This book was not what I expected from its title. My First Five Years: Baby, suggests to the reader that the first five years of your child’s life will be marked through the book with milestones and developmental checklists, with what to expect each year. However, this book is more of a guide to activities to take up with your baby.

Once you get used to this, the ideas are useful (although many of them I have seen or heard before). I found however that this book lacked the information I would hope to find in a book like this. The chapters would have benefitted from a greater introduction to explain where the child is at developmentally for each age, rather than just talking broadly about activity ideas.