Recommended Reading
Infancy and Early Childhood | Parenting and Behavior | Specific Challenges
Infancy and Early Childhood
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5, by American Academy of Pediatrics and Steven P Shelov
What to Expect the First Year: Second Edition, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
The Baby Book, Revised Edition: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two, by William Sears and Martha Sears
Breastfeeding
The Nursing Mother’s Companion, by Kathleen Huggins
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, by La Leche League
Sleep
The Happiest Baby on the Block, by Harvey Karp M.D.
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, by Marc Weissbluth M.D.
Sleep: Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems, by Richard Ferber
Development
Touchpoints and Development, book series by T Berry Brazelton
Your Baby and Child, by Penelope Leach
Common Illnesses
Your Child’s Health: The Parents’ One-Stop Reference Guide, by Barton D. Schmitt
Parenting and Behavior
1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting, by Thomas W. Phelan
How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too!, by Sal Severe
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The Hurried Child, by David Elkind
Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility, by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, by John Gottman PhD and Daniel Goleman
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Raising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Specific Challenges
Eating
Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense, by Ellyn Satter
How to Get Your Kid to Eat: But Not Too Much, by Ellyn Satter
ADHD
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder, by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D.
Taking Charge of ADHD, by Russell A. Barkley
Other
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, by Ross W. Greene PhD