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Parenting Book Shelf
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items 📚 Parenting is an ever-evolving journey, and a little guidance can go a long way! This curated collection of parenting books offers valuable insights, practical tips, and encouragement for every stage of raising kids. From navigating newborn days to...
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General Parenting Topics
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Pregnancy & Postpartum
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Breastfeeding
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Babies & Toddlers
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Tweens & Teens
General Parenting Topics
These books offer advice and strategies for parents of all ages, covering foundational topics like communication, discipline, and building strong family connections.
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Hands down, one of my favorites!
Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide
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A pioneering guide that explains how a child's brain develops and provides practical strategies to foster healthy emotional and intellectual growth.
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies
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One of the best books!
Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children
Pregnancy & Postpartum
Discover books that guide you through the transformative journey of pregnancy and postpartum, offering support for both your physical recovery and emotional well-being as you embrace this new chapter.
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An excellent resource for gestational diabetes!
Real Food for Gestational Diabetes: Effective Alt
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A natural-focused guide to pregnancy and birth.
The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy
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Ina May Gaskin gives comprehensive information on everything from the mind-body connection to how to give birth without intervention.
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
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Information is power. Making your own decisions that are right for you is empowering. #informedisbest
Informed is Best
Breastfeeding
These resources cover everything you need to know about breastfeeding, from practical tips for getting started to advice on overcoming challenges and nurturing your nursing relationship.
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Nourishing recipes for postpartum mamas.
Eat to Feed: 80 Nourishing Recipes for Moms
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Helpful advice, medical facts, and real-life stories that will help you understand how and why breastfeeding works and how you can use it to more deeply connect with your baby and your own body.
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
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Latch is a judgment-free guide to breastfeeding that will help you meet your own personal breastfeeding goals.
Latch: A Handbook for Breastfeeding
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Are your providers informed and supportive?
What Doctors Don't Know About Breastfeeding
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Offers effective strategies for both time-honored and innovative ways to make more milk, including new chapters on pregnancy and birth issues, foods and nutrition, and alternative therapies.
Making More Milk: Breastfeeding Guide, 2nd Ed.
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Cuts through the anecdotes, giving you clear, no-judgement, evidence-based information to help you make the right decisions for you and your baby.
The Positive Breastfeeding Book: Feed with Confidence
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This book is a guide to rebuilding your milk supply after a gap in breastfeeding.
Relactation: Guide to Rebuilding Your Milk Supply
Babies & Toddlers
From sleep, navigating food and nutrition, to developmental milestones, these books are packed with insights to help you navigate the early years with confidence and connection.
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Discover the easy way to teach sign language to babies and toddlers ages 0 to 3 with this guide.
Baby Sign Language Made Easy: 101 Signs
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Your safe and healthy guide to baby-led weaning for babies 6 to 12 months
Simple & Safe Baby-Led Weaning: Integrate Foods
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A proven method to pin-point the root of sleep concerns and solve them in a way that is gentle to babies, effective for parents, and provides peace in the home.
The No-Cry Sleep Solution, Second Edition
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Complete with resource listings for both parents and professionals, this book teaches you how to confidently choose a safe sleeping arrangement as unique as your family.
Safe Infant Sleep: Expert Answers to Your Cosleeping Questions
Tweens & Teens
Parenting older kids comes with its own set of challenges! These books provide guidance for navigating communication, boundaries, and the growing independence of teens and tweens.
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From the Love and Logic series, but focused on parenting teens.
Parenting Teens with Love and Logic
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Renowned neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents and teachers.
The Teenage Brain: A Survival Guide
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An essential communication guide to helping your child through the emotional, physical, and social challenges ahead and, ultimately, toward teenage success.
Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: Essential Conversations
