Books

pabeybaby · June 2015

STMs- Whats your favorite book on babies? Anything that helped you out on surviving a newborns first weeks or months?

lifeisapeach · June 2015

We loved baby 411 it was practical and handy. It was a good one for the husband as a first time dad. It also sparked great convo before bed.

cosplaymom · June 2015

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

Sounds hokey but it has some really great insight and directions and techniques that helped me be confident in my first 6 months as a new mom. And my daughter turned out sweet, social, smart and well-behaved so I have to believe something worked!

mrswiebe09 · June 2015

Not baby related but How To Make Children Mind Without Losing Yours was interesting. It's for the slightly older than toddler age kids though.

LilLee11 · June 2015

I liked Happiest Baby on the Block. What I liked even more was
The DVD and you can rent it at the library. And it was a win because DH watched it w me. I loved actually watching the doctor put into practice what he preaches in the book.

WSatisfiedP · June 2015

What to expect the first year

thesportsgal · June 2015

lifeisapeach said:
We loved baby 411 it was practical and handy. It was a good one for the husband as a first time dad. It also sparked great convo before bed.

This. It was the only book we needed.

mamaloaf · June 2015

I don't have a book recommendation for you, but I suggest getting The Wonder Weeks app. It'll let you know when baby will be due to make a "leap" and what you may observe during the leap. It was really helpful in the first few months, and it's cool now that she's a little older to read about the leaps she's going through in her learning.

kettlekitten · June 2015

I know this isn't exactly what you're asking but these are some books I found helpful to think about the changes I saw in myself when I became a mother.

'Buddhism for Mothers' by Sarah Naphthali
'Momma Zen - walking the crooked path of motherhood' (can't recall author).

Neither are religious as such, but they look at techniques like mindfulness and meditation that come from Buddhism. I found really helpful in dealing with feelings of frustration and anger I felt with everything that was happening to me after the baby was born....

Also: 'What Mothers Do - especially when it looks like nothing' - terrible title, I found it by the roadside one day and it made me lol so I picked it up and it's actually been a nice read. The premise is that new mothers (particularly those who are used to 'achieving') can feel at a loss as to what they actually do when a baby comes and it can be distressing.. This may sound silly to FTMs but will make more sense to those with children already - the book looks at putting into words what it is you actually do all day when home with a child, and normalising all the things you experience...each chapter is filled with quotes from new mothers - I found myself saying 'YES I thought I was the only one who thought that!' as I went through.

As for baby 'how to' manuals - my baby never followed any of the ones I tried so I didn't use them

breezymeema7 · June 2015

Honestly, I really liked Babywise. The eat-play-sleep routine saved my life with DD1. I also liked The Baby Whisperer as it has the same routine concept as Babywise eat-activity-sleep-you. I cut and pasted from both books and took what worked for me and my family.

Miz_Liz · June 2015

Never knew babies came with a manual! I may look into this time around!!

pabeybaby · June 2015

@kettlekitten this works too

jentatu · June 2015

When I was pregnant with DD I bought "Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Year", I found it very helpful and I liked that it was written by medical professionals who have kids. I will probably read up on a few chapters before DS gets here.

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