Mommy Hugs (Classic Board Books)

I had hoped we would love this book. "Where is Baby's Bellybutton" lift the flap boardbook from this author is a huge hit with my baby.

Unfortunately my husband and I really dislike this book and the daddy version too. Our baby doesn't seem to care for it. It mixes numbers with daily activities like "5 mommy will fix it don't cry hugs" but that doesn't make much sense (why add counting to a book about hugs.) Some of these hugs don't make sense- "2 choo chop open wide yummy hugs"? "8 Who made this mess laughing hugs"? There are pages in the beginning and end that don't have pictures or words- that's fine in a regular picture book but you don't need to have that in a boardbook. The part my husband and I dislike the most is #10 in this book and the daddy book. Repeating "I love you" ten times on a page is just bad writing and no baby has the attention span for reading that.

It's well made and colorful but we wouldn't recommend buying this.

We love reading this book together, but I have to say out of the Karen Katz books "Counting Kisses" is our favorite. I read it to my daughter who is now 2yrs old and we have been reading it for months every night before bed. Every page is a mom, dad, sister, or grandma, mostly mom kissing her little girl. They start from 10 and work their way to 1 last kiss. My daughter picks her foot up for me to kiss when they do it in the book and loves for me to kiss her belly when the grandma does that in the book. Its just a great book, this one is good too. I hug her and squeeze her while I read it to her.

I adore this book - so much that we had to get Daddy Hugs, too. My daughter (then 3, now 5) still loves the book - and wants to read it to me now. :)

We had so much fun nuzzle-wuzzling our way through the book, reading it every night before bed for years. Now that she learned all the words, she reads it to me!

Highly recommend this wonderful and sweet book for bonding with your little one.

We had the Daddy Hugs book so I decided to get the Mommy Hugs book for Christmas. Same high quality. Maybe it’s because we started with Daddy Hugs but I thought Daddy Hugs had better hug examples. Should still get it as the companion copy!

Got this for my daughter. I liked the mom had dark hair and daughters was lighter (even if not blond).

Cute book. I was just expecting more for some reason. It's very very simple.

The illustrations are so lovely!!!! Its pretty much a picture book. There is not a storyline to it. I recommend for children who are learning numbers and for mothers who just want to read and cuddle with their babies!

As a mom, I love this book!

My daughter loves this book and she's 3, especially because we act out each page :)

My little boy started learning to count and recognize numbers with this book. We have both the Mommy and Daddy Hugs books and Counting Kisses. He brings them to the appropriate parent to read. Mommy can't read Daddy Hugs, and vice versa. We've really enjoyed them.