Highly recommended. This is the super short, just the important stuff, version of Bringing Up Bébé and an excellent source of advice for North American (or any) parents & those who have to do with small children. ( )

An extremely short and easy read, this can be taken in after reading Bringing Up Bebe (by the same author) or as a stand-alone volume. Bebe Day By Day hits on the highlights of all the wisdom this author desires to share with readers. Some will find it helpful to keep on the bedside table and spend devotional time reviewing its contents in the early stages of parenthood. It's the next best thing to having Pamela Druckerman on speed dial.

Fans of Pamela Druckerman’s Bringing Up Bebe might feel inclined to pick up this follow-up book. To that inclination, I say, DON’T! The 100 tips in this book are basically the same exact topics and points she brought up in Bringing Up Bebe. The only difference is that this smaller and shorter book doesn’t have any of the biting criticism of American parenting, nor does it really discuss Druckerman’s life and experiences in Paris as an ex-pat parent. If those two elements appeal to you, then be sure to pick up Bringing Up Bebe. Otherwise, this short little guide through Parisienne parenting is all you need to feel like a Francophil parental unit. This book also includes a menu in the back of meals served at the French daycare centers, the creches.

Don’t get me wrong, I think the tips are helpful, and now that I have my little one, I plan on implementing whatever French tips I can. They just seem logical to me. I don’t know if its my French bias, or just because it’s very similar to how I was raised. On the whole, they are very minimalist in nature. A lot of it is about raising a self-sufficient child, and many of the concepts remind me of the Montessori education method of child-rearing, with which I heartily agree. ( )