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Natural Family Planning
Your Fertility Signals: Using Them to Achieve or Avoid Pregnancy, Naturally: by Merryl Winstein: This book can help to achieve or prevent pregnancy, reduce or eliminate contraceptive use, even enhance the intimacy in your relationship. It includes information on low
fertility, stress, breastfeeding, post-pill, and pre-menopause. Every woman should have this information.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement by Toni Weschler: This book explains natural family planning, and how to choose the sex of your baby by timing intercourse according to certain fertility signs. It also features thorough, easy-to-understand explanations of hormones, the menstrual cycle, and menopause, along with fertility tests and treatments and their long- and short-term side effects, plus a topnotch resource section. Recommended for any woman who wants to better understand her body.
Fertility Cycles and Nutrition: by Marilyn Shannon: From the Couple to Couple league this book explains the connection between nutrition and your fertility cycles. A must-read if you suffer from PMS, repeat miscarriages or infertility. The authors religious beliefs are apparent throughout.
Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing: How Ecological Breastfeeding Spaces Babies: by Sheila Kippley: With factual information based on scientific research and personal experience, the author explains the difference between "ecological" and "cultural" breastfeeding and how each method affects fertility.
How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: The Method Best Supported by Scientific Evidence: by Landrum B., Md Shettles, David M. Rorvik: If you are interested in trying to a child of a particular gender you might want to take a look at this book.
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Natural Childbirth
A Good Birth, A Safe Birth: Choosing and Having the Childbirth Experience You Want: by Diana Korte & Roberta Scaer: This third revised edition brings a classic on childbirth into the '90's. It tackles the pros and cons of today's options while taking the reader through each step of pregnancy. It explores the various childbirth environments, teaches expectant parents how to ensure their wishes be followed, and discusses the use of medication and pain killers. This book should be required reading for every pregnant woman!
Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth: By Suzanne Arms: An entirely new edition of the classic book on childbirth that raised consciousness in the 70s, this book goes to the root of what troubles childbirth today. Author and photographer Suzanne Arms is committed to helping women reclaim one of the most profound experiences of their lives and offers her vision of what needs to be done to change the way our culture approaches birth.
Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth & VBAC in the 90's: by Nancy Wainer Cohen & Lois J. Estner: Approximately 1 out of every 4 birthing women today end up with a c-section - why are the rates so high? A fully updated look at VBAC's and Natural Childbirth for this decade.
THE BIRTH BOOK - Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth: by Dr. William & Martha Sears R.N.:This new book gives parents-to-be the kind of information they need to plan a happy and safe birth experience. Topics include physical and emotional preparation, lessening the discomfort and speeding up the labor process, the father's role, how to select the kind of birthing environment you want, and much more.
MOTHERING THE MOTHER: How a Doula Can Help You Have A Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth: by Marshall H. & Phyllis H. Klaus, and John H. Kennell: I had a Doula for my second and third births & I wish I had had one with my first. I firmly believe every woman should have an experienced Doula with her during birth. This book explains the Doulas role in birth and the benefits to both mother & father-to-be.
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: by Deborah L. Davis,PhD: Loosing a child is heart wrenching, I know, I've had three miscarriages. This book helps parents to deal with the loss of their baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death.
I Want a Brother or Sister: by Astrid Lindgren: This wonderful book treats the familiar problem of new siblings with sensitivity and humor and offers kids a realistic look at what it's like to have a new baby in the home. Alex and I read this book over and over and over while I was pregnant with Josh.
Happy Birth Day!: By Robie H. Harris: This beautifully illustrated book tells a child about how he was born (hospital setting). It shows the loving interaction of both mother and father with the newborn. Mother is shown breastfeeding the baby and the overall message is how much this baby is loved.
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Breastfeeding
Milk, Money and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding: by Naomi Baumslag and Dia L. Michels: A fascinating book and a must read for breastfeeding activists. Everything you could possibly want to know about the history, culture, biology and politics of breastfeeding, clearly distinguishing fact from fiction.
THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING: by La Leche League International: A comprehensive guide to nursing your baby that has provided needed answers to three generations of nursing mothers on every aspect of breastfeeding. It combines the latest medical research with the personal wisdom and experience of breastfeeding mothers. This classic book is the heart and soul of what La Leche League is all about and is a must for any mother who wants to give her baby the very best.
