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Eating and Sleeping

American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child’s Nutrition;

William Dietz & Loraine Stern, editors

American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child’s Sleep;

George J. Cohen, MD, ed.

On Becoming Babywise; Gary Ezzo & Richard Bucknam, MD

Solving Your Child’s Sleep Problems; Richard Ferber, MD

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding; Gwen Gotsch & Judy Torgas

The Nursing Mother’s Companion; Kathleen Huggins, et al

The Happiest Baby on the Block; Harvey Karp, MD

Feed Me, I’m Yours; Vicki Lansky

Sleeping Through the Night; Jodi A. Mindell

How to Get Your Child to Eat, But Not Too Much; Ellyn Satter

Nighttime Parenting; William Sears, MD

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child; Marc Weissbluth, MD

Good Night, Sleep Tight; The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Guide to Helping

Your Child Go To Sleep, Stay Asleep and Wake Up Happy; Kim West

 (a/k/a The Sleep Lady)

Super Baby Food; Ruth Yaron

 
 

Attachment
Early Relationships: Parents, Infants and the Drama of Early

 Attachment; T. Berry

 Brazelton, MD

Infants and Mothers; T. Berry Brazelton, MD

The Magic Years; Selma Fraiburg

First Feelings; Stanley Greenspan, MD

Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual; Louise Kaplan

Becoming Attached; Robert Karen

The Birth of a Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes

 You Forever; Daniel Stern

Diary of a Baby; Daniel Stern

The Myth of the Perfect Mother: Parenting Without Guilt;

Jane Swigart, PhD

 

Play / Temperament

Baby Steps: The Whys of Your Baby’s Behavior in the First Two Years;

 Claire B. Kopp, PhD

Understanding Your Child’s Temperament; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

The Challenging Child; Stanley Greenspan, MD

Raising Your Spirited Child; Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Games Babies Play; Vicky Lansky

The Fussy Baby; William Sears, MD

Parenting the Fussy Baby and High Need Child; William Sears, MD

Your Child At Play: Birth to One Year; Marilyn Segal

Baby Play and Learn; Penny Warner

 

Changing Relationships

The New Father: A Dad’s Guide to the First Year; Armin Brott

When Partners Become Parents; Carolyn Pape Cowan & Phillip Cowan

Becoming Parents; Judith A. Feeney, Lydia Hohaus, et al

The Girlfriend’s Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood;

 Vicki Iovine

Becoming Parents: How to Strengthen Your Marriage As Your Family

 Grows; Pamela Jordan & Scott Stanley

When Husband and Wife Become Mom and Dad; Elisa Morgan & Carol Kuykendall

 

Safety and Setting Limits

Kids Are Worth It; Barbara Colorosso

Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Their

 Parents Sane); Gavin de Becker

A Sigh of Relief: The First-Aid Handbook for Childhood Emergencies;

Martin I. Green

1,2,3, Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12; Sal Severe

Baby and Child A to Z Medical Handbook; Miriam Stoppard

Positive Discipline A to Z; Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, H. Stephen Glenn

 

Adoption

Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Identity; David Brodzinsky

The Family of Adoption; Joyce Maguire

Making Sense of Adoption; A Parent’s Guide; Lois Melina

The Adoption Lifecycle; Elinor Rosenberg

Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting An Adopted Child; Holly VanGulden &

 Lisa Bartels Rabb

Are Those Kids Yours? American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries;

Cheri Register

 
 

Miscellaneous

Your One– (or Two- Three-, Four-, Etc.) Year-Old; Louise Bates Ames,

 PhD & Frances L. Ilg, MD, the Gesell Institute of Human Development

Touchpoints; T. Berry Brazelton, MD

The Price of Motherhood; Ann Crittenden

A Life’s Work: On Becoming a Mother; Rachel Cusk

What to Expect the First Year; Arlene Eisenberg

Baby Bargains; Denise & Alan Fields

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer; Tracy Hogg

The Year After Childbirth: Enjoy Your Body, Your Relationships and Yourself in

 Your Baby’s First Year; Sheila Kitzinger

Child of Mine: Original Essays on Becoming a Mother; Christina Baker

 Kline, ed.

Surrendering to Motherhood; Iris Krasnow

The Mother Dance; Harriet Lerner

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year; Anne

Lamott

Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five; Penelope Leach

The Blessing of the Skinned Knee; Wendy Mogel

The Seven Stages of Motherhood; Ann Pleshette Murphy

When Mothers Work: Loving Our Children Without Sacrificing Our

selves; Joan K. Peters

The Working Parents Help Book: Practical Advice for Dealing With

the Day-to-Day Challenge of Kids and Careers; Susan Crites Price &

Tom Price

Babyhood; Paul Reiser

The Working Parents Handbook; June Solnit Sale, Ellen Melinkoff,

 Kit Kollenberg (contributors)

Staying Home; From Full-Time Professional to Full-Time Parent;

 Darcie Sanders & Martha Bullen

The New First Three Years of Life; Burton White, MD

Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood;

Naomi Wolf

 

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