The Wonder Weeks Review

The Wonder Weeks

This is a wonderful thing for parents to know about, however, I feel like buying the book is a big waste of my money. The book basically tells you about the 8 fussy periods of your child in the first 60 or so weeks, there are developmental milestones reached, not ones that you can necessary see physically and these are not growth spurts either. The most important thing in this book is the time chart listing out the 8 fussy periods, which is available for free on their website. Each chapter in the book starts out by telling you what kind of development is going on each time, this information is also available when you sign up for the free email alert on their website. Then it goes into how your child might act during these time frames, reading the first chapter was really amazing, because that was exactly how my child acted, but then you start to realize that this information is repeated every single chapter. Yes, your child might act clingy, fussy, aware of strangers, etc. Finally, each chapter ends with games that you can play with your baby to assist in each developmental phase. This sounds a bit more interesting, but it is really just a list of games that most parents will do with their kids at those times, pee-ka-boo, pat-a-cake, singing, reading, etc. All in all, don’t bother buying this book, but do go to their website to get the chart. I think it is important to know about these time periods, and be mentally prepared, something developmental is going on, and that is why your baby is fussy, without taking these fussy periods into account, I will find myself worrying about things like is my baby sick? Teething? Or plain trying to challenge me? (which is a concept that I no longer believe in now, when your baby is fussy, chances are, there is something going on.) This is a book that helps you, the parent, to relax and not stress out.