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Hello Baby /anglais Hardcover – August 1, 2009

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On a winter night, in a cottage far away from the town, Mum's baby is ready to be born. The midwife arrives and the whole family prepare for the home birth. In this honest and moving portrayal, Jenni Overend and Julie Vivas celebrate the birth of a baby at home with warmth and joy. This is a book for the whole family to share in preparation for a home birth or the arrival of a new baby.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ FRANCES LINCOLN (August 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1845071107
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1845071103
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5 years, from customers
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.63 x 0.16 x 8.94 inches
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Sweet home birth story to read to sibling-to-be
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Sweet home birth story to read to sibling-to-be
I had a hard time finding a home birth story to read to our 2 year old as we prepare for our new baby. Thankfully we finally found this one, it is sweet and thoughtfully written, and the illustrations are lovely.
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Lydia N.
5.0 out of 5 stars Big sibling homebirth prep
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2023
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We bought this book as recommended by my midwives. It was a nice short story that was appropriate for teaching my 4yr old what she might expect when her baby sister was born. My 4yr old was actually taking a nap when baby arrived, but it helped her understand why the midwives were there when she woke up and came downstairs to meet her new sister!
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JandE
5.0 out of 5 stars My 3 year old loves this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2023
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Awesome book! A favorite for my older toddler who is very excited with the concept of pregnancy and babies being born. As we prepare for having another baby he has had many questions and this book gave him a frame work to understand. I often hear him repeating to my 1 year old things from the book like, when mommy is in labor she may cry and shout a little but that’s ok, contractions come to help the baby out and it’s just what it’s like to have a baby, she will feel better if mommy shouts a little when the new baby is born. The artwork is becoming and age appropriate in my opinion, it shows enough to answer major questions but is also tasteful and not too graphic. We plan to have another home birth and possibly have our other kids present if they choose to be so this was a great find for us.
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Kayla
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2023
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Amazing book to read to your kids to prepare them for their siblings homebirth! I read it to my 2 and 4yr old twice, and the second time so happened to be the night before labor occurred. It is so accurate as to how homebirth works, age appropriate explanations and pictures of what is happening before during and after birth. It is so sweet.
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S.A.M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for Homebirth preparation
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2023
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This is a beautiful story that realistically portrays homebirth. I read it to my 3 and 6 year old children leading up to the homebirth of their next sibling. I highly recommend it and buy it for all of my friends.
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Jen
4.0 out of 5 stars Some bad birth practices but overall good resource!
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2015
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Despite having some terrible shortcomings like the parts where the mother's sounds during labor are described as "yelling and screaming" and the midwife is said to have gently pulled on the umbilical cord to get the placenta out of the birthing mother (no birth attendant should ever do that!), this book has the redeeming quality of being a great perspective of normal natural family birth at home. We love having it as a resource to share with our toddler in preparing him for our upcoming freebirth at home and it is also good for my husband who will often be reading it to him. I'm glad this book exists!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Such a sweetly written book — my kids and I love it!
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023
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Just got it and read it to my girls and I love it. Very sweet storyline — also 19 weeks pregnant with my 5th so it pulled some heartstrings as I prep for this upcoming homebirth! I loved it, and my girls all instantly said they loved it after we finished reading it without my even asking, not sure if they’ve ever told me they LOVE a book before although we are a family of readers! Ages 3-6 are my girls who understand the book and it seemed very appropriate + wholesome portrayal of a beautiful event! I love the tone of normalcy throughout the book.
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joyello18
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent picture book to read to children to prepare them to watch a home birth
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2012
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I'm having a home birth (our first child) and my sister is going to be there. She and I both want her six-year old daughter to attend the birth, and once we told the six-year old, she was ecstatic. However, we wanted to prepare her somehow for the process, for things that could possibly be frightening (blood, laboring woman making noise, etc.). The only thing the book doesn't really address is blood. Other than that, as another review comments, a lot of things are addressed - mom "yelling", or making a lot of noise, sometimes mom wants to be alone, etc.

The story has an involved midwife and dad, and three or four other siblings who are also viewing the birth. The story is told from the perspective of the youngest, who of course hasn't seen a birth yet, since she was the most recent birth until this one. There is no fear here. There is no hospital either; everything happens at home by the fire.

The colored pencil drawings are soft and gentle. During labor, the mother is naked but there is nothing really graphic about it. She is shown from the side mostly, standing hanging onto the father during labor, and later, as the baby is delivered you can see her whole body from the side, naked, and the baby's head is hanging between her legs. It is a good illustration of what it may look like, naked enough, but not something I would feel awkward showing a child.

I ordered several books from Amazon that I thought would fit the bill, and the others were a dissapointment. If you are having a home birth, this is a great story to read to children three and up.
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Amy T
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2015
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This is the best homebirth book we've seen (not that there is a lot of competition). The few other books have dad and kids not very involved in the birth, in this one even though the midwife catches, the family is very involved in supporting mom. Small details, like an aunt coming over the hang with the older siblings, dad rushing to bring in more firewood, phone ringing at an inopportune time and young kid answering... all makes it feel very real. Also other books either avoid graphic pics (which makes it less informative) or have weird close ups where - for a 3 year old who is finding this as new info, it is just not clear what body part is what. This one strikes the right balance of showing the birth but with mama's whole body so you can tell what's happening. I also appreciate that it is free of baby talk. My daughter loves it and regularly quotes lines from it. There are a lot of characters which can be a little confusing, but oh well. The young kid's narrative voice and experience is very convincing, much more so than other birth books that feel very much like they are written by adults projecting what they want their kids to think.
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Rosa Sophie Götzinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Wunderschön
Reviewed in Germany on April 22, 2022
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Es ist ganz wundbar geschrieben und mindestens genauso toll gemalt. Vermittelt Kindern auf unaufdringliche Weise ein echtes Bild davon wie Kinder auf die Welt kommen
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Familia numerosa
5.0 out of 5 stars Un libro para acercar el proceso del parto a txs hijxs
Reviewed in Spain on March 16, 2021
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Un libro muy bonito para compartir con los hijos la llegada de un nuevo miembro a la familia! Está en inglés pero los dibujos están muy bien ilustrados y se puede contar en español.
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Kittee3
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! A must for a home birth with a toddler.
Reviewed in Canada on June 1, 2017
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This book was perfect for my two year old. It was recommended by our Doula. I believe this book helped her to prepare for the wild experience of a home birth. She completely accepted the entire birth process and still talks about it positively and goes back to this book. I love how this book presents some real aspects of labour and birth (in a way that is age appropriate for a child). Most books about babies are only telling children what to expect after/ how to help mommy/be quiet when baby sleeps etc. Reading this book along with practicing "birth theatre" with our toddler helped to prepare her for a really wonderful home birth experience.
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Carol T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Superbe livre
Reviewed in France on December 2, 2017
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Magnifique livre, le texte est simple et utilise un vocabulaire accessible. Les illustrations sont très douces et justes. Beau témoignage de la préparation d'une famille qui accueille son 4ème enfant (du point de vue du futur grand-frère) lors d'un accouchement à domicile.
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Suzanne Worsley
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book
Reviewed in Australia on August 15, 2018
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Beautiful book that we love reading
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