Books about babies?

Re: Books about babies?

• datalover13 member

  March 2017

  I thought The Wonder Weeks was a helpful app (that's also a book). Happiest Baby on the Block was pretty useful as well.

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• wintersong member

  March 2017

  I really like Peaceful Parent Happy Baby (obviously a gentle parenting book). I also liked the Dr. Sears breastfeeding and baby books (the other ones I only found somewhat helpful). I hated the baby version of the What to Expect book.

  

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• catem07 member

  March 2017

  Lurking from April. I'm reading the Happiest Baby on the Block right now. My colleague who had a baby in early December gave it to me. 

  DD #1: April 2017
  DD #2: May 2020
  Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022
  
  

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• Spartanrd4 member

  March 2017

  I've been reading the Mayo Clinic Baby's First Year...I like it so far. I used their pregnancy book and it had a lot of good information.
  

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• Mccolpitts member

  March 2017

  I have zero real-life experience but I've read Babywise and Baby Whisperer and plan to pull aspects I like from both. Sister had great success with Happiest Baby on the Block with her most recent baby too. 

  

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• Bok Bagok member

  March 2017

  We practice the whole peaceful parenting thing and the website,https://www.ahaparenting.com/ has been an awesome resource for us. Lots of great blog posts. 

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• Ivorytower2 member

  March 2017

  Happiest baby on the block saved me in the early weeks!

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• jenny0228 member

  March 2017

  I'm usually someone who devours books, but all through this pregnancy I have not read one single book. DH and I watched Happiest Baby on the Block through Amazon Prime, it wasn't on Netflix. The video is SUPER dated but seeing the advice in action was really great. It's a quick watch if you don't have time to read the book or want something more visual. That said, I'm a FTM and haven't had my baby yet so haven't put anything to practice. 

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• vino831 member

  March 2017

  @jenny0228 that's neat! I'll watch that during nap time today! 

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• sunshine507 member

  March 2017

  Watched HAPPIEST BABY movie with DH, great stuff! Anyone know if the book is basically the same content, or if there's additional info in it worth reading? 
  

  

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• jenny0228 member

  March 2017

  sunshine507 said:

  Watched HAPPIEST BABY movie with DH, great stuff! Anyone know if the book is basically the same content, or if there's additional info in it worth reading? 
  

  I started reading the book before watching it, and it's basically the same. There is more background info on the subject matter, what other cultures do, and other examples - in my opinion if you don't already own the book and watched the video, you won't learn much new technique in the book. I didn't read the whole thing, but skimming through I think the video covered it. 
  
  I also just got the Happiest Baby Guide to Sleep (same author) and so far it seems pretty good and useful. 

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• kjd291 member

  March 2017

  Not book form//and has been mentioned before--> but  kellymom.com was one of my favorite resources after having my DD1. Especially for breast feeding! But they also have parenting articles on other things (sleep, growth/development) 
  
  I also found AskDrSears(.com) was a site that I found lots of helpful answers/aligned with my choice of parenting style.
  
  I was a big reader--but once I had a baby a quick internet sight/google was my best friend

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