Book Recommendations

Here's an ever-growing list for pre-conception through the postpartum period:

FERTILITY & CONCEPTION

• Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy

• It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant Naturally, Prevent Miscarriage, and Improve Your Odds in IVF

• Period Repair Manual: Natural Treatment for Better Hormones and Better Periods

• Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill

• Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 20th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health

PREGNANCY & BIRTH

• Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body

• New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, & Birth

• Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know

POSTPARTUM

• The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

• The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality

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Here's an ever-growing list of books for big and little siblings:

TODDLERS

• Big Brother Daniel

• The New Baby

• The Baby Is Here!

• Everywhere Babies

SCHOOL-AGE

• André The Best Big Brother

• Noelle The Best Big Sister

• I Am A Big Sister Now

• Where Do Babies Come From?

• Babies Don't Eat Pizza

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Here's an ever-growing list of books about big emotions:

TODDLERS

• B is for Breathe

• The Color Monster

• Calm-Down Time

• Hands Are Not For Hitting

• Feet Are Not For Kicking

• Teeth Are Not For Biting

• The Feelings Book

• Friends Ask First

SCHOOL-AGE

• The Choices I Make

• A Frenzy of Feelings

• My Body Sends a Signal

• I Am Stronger Than Anger

• Train Your Angry Dragon

• The Impatient Dinosaur

• Grumpy Monkey

• Breathe Like a Bear

• Little Red Fox Has Feelings

• Little Big Feelings

• Mood Flip Book

• Sharing: Princess & Unicorn Stories

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Here's an ever-growing list of books for parenting: DEVELOPMENT

• The Wonder Weeks: A Stress-Free Guide to Your Baby's Behavior

• The First-Time Mom's Toddler Discipline Handbook

• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

• Caring for Your Baby and Young Child

• Caring for Your School-Age Child

• Caring For Your Teenager

• The Informed Parent: A Science-Based Resource for Your Child's First Four Years

DISCIPLINE

• Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

• No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

• 1-2-3 Magic: Gentle 3-Step Child & Toddler Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting (Positive Parenting Guide for Raising Happy Kids)

• No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame

PARENTING

• Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

• How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen

• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk

• Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

• Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

• Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting

• The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them

• The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family

• The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment

• Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children

• Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines

• Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood