 | Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $12.00 Following the book's guidance, I became pregnant all three times on the first month of trying... enough said.
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 | Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way: Revised Edition by Susan McCutcheon-Rosegg
Buy new: $13.00 / Used from: $6.49 Very helpful in educating myself with regard to the kind of birth experience I was hoping for.
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 | The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.95 Great for more than just a fussy baby. A 'must have' as a pregnant read. The swaddling and 'sounds of the womb' advice were valuable (and viable) for both my children.
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 | The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old by Harvey Karp
Buy used from: $3.07 Best for toddlers who don't speak well enough to get their point across with adults and therefore prone to tantrums. Although my kids spoke early and well, the basis has helped me through the rare and few tantrums remarkably well and I can see it would be very useful for toddlers 'waiting' to talk.
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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: $4.25 Truly a baby 'what is going on?' and 'when should it be going on?' go-to book. I read all of these and this is the only one I really needed. All the Dr. William Sears books are handy, depending on what you are looking for.
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 | The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition (La Leche League International Book) by La Leche League International
Buy new: $13.00 / Used from: $7.99 Helped me keep breastfeeding through some rough times with my first born. I'm immensely grateful for the help continuing my personal goal to breastfeed up to two years old.
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 | What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $6.75 VERY interesting read for people who want to go a little deeper into the what/whys/whens... Best read while pregnant because it requires a little more brain power and concentration than what I found I could muster post partum.
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 | Positive Discipline A-Z: 1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems (Positive Discipline Library) by Jane Nelsen Ed.D.
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $9.00 A book I keep in my bed side table to reference when I need a gentle reminder after a long, hard, real day.
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 | Positive Discipline for Preschoolers: For Their Early Years--Raising Children Who are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful (Positive Discipline Library) by Jane Nelsen Ed.D.
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $8.43 A really great tool for helping both kids and parents to make good choices and say the right things to help promote/motivate good decision making.
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 | Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, As, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $18.00 Although I didn't agree with everything the author states (it was clear early on that he didn't have a child while writing this book), his premise is solid and sensical and a vamped my whole thought process on motivation. I have little doubt this premise is one of the biggest mistakes parents make.
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 | How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.00 Another bedstand reference must have... The trick is how to get your spouse to read it also.
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 | Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $1.56 Has helped me and my children immensely with the daily quest to get along with a sibling. Another bedstand staple and worthy of looking back on.
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