PreBaby Reading

Clarinet35 · June 2013

Many of you are probably like me and have been reading up on several books regarding fertility, pregnancy, and infants. If you have, what books have you read and what would you recommend [other than TCOYF of course!]?

Also, there are at least two different theories regarding infant parenting that I've read; Dr. Sears's cosleeping and ondemand feeding, versus Baby Wise's parent directed feeding. Have you researched these, and what are your thoughts and opinions?

Htle07 · June 2013

I have the book What to Expect When You're Expecting. Haven't started reading it yet. Maybe I will when I actually am expecting.

TeeJ526 · June 2013

GhostMonkey:
Have yet to read a parenting book. Don't really intend on reading any either.
Oh, and fuvck Baby Wise for a newborn. Denying food to a hungry infant is child abuse.

Well that made me feel better. I was starting to feel weird about not reading baby or parenting books yet.

mrs_tacos · June 2013

I have several books on pregnancy, but I don't plan on reading them until I'm pregnant. I'll also probably read a book on the Bradly Method with DH, since we're interested in it, but again, not until I'm pregnant. I found a copy of What to Expect Before You're Expecting, but I've only browsed through it.

beckynsean11 · June 2013

The only sort of parenting book I've started is Bringing Up Bebe. I'm not really reading it for parenting purposes. I just find it interesting.

jchickiem · June 2013

Clarinet35:
Many of you are probably like me and have been reading up on several books reg fertility, pregnancy, and infants. If you have, what books have you read and what would you recommend [other than TCOYF of course!]? Also, there are at least two different theories regarding infant parenting that I've read; Dr. Sears's cosleeping and ondemand feeding, versus Baby Wise's parent directed feeding. Have you researched these, and what are your thoughts and opinions?

When I was 34 weeks pregnant with my LO I was hospitalized with pre-e. I knew the baby would probably come a little early but I was not ready and had read no parenting books. I panicked and ordered a variety of books off of Amazon.

What a waste of money. Several of the books left me shaking my head. They are mostly other people's opinions backed by anecdotal evidence. Some of it just seemed made up.

BlackBooks · June 2013

beckynsean11:
The only sort of parenting book I've started is Bringing Up Bebe. I'm not really reading it for parenting purposes. I just find it interesting.

Ditto! I just thought the cultural differences would be entertaining to read about.

I plan on reading the Mayo guide and prolly the Ina May Gaskin guide. Reading these books is something I'm looking forward to once I'm actually pregnant. I doubt I will be needing to read parenting guides the first year.

emsrdh03 · June 2013

I read some pregnancy books while pregnant but have yet to read a single after the baby is born/parenting books. We just sort of wing it. Nearly three years in and so far so good.

Clarinet35 · June 2013

Thanks for your input and opinions ladies!

rjeller32 · June 2013

GhostMonkey:
lindscfa:
I read a sleep training book, a how to make your own baby food book, a fearless parenting book, a creativity encouraging book, and a stories from motherhood book. They were all freebies from amazon for my kindle and were pretty light and easy reads. I really like the fearless parenting one because it gives real life examples of how to teach your children instead of doing things for them...which is more of the parenting style I think I'm planning to use.
Put food in blender, blend, transfer to bowl, transfer to baby mouth. That requires a book?

I lurk all the time here, but I totally agree with this.

And yet it comes up all the time on other boards. How does it not make sense? I really want to know how that topic can fill up an entire book...

TeeJ526 · June 2013

jefa621:
I figure, when I get pregnant, I'll read a pregnancy book. nbsp;When I have a kid, I might read a parenting book. nbsp;Right now I have to many gardening/decorating/fun books to read :

True....

BlackBooks · June 2013

rjeller32:
GhostMonkey:
lindscfa:
I read a sleep training book, a how to make your own baby food book, a fearless parenting book, a creativity encouraging book, and a stories from motherhood book. They were all freebies from amazon for my kindle and were pretty light and easy reads. I really like the fearless parenting one because it gives real life examples of how to teach your children instead of doing things for them...which is more of the parenting style I think I'm planning to use.
Put food in blender, blend, transfer to bowl, transfer to baby mouth. That requires a book?

