It became clear in the first week after Rosie was born that I needed help. I hadn’t really thought much at all about parenting because I’d been so focused on preparing for the birth. Rosie cried a lot in the early days. She wouldn’t go to sleep before midnight or 1am for the first few months and she wanted to breastfeed all the time. She was nothing like what I thought she would be. So over the past 18 months I’ve done lots of reading and found some amazingly helpful books. They are listed below. I hope they help you.
1. Everyday Blessings by Jon and Myla Kabat-Zinn
2. The Fussy Baby Book by William and Martha Sears
3. Loving Mama: Essays on Natural Parenting and Motherhood by Tiffany Palisi
4. The Science of Parenting by Margot Sunderland
5. The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart by Jan Hunt
6. Nighttime Parenting by William Sears
7. The Baby Led Weaning Book by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett
8. NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
That’s the list for now. I hope you find them as wonderful as I have. I’d love to hear about any parenting books you have found invaluable.
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