Recommend your child development books here. Now that we're at the magic 9 month mark and boundaries are being tested, I'm suddenly feeling the urge to start reading up.
Thanks everyone! I know I have TB (Parenting, our BMB), other parents with similarly aged children, but the scholar I have buried way in the back of my noggin wants a book with pages. I have an older edition of WTE: The First Year and The Second Year that an older mom passed my way (though, they were published in the 80s or 90s I think). Just wanted to see if I'm missing out on any other good reads.
C's getting to the age where I need to get out of the "he's just a baby" mindset and start focusing on helping him become a good person.
This right here. This is where we're at, too. I think the fact of the matter is, I feel like we're getting to a crucial and formative period and I'm terrified NOW is when I can royally fuck my kid up and I don't want that.
Have read: Your Child's Growing Mind, The Well-Trained Mind, Attached at the Heart, Nurtureshock, Brain Rules for Baby, The Read-Aloud Handbook, Superbaby, and WTE the First Year.
Currently reading the Whole-Brain Child. As far as advice from peers, I have a lot of friends that are great parents but do things a lot differently than I would and have different thoughts on their responsibility to provide for educational expenses, style of primary education and daycare environment, etc. so I usually just talk to my parents.
@fitmama418 I personally did not love Superbaby and Attached at the Heart, although I very much anticipated I would.
Next I intend to read Love and Logic For Early Childhood and then Your Self Confident Baby by Magda Gerber. I generally like her philosophy and will start going to RIE classes once they start here in OC.
I honestly haven't read any actual books I just normally Google or ask my sisters. I worked with toddlers for years, so I'm much more comfortable with that age than this inbetween stage. While I am concerned about intellectual development, I am much more concerned right now about making sure I don't screw up and raise a hellion/brat. Guess I have some reading to do...
I read a couple things here and there about milestones and the occasional bump update on my phone but that's about it..maybe I should look at a book and read more?
We have the American academy of Pediatrics "Caring for Your Young Baby and Child, Birth to Age 5". It's a little dry but it covers all the basics like sample meals and milestones. My pediatrician recommended it.
Whew, looks like I'm in the majority! While I love to read, it's just been on the back burner since LO arrived. I have WTE the first year that I glance at most days, but I've definitely not read all of it. I did take some child development classes during college, so I know basic development. Otherwise, it's TB, friends and my pedi. This might be wrong of me, but I figure if some of the people I know can raise happy, successful kids without a doctorate in child psychology, I probably can too.
Nope not wrong at all. I'm not reading anything either.
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...I have some work to do.
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Currently reading the Whole-Brain Child. As far as advice from peers, I have a lot of friends that are great parents but do things a lot differently than I would and have different thoughts on their responsibility to provide for educational expenses, style of primary education and daycare environment, etc. so I usually just talk to my parents.
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Next I intend to read Love and Logic For Early Childhood and then Your Self Confident Baby by Magda Gerber. I generally like her philosophy and will start going to RIE classes once they start here in OC.