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If you had to pick one book that you couldn't have done without as a new parent, what would it be? How about your DH or DW, what would they pick? I want to get a book for a mom & dad to be and really have no idea, as it has been a while since I was a new mom.
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Luanne
wife, mother, nurse practitioner
"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." (John, Viscount Morely, On Compromise, 1874) -
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I like Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. It's by an actual doctor who runs a sleep lab-- it's fairly clinical, but really helped me a lot. All I cared about, especially with my first, was the sleeping... Well, that's what I mostly cared about.
Peggy
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I haven't read it yet - but a friend of mine gave me her copy of that. She says its been invaluable with her two kids.Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.Comment
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One of my favorite new mommy books was The Girlfriend's Guide to the First Year. I also had read The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy. They are written in more of a comical fashion and that helped me keep the trying times in perspective. I got both of them for my BFF who had her first child this year.Charlene~Married to an attending Ophtho Mudphud and Mom to 2 daughtersComment
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I second all of the above (LOVE Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child). It's probably obvious, but I also really like What to Expect the First Year.~Jane
-Wife of urology attending.
-SAHM to three great kiddos (2 boys, 1 girl!)Comment
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I had all the books and read them all. As we've discussed here before, that's not always a good thing!
I was happiest with Penelope Leach Your Baby and Child for general baby/kid advice (0-5 years) - and The Mother's Almanac for general parenting-on-a-day-to-day basis. The Mother's Almanac goes from 0-7 years of age and there is a second edition that goes from 7-14. It is the only book I have returned to after the toddler years. That's probably why it made my list.
Angie
Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)
"Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"Comment
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What was the name of the book that was written by one of our fellow med spouses? I gave it to my BFF and my SIL and they loved it. Come on Kris- what was it? My brain is gone.
JennComment
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I was happiest with Penelope Leach Your Baby and Child for general baby/kid advice (0-5 years) -Comment
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Are you thinking of Mothershock? If so, another excellent suggestion.Originally posted by DCJenn~Jane
-Wife of urology attending.
-SAHM to three great kiddos (2 boys, 1 girl!)Comment
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Happiest Baby on the Block or something like that. For getting through the first few months, especially with a fussier babe, this book was invaluable. It is quick to read, reassuring, and works (though not as well as I had hoped!).
Beyond those first few months, I like having books that include developmental information and health info.
I like a smattering of books and taking advice here and there. I liked parts of the Sears books. He's on the crunchier side of the spectrum. Having some information on breastfeeding was really helpful. I ended up Medela handouts from a lactation consultant but I was sorely (ha!) wanting for a good nursing reference when I came home with my first.Comment
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YES- Mothershock
I also gave my brother The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance which he really liked.
JennComment
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That's been mine so far.Originally posted by cupcakeMarried to a hematopathologist seven years out of training.
Raising three girls, 11, 9, and 2.
“That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn't expect.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician KingComment
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You're asking ME?Originally posted by DCJenn I actually bought the book once, read it and thought it was fabulous and then....bought it a few months later, read it and thought it was fabulous and went to review it on her and discovered that I had ALREADY read it and reviewed it.
I don't have any brain cells left.!~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
~A Rolling Stone Gathers No MossComment
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This book helped me keep my sanity during that first week after DS was born. I had it by my side 24/7. The Girlfriend's Guides freaked me out a bit...they were funny, but in a horrifying way.Originally posted by migirlComment
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I loved the "No Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantley. It gives a million different suggestions of things you can do to help foster good sleeping habits (but NOT sleep-training). Very helpful once DS was about 4-6 months old.
I reccommend that book to everyone!Wife to a PGY-7 Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Mom to two. DS(7) and DD(3).Comment
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