Raising Baby Green

June 22, 2009

Green is the new black. And when it comes to raising your baby green, this book is a great resource. Using bottles? Say bye bye to bad plastic. Painting your nursery? Find paints with Zero-VOC. Buying baby toys? Boycott those companies that use PVC. The book is practical and surpasses many other green guides in detail and sheer [...]

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The Girlfriends’ Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood

June 22, 2009

Your Girlfriend is back. If you’ve read the Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy, you’ll love the sequel: Motherhood. Finally, a book that understands I am soooo tired, I want my old bod back, and sex? What sex? You will giggle as you realize we aren’t all Carol Brady-and that’s okay. She’s not a doctor, but Vickie Iovine’s advice helped lots of [...]

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The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers

June 22, 2009

This book is a must-have for nursing moms. It dispels many myths about breastfeeding and covers the basics. Plus, there are excellent pictures of a “good latch.” You can also check out his website for some pictures and videos of a proper latch which may help even more than the book! The tone is conversational, and I would thumb [...]

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The Vaccine Book

June 22, 2009

Dr. Sears won’t tell you to vaccinate your child or not,  but he will provide readable, clear information about this hot topic. For each of the 12 most common vaccines, he asks: Is it common? Is it serious? Is it treatable? When is the vaccine given? How is the vaccine made? What ingredients are in the final solution? It’s [...]

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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

June 22, 2009

Bouncy, fun rhymes celebrate the births of babies everywhere in this beautiful classic: “There was one little baby who was born far away. And another who was born on the very next day. And both of these babies, as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes.” And so on… You & your baby [...]

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Father’s Day Reads

June 19, 2009

Happy Father’s Day to all our dads out there. We hope you have a wonderful day & celebrate in style. Perhaps you’ll have some time for a quick read? Just in case, here are some of our favorite dad reads…
Home Game: Bestselling author Michael Lewis (Liar’s Poker, Moneyball) recently published this sincere, occasionally hilarious, often [...]

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Home Game

June 18, 2009

Home Game is unquestionably one of our favorite pregnancy/parenting books ever. It’s neither a medical text nor a step-by-step guide on how to be a better parent. Rather, it’s a touching, occasionally hilarious, often entertaining memoir of bestselling author Michael Lewis’ (Liars Poker, Moneyball, etc) experience raising his three children. Lewis decided to keep a [...]

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Pacify Me

June 18, 2009

Comic & filmmaker Chris Mancini tackles fatherhood head-on in this guide for expecting & new dads. Navigating through conception, pregnancy, labor and the first year, Mancini offers honest, somewhat sarcastic, sometimes hilarious insight. Choice nuggets of wisdom include:
 

“The anxiety leading up to having a child is way worse than the anxiety of actually have a [...]

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What to Expect: Eating Well When You’re Expecting

June 17, 2009

What to Expect When You’re Expecting is probably the first book every pregnant woman receives. This part of the series, on how to eat well during pregnancy, should be right alongside with it. Like the original, this book has it all – literally from soup to nuts. It’s chock full of nutrition information about healthy [...]

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Madeline

June 14, 2009

Take a trip to beautiful Paris and meet a spunky little girl named Madeline, whose life has been turned upside down because she has to have her appendix removed. Journey through the ups, downs and happy endings (all the little girls in boarding school want scars too!) while enjoying the lyric prose and beautiful Parisian [...]

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