when people are not equipped to or are not comfortable enough to decide what is good advice/recommendation and what isn't.

Serial: can we finish this thread off soon, please, auteurs? Becaue I'm at Kinko's and I want to be here for the new thread and this is costing me a quarter a minute...

Observation, real life looking, can tell us the "what NOT to do" as well as the "what to do", and they're equally necessary, surely?

Yes, yes, that's it. I'm not being clear because a tiny person keeps opening the fridge and taking out the chocolate syrup. Grrr.

The real problem is when people are not equipped to or are not comfortable enough to decide what is good advice/recommendation and what isn't.

Yes, this, very much so. So the woman who raised you from a pup, or the doctor you're entrusting the child's health to on a macro basis, are generally pretty safe places to start, yes?

Unless it's my mother we're talking about. She did her best to kill me several times. I would take her advice on luxury hotels, but not on babies, if I wanted said babies to stay alive.

10,000?

(If not, boy, will I feel silly.)

10,000?

(If not, boy, will I feel silly.)

Edit:

Heh. A double post, AND a slut.

And the double post wins!

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