I lurk all the time here, but I totally agree with this.
And yet it comes up all the time on other boards. How does it not make sense? I really want to know how that topic can fill up an entire book...

True story! I think part of it may be that some people have never actually steamed anything or have never operated a food processor. Although, I have to admit that I'm intrigued about the baby led weaning I've been reading about while lurking.

ap142193 · June 2013

I have read "What to Expect Before You're Expecting"

Luckbeababy · June 2013

GhostMonkey:
lindscfa:
I read a sleep training book, a how to make your own baby food book, a fearless parenting book, a creativity encouraging book, and a stories from motherhood book. They were all freebies from amazon for my kindle and were pretty light and easy reads. I really like the fearless parenting one because it gives real life examples of how to teach your children instead of doing things for them...which is more of the parenting style I think I'm planning to use.
Put food in blender, blend, transfer to bowl, transfer to baby mouth. That requires a book?

Do you have a thing against people reading how to books? Or just books in general? People come on here to read advice, what is the difference of getting advice from a book?I only knew how to make sweet potatoes for my kids, a recipe book was a must IMO.

_florette_ · June 2013

beckynsean11:
The only sort of parenting book I've started is Bringing Up Bebe. I'm not really reading it for parenting purposes. I just find it interesting.

I've been reading that too. I don't agree with everything in the book but it is interesting.

I've read What To Expect When You're Expecting. It wasn't all that impressive although it was ok to start with. The format is weird. Topics kind of jump around.

PrincessPeach13 · June 2013

GhostMonkey:
Oh, and fuvck Baby Wise for a newborn. Denying food to a hungry infant is child abuse.

This.

ksuRN09 · June 2013

I have What To Expect When You're Expecting and What to Expect the First Year. I haven't read either yet but I will when the time comes. I'm not sure if I'll read parenting books or not. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

rjeller32 · June 2013

BlackBooks:
rjeller32:
GhostMonkey:
lindscfa:
I read a sleep training book, a how to make your own baby food book, a fearless parenting book, a creativity encouraging book, and a stories from motherhood book. They were all freebies from amazon for my kindle and were pretty light and easy reads. I really like the fearless parenting one because it gives real life examples of how to teach your children instead of doing things for them...which is more of the parenting style I think I'm planning to use.
Put food in blender, blend, transfer to bowl, transfer to baby mouth. That requires a book?

I lurk all the time here, but I totally agree with this.
And yet it comes up all the time on other boards. How does it not make sense? I really want to know how that topic can fill up an entire book...
True story! I think part of it may be that some people have never actually steamed anything or have never operated a food processor. Although, I have to admit that I'm intrigued about the baby led weaning I've been reading about while lurking.

Meh. I started to read a little on the site, and it's just small bite size chunks given to a baby at 6 months so they learn to chew first instead of swallow first as with purees. They gag before they choke, and it helps them develop a gag reflex so it's deemed as safe. It's all about letting them play with and discover food.

I basically just summed up an entire book. All the same rules apply for waiting periods to check for allergies like a mush fed baby.

mrsflamingo · June 2013

I just finished Your Best Birth by Ricki Lake and I definitely recommend it. Super informative and readable with lots of birth stories. She is pretty biased towards natural birthing but does a decent job of presenting all of the options and recognizing that everyone is different. I'm currently reading Raising Baby Green and it has some great things about eliminating dietary and environmental toxins. It's pretty crunchy, though- not everybody's into that!

There are about a million other books on my list, but I haven't read them yet so can't recommend yet. I think next on the list is The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant and Real Food for Mother and Baby.

mandacann · June 2013

I've read a lot of pregnancy/TTC books but I'm trying to hold off on parenting/baby books until I'm actually pregnant. I've read What to Expect When You're Expecting, The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant, TCOYF, Mother of all Pregnancy Books, Mommy IQ and a lot of non fiction stuff along the lines of Belly Laughs. When I do start to read parenting/baby books I plan to start with Bringing up Bebe, Baby 411, Happiest Baby on the Block, etc.

I'm not a baby person so I feel really unprepared for this whole having baby thing and reading makes me feel better, so I tend to go to the library a lot

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