Reading List
DEVELOPMENT
“What to Expect the First Year” – Arlene Eisenberg
“Caring For Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age Five”- American
Academy of Pediatrics
“Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five” – Penelope Leach
“Your Child’s Health” – Barton Schmitt
“On the Safe Side: Your Complete Reference to Childproofing for Infants and Toddlers” – Cindy Wolf
“Infants and Mothers – Differences in Development” – T. Berry Brazelton
“Heading Home with Your Newborn” (AAP) – Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
GENERAL NUTRITION AND BREASTFEEDING
“The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding” – