The Big Book of Babies (Big Book of . . . (Welcome Books))
New York Daily NewsSaturday, May 3rd 2008Babies and why we love them soPerhaps you have a teenager who's behaving like one. Or possibly your 9-year-old daughter is insisting all her friends dosogo out on group dates. And yesterday, your still tousled-headed 6-year-old boy refused to take your hand in public.How did you get here? As Mother's Day approaches, you can't do better than to be reminded of the small package that once nestled against your chest and smelled so sweet. That can certainly be had from "The Big Book of Babies" (Welcome Books, $24.95).In fact, baby smell almost wafts off the pages.Editor J.C. Suareschose his pictures well - 230 of them. There's the always adorable shot of an infant yawning, a baby squished into the infant bathtub and one asleep in the highchair. Classics all.Then there's young Princess Elizabeth lovingly gazing down atPrince Charlesin a draped bassinet.ElvisandPriscilla Presleyhold their darlin' Lisa Marie close, Priscilla's bouffant almost taller than her baby. Is thatMother Teresanuzzling a wee one?If, to your mind, there's nothing in nature cuter than a toddler's naked bum on the run from an approaching diaper, or the wizened brow of an infant seemingly deeply perplexed, then you need this book. If, asRalph Waldo Emersonsaid, "A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic," then they're our kind of crazy, dimples, curls and all.