Parenting Books

Your Fussy Baby, Marc Weisbluth, MD
A helpful book geared towards parents whose young babies are colicky or extremely fussy.

The Nursing Mother's Companion, Kathleen Huggins
This is a wonderful book for breastfeeding mothers.  It provides information on when to expect growth spurts and guidance for making breastfeeding easier.

Child of Mine: Feeding With Love and Good Sense, Ellen Satyr
Ellen Satyr provides nutritional information as well as guides parents on starting your baby on solid foods.

Siblings Without Rivalry, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
This book helps parents to understand the underlying reasons behind sibling rivalry and offers various suggestions on how to handle these types of issues.

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Respect is symbiotic. This book helps to underscore the mutual relationship that parents have with their kids. It gives excellent and creative examples on how to communicate with our children.

Positive Discipline: The First Three Years

Positive Discipline: The Preschool Years

Positive Discipline from A-Z, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: From Toddler to Teens, Jane Ed.D. Nelsen, Lynn Lott, H. Stephen Glenn
This is a terrific series of books which explain the principles behind positive behavioral support and how to apply this type of parenting in various situations.

Parenting Without Punishment: Making Problem Behavior Work For You, John W. Maag, PhD This is a Parent Choice award book that guides parents in positive management techniques.  It is a good parenting resource for the toddler years through the teenage years.

Bedtime Books for Children

Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown

Time for Bed, Mem Fox

The Napping House, Audrey Wood

Little Quack's Bedtime, Lauren Thompson

Snoozers, Sandra Boynton

What to Expect When Mommy's having a Baby, Heidi Murkoff

What to Expect When the New Baby comes Home, Heidi Murkoff

On Mother's Lap, Anne Herbert Scott

The New Baby, Mercer Meyer

I'm a Big Brother, Joanna Cole

I'm a Big Sister, Joanna Cole

A Baby Sister for Francis, Russell Hoban

Peter's Chair, Ezra Jacks Keats

I Used To Be the Baby, Robin Ballard

I Love You the Purplest, Barbara Joosse

Potty Training Books for Children

Everyone Poops, Taro Gomi

A Potty for Me! : A Lift-the-Flap Instruction Manual, Karen Katz

Toddler's Potty Book, Alida Allison

My Big Girl Potty, Joanna Cole

My Big Boy Potty, Joanna Cole

Once Upon a Potty--Boy, Alona Frankel

Once Upon a Potty--Girl, Alona Frankel