Baby Bargains: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on Baby Furniture, Equipment, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear, and Much, Much More!: Amazon.ca: Denise Fields, Alan Fields: Books

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Denise Fields and Alan Fields write a monthly column for Baby Talk magazine. They have written several best-selling books, including Baby Bargains and Bridal Bargains. They live in Boulder, CO.

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That had to be the silliest comment we heard while we were pregnant with our first baby. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable but frustrating, Jun 29 2004

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This review is from: Baby Bargains: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on Baby Furniture, Equipment, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear, and Much, Much More! (Paperback)

Anyone with a baby MUST have this book. No other source even begins to have as much information on the bewildering variety of products available for babies and toddlers--safety, quality, what does what etc. You'll notice I didn't mention anything about finding bargains, which I actually don't think is the books strong point. But I am NOT complaining. Every recommendation they made was excellent and I learned TONS of useful info.

So why frustrating? The Fields are very opinionated, usually delightfully so, but they sometimes have difficulty seeing that other people may have needs different from their own. As a result they deliberately refuse to review a number of products on the grounds that they are wastes of money, which they sometimes are, but not always. For instance, they tell you that changing tables are always a waste of money and that you should just buy a combination dresser/changing table. But my baby's room has a large closet and I don't need a dresser-why should I spent $350 for a dresser when a changing table is $70? Another example: they say nver buy a toddler bed, just go straight from crib to twin bed. But my daughter now hates her crib, but is too active for a bed with no sides--so I need a toddler bed. SO please-next edition add some of these products in and move some stuff into the thinner Toddler volume

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4.0 out of 5 stars More than just bargains, Jun 7 2004

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This review is from: Baby Bargains: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on Baby Furniture, Equipment, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear, and Much, Much More! (Paperback)

Great stuff-I used an earlier edition of this book to buy everything from maternity clothes to my son's crib and stroller etc. etc. And when the crib I had so painstakingly selected using this book turned out to have a defect, the Fields kindly wrote back and stood behind their recommendation, helping me to contact the manufacturer and solve the problem. Now, if I could just get my toddler to actually sleep in the crib...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reading!, May 21 2004

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Being a first consumer of baby products, I found this book to be extremely well written and a constant resource. I followed a lot of the author's advice and was never disappointed in their recommendations. Definitely a time and money saver!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Objective, straight-forward recommendations
Just a couple of follow-up responses to previous reviews: First, someone brought up the fact that this is not the current version (site advertises edition 5.0, and 'version' 5. Read more

Published on May 18 2004 by eric328

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
I loved Bridal Bargains and now that I've got Baby Bargains, I love that one too. Lots of helpful hints on what to look for from real parents.

Published on May 17 2004