The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers: The Most Comprehensive Problem-Solution Guide to Breastfeeding from the Foremost Expert in North America: by Jack Newman, Teresa Pitman: Breastfeeding is certainly the most natural option for feeding your little one, and repeated studies have shown its nutritive value. But that doesn't make it easy, and not all medical practitioners are trained to answer questions about the process. In The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, authors Jack
Newman and Teresa Pitman have assembled a mass of real-life stories from their clinical experience, and with their straightforward, helpful advice, you'll be breastfeeding successfully in no time.
Breastfeeding Naturally: A New Approach for Today's Mother: by Hannah Lothrop: There are many, many books out there on breastfeeding management but this is the first book I've seen that balances the technical with the emotional. I have been searching for a long time for a guide to natural therapies for breastfeeding mothers and I've finally found it! The Author includes information on breath awareness, massage, aromatherapy, homeopathy, Bach Flower remedies, and much more. With practical how to information and an ample resource appendix this is a book well worth owning - it sits on my shelf right next to my Womanly Art Of Breastfeeding! .
Mothering Your Nursing Toddler: By Norma Jane Bumgarner: Still in the closet? Then you'll enjoy the warmth, wisdom, and wit in this lively discussion of breastfeeding past the age of one. This book is currently being revised by the author to bring it into the 90's - watch for the newest edition early next year!
The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning: By Kathleen Huggins and Linda Ziedrich: Thinking about weaning? Wondering when the "best" time is? This wonderful book explores all aspects of weaning starting with historical aspects and ending with weaning a child over three and life after weaning.
Only The Cat Saw: by Ashley Wolff: What does a cat see at night? Read this beautifully illustrated book and see mom in the rocker quietly nursing her baby and more.
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Yeast Self-Help
The Yeast Connection and the Woman: by William G. Crook: Citing the wide range of symptoms that may be related to yeast imbalances, including fatigue, headache, depression, digestive, and skin disorders, a guide for women offers advice on yeast management.
Chronic Candidiasis: Your Natural Guide to Healing with Diet, Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Exercise, and Other Natural Methods: By Michael T. Murray: Fueled by aspects of diet, lifestyle, and various medications, problems with candida yeast can affect up to 90% of the population at some time in their lives. Medical researcher Michael T. Murray now offers natural methods of relief for sufferers who have exhausted traditional medicinal cures.
Candida Albicans Yeast-Free Cookbook: How Good Nutrition Can Help Fight the Epidemic of Yeast-Related Diseases: By Pat Connolly: Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded second edition, Pat Connolly's The Candida Albicans Yeast-Free Cookbook continues to offer the best and clearest explanation of the role good nutrition plays in helping to deal with yeast-related diseases and allergies. Connolly offers more than 150 delicious recipes for the yeast intolerant diner. Of special note are chapters devoted to "Eating Out"; "A Menu Sampler"; "Candida Folk Wisdom"; "Foods for the Yeast-Sensitive to Avoid"; and "Carbohydrates and Calories". The Candida Albicans Yeast-Free Cookbook is an essential, core title for the kitchen cookbook collection of any family with a yeast intolerant family member.
Allergy & Candida Cooking Made Easy: By Sondra K. Lewis: A superb book written by a person who's been there! This book should serve as an invaluable resource for any person with yeast-related health problems. Especially recommend for those who continue to experience problems even though they take antifungal medication, avoid chemical pollutants, and take nutritional supplements.
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Attachment Parenting
THE BABY BOOK - Everything You Need to Know about Your Baby from Birth to Age Two: by Dr. William & Martha Sears (the founding "parents" of "Attachment Parenting"): Forget the rest - this is the book on baby care. With chapters on issues you can't find in the others like proper breastfeeding techniques, baby-wearing, and co-sleeping. This book is a must have and makes a great baby shower gift!
Twenty-Five Things Every New Mother Should Know: by Martha & William Sears: Martha and Bill Sears throw a life preserver to the new mom. A small, clear-headed, back-to-basics guide that covers such matters as feeding methods, sleeping arrangements, crying, father's role, and more in a read-it-in-one-sitting format. Makes a perfect baby shower gift for first-time moms!
Parenting the Fussy Baby and the High-Need Child: Everything You Need to Know - From Birth to Age Five: by Dr. William & Martha Sears: The founding parents of "Attachment Parenting" provide advice, on parenting high need babies and children. Proven tips on feeding, parenting, discipline, reassurance, and avoiding burnout.
Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child: by Katie Allison Granju: From breastfeeding to the family bed to "wearing" your baby or toddler in a sling or backpack, ATTACHMENT PARENTING has all the information you will need to forge a loving, secure attachment with your young children. With expert advice from pediatricians, lactation specialists, and anthropologists--as well as words of wisdom from dozens of real families--this book offers a comprehensive overview of today's most talked-about nurturing style. Also included is an exhaustive list of print, Internet and support group resources for parents.
