There's a House Inside My Mummy - Giles Andreae

When I was pregnant with Elijah, I hired this book from the library to try and prepare and explain to Noah exactly what was happening. The book is written by Giles Andreae after he experienced child birth with his first two children and finding that there wan't many books around that explained the process. The story is told through the eyes of a little boy. He observes what is happening to his mum who is pregnant. The little boy touches on how the mummy is very tired all of the time, how she feels sick and other ailments us women suffer throughout pregnancy. The story isn't very long and the text is very child friendly. It rhymes in a ...  Read the complete review

I originally bought this book to read to my oldest child when I was pregnant with my second baby. The lovely thing is that we still read it at bedtimes sometimes even now - even though the baby is now almost two years old! I wanted something that was child-friendly, fun to read and aimed at children around his age. Although my son was four when we bought this, it would be suitable for a younger child. I'd say a three year old or even two year old would be able to understand the concept of the story as it's kept very simple. This book is quite short so ideal for the bedtime slot for busy mums - especially if you're exhausted from the kids, never mind ...  Read the complete review

I bought this book when I discovered I was expecting my second baby as I thought it would help my first baby get used to the idea of someone else joining the family... It's written by Giles Andreae who I think is also Purple Ronnie, so as you can imagine it has very catchy, rhyming text. It's written from the point of view of the little boy (i.e. big brother) and it's expressed how a child would explain things, for example - '...because there's not a bed, there's a sort of giant bathtub where the baby sleeps instead...' and my favourite phrase in the book is 'Mummy's tummy house'. It just goes through the different side effects of pregnancy such as mummy ...  Read the complete review