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The following books are available through La Leche League International, your local La Leche League group or some titles may be available on-line through Amazon.com or your local bookstore.

 

Breastfeeding

Gwen Gotsch, Breastfeeding Pure & Simple.

Gwen Gotsch, Amamantar Sencillo Y Puro.

K. & G. Pryor, Nursing Your Baby.

La Leche League International, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.

La Leche League International, El Arte Feminino De Amamantar.

M. Renfrew, Chloe Fisher, & S. Arms, Breastfeeding; Getting Breastfeeding Right for You.

Norma Jane Bumgarner, Mothering Your Nursing Toddler.

Marvin S. Eiger, MD, The Complete Book of Breastfeeding.

William Sears, MD, The Baby Book.

Claire Martin, The Nursing Mother's Problem Solver.

S. Perkins, RN & C. Vannais RN, Breastfeeding for Dummies.

Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, Mothering Multiples.

Diana West, Defining Your Own Success, Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.

Robert Sears, MD, Vaccines Book.

Kathleen Huggins, The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning.

 

Parenting

Margot Sunderland, The Science of Parenting, 2nd Edition.

Willam Sears, MD. Attachment Parenting.

Wendy Mogel, PhD, Blessings of a Skinned Knee.

Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish,  How to talk so kids will listen & Listen so kids will talk

Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D, How to raise a thinking child.

Elizabeth Pantley, Hidden Messages: What Our Words and Actions are Really Telling Our Children.

Elizabeth Pantley, Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate.

Kathryn Otoshi, ONE.

Rundle, Screamfree Parenting.

T.Berry Brazelton,MD, Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale.

T.Berry Brazelton,MD, Toddlers and Parents.

Marilyn Segal, Play and Learn. Birth to 1 year.

David Elkind,The Hurried Child, Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon.

Joseph Chilton Pearce, Magical Child.

Joseph Chilton Pearce, Magical Child Matures.

Marge Kennedy, The Single-Parent Family, Living Happily in a Changing World.

Helene Byrne, Exercise After Pregnancy.

Elizabeth Pantley, Gentle Baby Care.

Anne C.Beal, MD, The Black Parenting Book.

James Dobson PhD, On Parenting.

Carolyn Pope Edwards, Bambini, Childcare

Jennifer Bingham Hull, Beyond ONE.

Karen Hull, the Mommy and Daddy Book.

 

Sleep

Elizabeth Pantley, No Cry Sleep Solution.

Jim McKenna, Sleeping With Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Co-sleeping.

Tine Thevenin, The Family Bed.

Sandy Jones, Crying Baby Sleepless Nights.

William Sears, MD, Nighttime Parenting.

William Sears, MD, Parenting The Fussy Baby and High Need Baby.

 

Motherhood

Denise Punger MD, Permission To Mother.

Alice Bolster, Motherwise 101 Tips for a New Mother.

Anne Dunnewold & Diane G. Sanford, Postpartum Survival Guide.

Attachment Parenting International, Peaceful Parenting for a Peaceful World.

Deborah Shaw Lewis, Motherhood Stress.

Deniece Schofield, Confessions of an Organized Homemaker.

Ellen Behan, Eat Well, Lose Weight While Breastfeeding.

Martha Sears & W. Sears, 25 Things Every New Mother Should Know.

Roger W. McIntire, Enjoy Successful Parenting.

Theresa Rodriguez Farris, Diaper Changes.

Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages, How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate

Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages of Children.

 

Fathers

Ronald Levant and John Kelly, Between Father and Child.

Will Glennon, Fathering Strengthening Connection with Your Children No Matter Where You Are.

William Sears, MD, Becoming a Father.

William Sears, MD, Growing Together .

Jeff Yoder, Early Fatherhood Development.

Tine Thevenin, Mothering and Fathering, The Gender Differences in Child Rearing.

 

Discipline

Hilary Flower, Gentle Discipline.

Becky A. Bailey, Conscious Discipline.

William Sears, MD, The Discipline Book.

Jame Dobson, PhD, Dare to Discipline.

 

Working or Home Parenting

Gloria Gaither & Shirley Dobson, Let's Make a Memory.

Arlene Rosseb Cardozo, Sequencing.

Cate Colburn-Smith & Andrea Serrette, The Milk Memos.

Christine Davidson, Staying Home Instead.

Frank and Ayesha Jones, Come Home to Your Children.

Gale Pryor, Nursing Mother, Working Mother.      

Isabelle Fox Ph.D., Being There.

Kaye Lowman, Of Cradles and Careers.

L. Burton, J. Dittmer, & C Loveless, What’s a Smart Woman Like You Doing at Home?

Lisa M. Roberts, How to Raise a Family and a Career Under One Roof.

Liz Folger, Stay at Home MOM’S Guide.   

Nancy Dana & Anne Price, The Working Women’s Guide to Breastfeeding.

 

Special Interests

Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, PhD, Kangaroo Care, The Best You Can Do to Help Your Preterm Infant

LLL, Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby.

Toby Levin, A Guide for the Special Needs Child.

Sheila Ostrander, Natural Birth Control.

Margaret Nofziger, A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control.

Sheila Matgen Kippley, Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing.

Trevor Smith, Homoeopathy for Pregnancy and Nursing Mothers.

Stephen Cummings MD, Homeopathic Medicines.

Trevor Smith, MD, Homeopathic Medicine for Women.

William G Crook, MD, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Yeast Connection.

Leon Chaitow, Candida Albicans.

Ray C.Wunderlich, JR, MD, Candida Albicans.

John Parks Trowbridge, MD, The Yeast Syndrome.

Susan M. Love MD, Breast Book.

Eating Right

Lendon Smith, MD, Feed Your Kids Right.

Lendon Smith, MD, Improving Your Child's Behavior Chemistry.

Margaret Kenda, Whole Foods for Babies and Toddlers.

Margaret Kenda & Phyllis Williams, The Natural Baby Food Cookbook.

Martha and David Kimmel with Suzanne Goldenson, Mommy made and Daddy Too! Home. Cooking For A Healthy Baby And Toddler.

Nikki & David Goldbeck, The Good Breakfast Book.

Penny Warner, Healthy Snacks.

Roberta Johnson, Whole Foods for the Whole Family.

Ruth Yaron, Super Baby Food.
Debbie Boehle, Your Baby’s First Solid Food. 

Susan Watson, Sugar-free Toddlers.                       

Wm, James, Robert, Sears, MD, & Martha Sears, Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood.

Earl Mindell, Vitamin Bible for your Kids.

 

Weaning and Toilet Training

Brooke Mc Kanny Beebe, Best Bets for Babies.

Claire Lerner and Amy Laura Dombro, Learning & Growing Together: Understanding and Supporting Your Child's Development.

Diane Bengson, How Weaning Happens.

K. Huggins and L. Ziedrich, The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning.

Mary Joan Deutschbein, Maggie’s Weaning

Vicky Lansky, Toilet Training. 

 

Cartoons

Lynn Johnston, Hi Mom! Hi Dad!

Janet Tamaro, So That’s What They’re For?

Rick kirkman and Jerry Scott, Guess Who Didn't Take a Nap!

Genichiro Yagyu, Breasts.

Joan M. McCartney, The Other Side Makes Chocolate.

 

 

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