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Heading Home with Your Newborn, From Birth to Reality
by Laura A. Jana, MD, and Jennifer Shu, MD

This insightful guide to parenting a newborn comes from two pediatricians, both mothers themselves. It covers subjects relevant to the first few months of an infant's life like feeding, sleeping, crying, diapering, illness, and traveling, along with suggestions for capturing the moments along the way.
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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
by Mark Weissbluth, MD

Written by a sleep researcher as well as pediatrician (and father), this book gives you a step-by-step guide to help establish a healthy sleep routine for your child from infancy to adolescence.


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The Happiest Baby on the Block
by Harvey Karp, MD

By reading this book, you will learn many simple techniques to help soothe your infant. This book is a great help for parents of colicky babies or for parents who are just looking for more ideas to help calm their infant.
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The Wonder Years: Helping Your Baby and Young Child Successfully Negotiate The Major Developmental Milestones
by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Tanya Remer Altmann, MD, Editor

This book summarizes normal development from birth to five years of age. You'll learn about the normal progression of gross motor skills, fine motor skills, speech and social development, and also read lots of tips about activities that will enhance your baby's progress.


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What To Expect The First Year
by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, and Sandee Hathaway, BSN

This book is a very practical guide to caring for your infant from birth to age one. It clearly walks you through your infant’s first year month by month, answering many common questions regarding development, feeding your infant, sleep concerns, traveling, and many other issues.
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The Nursing Mother's Companion
by Kathleen Huggins, RN, BS

This book acts as a “survival guide” for mothers who are breastfeeding. It gives many helpful tips to help you succeed at breastfeeding as well as helping you prevent and solve many common breastfeeding issues.

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picture books about getting a new brother or sister

These books set a positive tone about the arrival of a new baby.

leaf The New Baby
by Mercer Mayer
leaf My New Baby
by Annie Kubler (no words)
leaf Peter’s Chair
by Ezra Jack Keats


leaf Hey, Little Baby!
by Nola Buck
leaf On Mother’s Lap
by Ann Herbert Scott
leaf I Used to be a Baby
by Robin Ballard


leaf I’m a Big Brother/Sister
by Joanna Cole

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books to help you answer the question "where do babies come from?"



leaf Amazing You
by Gail Saltz  (3 to 8 year-olds)
leaf Changing You
by Gail Saltz  (9 to 12 year-olds)




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