Great Book! Every new parent(s) need(s) to read this book before they start buying anything for their baby. It helped my wife and me purchase great products without all the advertisement smokescreen. It gives you the facts that will make a great educated decision.

The book is filled with typos and outdated advice. You can get much better information on the internet for FREE. The book will not save you money at all--it will only make the authors more.

Yes, you can find some useful advice here, but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. This book is extremely verbose, and the information is consequently rather poorly organized. If you're looking for a crib, for instance, what you need is clear listing of the selection criteria, and how each manufacturer/model measures up. This takes a couple of pages in a tabular format. Instead, the information is spread over 70-80 pages of verbiage, and it's up to you to dig out what' you're looking for.Another thing I noticed is that the authors keep referring to the Consumers Reports recommendations, especially when it comes to safety issues. It turns out there is a consumer reports book for baby products. I thought it dishonest to copy someone else's work in this manner.

Found this book to be overwhelming with too many choices and ideas. Not ideal for the parent/grandparent who is clueless on what to get. I didn't find the descriptions very helpful and MANY products are unavailable and no longer made. That is frustrating. Best to do internet searches for free. Also, I disagree with many of their comments. I read in another review that the authors don't even have young children.. How can they write about products they don't use?

My husband bought this book for me while I was on bedrest in early 2004. I can't tell you how grateful I was to have this book to help me prepare for my twins. Bedrest confined me to my home for most of my pregnancy. I wished I could go out shopping to look at all of the items I would soon need. I read the book from cover to cover. Did some more research online. I marked all the items that we should consider and my husband went out to do the bulk of our shopping. Baby Bargains allowed me to be part of the prep process without leaving my bedroom. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO NEW PARENTS. By the way, one day I did get the green light from my OB to do a little shopping as long as I had a wheelchair, we went straight to BRUS and I DID BRING MY BOOK ALONG. Buy the book. Do your research. Make a decision on what's best for your family. I don't see anything hard about that.

This book is filled with impractible advice and poorly written reviews.Terrible book and waste of money.I bought it and sold it.