Are there any good books for new Grandparents who need to be brought up-to-date on childcare?

Question

My poor mother is so not caught up on modern day childcare that it is ridiculous. I just had a baby which is also her first grandchild and while she would love to take the baby overnight I am not comfortable until she changes some of her old ways. What was taught to her when she was a new mother is really practiced today. Before I realized how not together she was I had let her take the baby while I went to a doctors appointment. I found out she had done everything from putting my 2 week old baby to sleep on her stomach in a crib full of stuffed animals and pillows to giving her cheese puffs and mashed up black eyed peas with bacon fat. She doesnt realize that this is safe or healthy. I am in need of some good books that are maybe made just for grandparents. Something that can bring her up to date. She doesnt want to just hear it from me. She has to see it in writing.

Answer 1

I feel for you.  My mom was the same way.  On smaller issues we compromised.  She was insistant that the baby slept better on her tummy than on her back.  I said I was scared of sids.  Anyways in the end we compromised that the only way the baby could sleep on her tummy was if she was sleeping ON MY MOMS CHEST while she read a book or watched tv, that way she could tell if she was breathing and wouldnt suffucate.  On things like the food issue, well.....  I kinda lied that the doctor said she had some allergies and that we had to stick to only formula like the doctor said.  Then when it came time for table food I told her I had her re-tested and the allergies had cleared up.  Horrible, yeah I know but over all my mom was a great grandma and it was easier than causing a big fight.

Answer 2

I am not a parent but I have seen Supernanny many times and she really knows her stuff. I have also heard really good comments about her books. These are the amazon links:

http://www.amazon.com/Jo-Frosts-Confiden...

http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Supernanny-Eve...

http://www.amazon.com/Supernanny-How-Bes...