Thursday, 14 May 2009

Readers, Digest!

These are the books we have used for reference during our parenting adventure, with very short comments for you to digest. I've starred the ones you may not have heard about and which are particularly interesting to me as a (kind-of but probably just wanna-be) cognitive scientist. Online resources in another post.

  • Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy - A great reference that has a high trust factor
  • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding - Loaned by Mirjam. An excellent help through a difficult time.
  • What to Expect the First Year - Am finding it a bit disorganized and lacking in trust factor. Probably wouldn't recommend it.
  • *How Babies Talk - Totally great read for the scientifically minded but without gruesome details. Very readable and interesting.
  • Secrets of the Baby Whisperer - I liked it. Seemed to have good basic principles. Still, pretty useless unless your wife also reads it and likes it. ;-)
  • *Wonder Weeks - (on order) comes very highly recommended by mommy friends Cassie and Mirjam. Follows the cognitive development in the first year and its associations with crankiness and fussiness. I can't wait for that to arrive! Highly relevant and interesting too.
  • Dr. Sears' Baby Book - (on order) recommended by Brad. Hope it has been as helpful for us as for them.
Posted by John

1 comment:

  1. Rebecca15 May 2009 at 05:04

    Yes, I stalk your blog. I liked "The Happiest Baby on the Block" (Harvey Karp--they showed a video of the methods in our childbirth class) and "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" (Marc Weisbluth). The second one has interesting stuff on baby sleep cycles and sleep training if you're into that sort of thing. I am a big fan of the "What to Expect" book, though, so I am sketchy. Ha ha.

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