The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development): by Jean Liedloff: An anthropological look at what civilization has cost us. "If
the world could be saved by a book, this just might be the book" --
John Holt. What more can I say? This book should be required reading for everyone.
What's a Smart Woman like you doing At Home?: by Linda Burton, Janet Dittmer & Cheri Loveless: Writing this book prompted the authors to create "Welcome Home" A newsletter for stay-at-home moms (SAHMs). This is an honest look at what it is like to be a SAHM and is a must read for anyone considering being a full time mom.
Love You Forever: by Robert Munsch: A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever / I'll like you for always / As long as I'm living / My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions of Americans. I can not read this book without crying - it's that great! Since publication in l986, "Love You Forever" has sold more than 15 million copies. A must for every parent & child's library.
Guess How Much I Love You: by Sam McBratney: A touching bedtime story that seeks to measure the immeasurable: the love between a parent and a child.
The Way Mothers Are: by Miriam Schlein: A little kitten tries to understand the depth of his mother's devotion. And over and over, his mother reassures him of the most important fact of his life, her unconditional love.
I Love You the Purplest: by Barbara M. Joosse: This moving book answers the universal question "Who do you love best?" In the spirit of true unconditional parental love, Mama explains that she love each of her children in their own special way.
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Gentle Discipline
THE DISCIPLINE BOOK - Everything You Need to Know to Have a Better Behaved Child from Birth to Age Ten: by Dr. William &
Martha Sears: Is your child driving you crazy? Don't want to spank but don't know what else to do? Pick up this book! A wonderful, practical guide to loving guidance.
Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate: by Elizabeth Pantley: I love this book! Another wonderful guide to positive discipline techniques - complete with pull out 'reminder' pages that you can post on the fridge, walls, or wherever.
Perfect Parenting: The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips: by Elizabeth Pantley: An A-Z reference guide to childrens' annoying behaviors and positive discipline techniques for each one - I love it! If your child is whining, you just flip the book open to "W" and find "Whining" and several practical suggestions for dealing with it.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk: by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish: If I say to you "Don't think about the color of your car!" what is the first thing that you think of? Now, why do we constantly tell our children "Don't"? Read this book to find a better ways of communicating with your child. This book works wonders, even with very young children.
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too: by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish: Wonderful, practical ways to keep help teach your children to respect their siblings and have a more peaceful relationship.
Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma: by Nancy Samalin: A guide that helps parents express anger without hurting their children provides a host of effective and consistent disciplinary tips that include alternatives to hitting, threatening, or bribing.
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Nighttime Parenting
Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep: by Dr. William Sears: Parenting doesn't end when the sun goes down. Dr. Sears helps us to find the best way to meet the needs of our children at night while still getting the sleep we need.
The Family Bed: An Age Old Concept in Childrearing: by Tine Thevenin: Here's the backup you need for those relatives who gasp in horror when they find out that Jr. sleeps between mom & dad every night. This book explores the pros and cons of the family bed and suggests that sleeping together will help solve bedtime problems
and create closer family bonds.
The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night: by Elizabeth Pantley: There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is now a third option, presented in Elizabeth Pantley's sanity-saving book The No-Cry Sleep Solution.
Good Nights: The Happy Parents' Guide to the Family Bed (And a Peaceful Night's Sleep): by Dr. Jay Gordon and Maria Goodavage: Worry no more! Good Nights puts your concerns about the family bed to rest, with fun and easy-to-use guidance on safety, coping with criticism, and even keeping the spark in your marriage (albeit outside the bedroom). With warmth and humor, Dr. Jay Gordon, a nationally recognized pediatrician who has endorsed the family bed for decades, and Maria Goodavage, a former USA Today staff writer with training in sleep research, give you everything you'll need in order to thrive - and at times, simply survive - with the family bed.
Three in a Bed: The Benefits of Sharing Your Bed With Your Baby: by Deborah Jackson: Drawing on up-to-date and startling new evidence, the author shows how babies who sleep with their parents benefit by getting virtually a full night's sleep. Three in a Bed also includes a fully revised chapter based on new research on the SIDS debate and includes practical information on safety in the bed, how to sustain your sex life, and how to deal with the moment when the baby leaves his parents' bed. The approached advocated in this book can change the life of any parent struggling with getting their baby to sleep through the night.
The Cuddlers: by Stacy Towle-Morgan: This book captures the warmth and love a family experiences when children are drawn to the security of their parents' bed. The beautiful full-color illustrations will hold the interest of every "cuddler" in your house.
I Love You As Much...: by Laura Krauss Melmed: A beautiful lullaby with tender portraits of animal mothers and their babies will touch the heart of any mother, the last page depicts a family bed.
The Biggest Bed in the World: by Lindsay Camp: Baby Ben loves to sleep with his mom and dad, so after the birth of brother Billy, Ben's dad buys a bigger bed. After the twins are born, its back to the store for the biggest bed they have. The birth of triplets leads to knocking down a few walls and building "the biggest bed in the world,"....
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Holistic Health
How to Raise a Healthy Child...In Spite of Your Doctor: By Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn: One of America's leading Pediatricians puts parents back in control of their children's health. This classic book is the bible for raising healthy kids; a must have in any parents library!
Naturally Healthy Babies & Children: A Commonsense Guide to Herbal Remedies by Aviva Jill Romm, forward by Dr. William Sears: Aviva Romm is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM)& Herbalist. I have an earlier version of this book called Natural Healing for Babies & Children (which is no longer in print) and I love it. Of all my natural healing books for children this is the one that I reach for first. "From anemia to whooping cough, this A-Z handbook addresses the common health issues of children, from newborn to preadolescent. Aviva Romm's whole-child approach integrates herbal remedies, nutrition, hygiene, and alternative health techniques with supportive, informed parenting."
Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants: by Stephen Cummings, M.D. & Dana Ullman, M.P.H.: Tells how to assess a child's symptoms, and lists some 78 childhood disorders along with their homeopathic remedies and a list of homeopathic manufacturers. This clearly written and well-organized book is an indispensable quick reference guide.
Healing Childhood Ear Infections: Prevention, Home Care, And Alternative Treatment: By Dr. Michael A. Schmidt: Antibiotics are over used and it's causing problems. This book explores the leading illness that antibiotics are prescribed for in children, and gives us the alternatives.
Circumcision - The Hidden Trauma: How an American Cultural Practice Affects Infants and Ultimately Us All by Ronald Goldman, Forward by Ashley Montagu: The public perception is that there are valid health reasons to circumcise associated with cleanliness and protection from various diseases. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the country's largest organization of physicians who care for infants, has not found any proven medical benefit from circumcision. In fact, no national medical organization in the world recommends routine circumcision of male infants. Furthermore, the results of the latest research are arousing some concern about this often misunderstood surgical procedure, and critics are charging that circumcision causes serious harm.
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations: by Stephanie Cave, Deborah Mitchell (Contributor): Every year, some children suffer consequences as a result of vaccinations, and one school of thought believes that the vaccine used to prevent measles, mumps, and rubella may be related to the rapid rise in autism (up 300% in the past 10 years). While most doctors continue to routinely recommend vaccinations, parents have good reasons to be concerned about rare but potentially associated consequences. In this book, Dr. Stephanie Cave explains vaccinations-the pros and the cons. With detailed facts about each vaccination, as well as regulations and laws, this book provides easily understandable information to help parents make a knowledgeable, responsible choice about vaccinating their children.
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Cloth Diapering & Potty Training
Diaper Changes: by Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi: This complete guide explains everything you need to know to cover your baby's bum. Explains both sides of the cloth ~vs~ disposable debate including cost, convenience, and ecological considerations. Also includes an extensive resources section. An excellent addition to every new parents library!
Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer: Practicing Natural Infant Hygiene fosters a close bond and communication, prevents conventional toilet training and diapering struggles, supports a healthy body image and early toilet mastery, saves money and the environment and offers another opportunity to respond fully to your baby's needs.
Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living: by Laurie Boucke: This book is a welcome addition to the child-rearing literature, expanding the range of possibilities for the modern mother and family. It is a practical, user-friendly guide to "nurturant potty training" and provides a global perspective on this important developmental milestone.
Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet Guide to Natural Baby Care: Nontoxic and Environmentally Friendly Ways to Take Care of Your New Child: For a decade, the nonprofit organization Mothers and Others for a Living Planet has been an advocate for raising children in natural, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly environments. Now, the editors of the Mothers and Others newsletter The Green Guide, Mindy Pennybacker and Aisha Ikramuddin, have compiled hundreds of suggestions into a comprehensive guidebook ideal for all parents concerned with providing their children with safe, "green" surroundings.
Once upon a Potty, Boy: by Alona Frankel: With over two million books sold, "Once Upon a Potty Boy" and Once Upon a Potty, Girl" are widely recognized as premier picture books about potty training.
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