 | Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods by Nina Planck
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $6.99 We waited to introduce solids and then felt conflicted when we did. Once we stopped worrying so much and just started feeding our guy bits of what we eat everyone got a lot happier.
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 | The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.66 After a few months of awesome sleep everything fell apart around six months. This book has been a nice resource as we try to get back to a better night's sleep.
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 | The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition) by William Sears
Buy new: $14.29 / Used from: $4.51 This is a great resource for the little things that come up. The only issue we have with this book in my home is that it is too mama-centric.
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 | The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Sears Parenting Library) by Robert Sears
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $8.28 So many more shots are recommended for babies and young children these days it can be a bit overwhelming. This is a great resource for learning more about all those shots and it includes suggestions for how to spread out the shots if such a thing floats your boat.
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 | Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $6.19 Our guy is still a bit small for this book to have specific relevance, but the idea at the core of this book, that you should strive to have your individual parenting decisions be consistent with your ultimate goals as a parent, is already useful.
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 | The Diaper-Free Baby: The Natural Toilet Training Alternative by Christine Gross-loh
Buy new: $12.47 / Used from: $7.70 If you think it can't be pleasant for a baby or young child to poop their pants regularly, this book (or any book on infant pottying/elimination communication) is a must. If you do try to EC from birth, be gentle with yourself and your child if at first it seems like more trouble than its worth. Remember the poops get messier and potty training can get harder as the little ones get bigger.
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 | Baby Signing 1-2-3: The Easy-to-Use Illustrated Guide for Every Stage and Every Age by Nancy Cadjan
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $5.99 There is no downside to learning a few signs and sharing them with your baby and anything that gets communication going in both directions is a good thing.
I'm sure there are other good books on this topic. I liked this one because it uses ASL signs and has a fairly extensive glossary (if not the most intuitive).
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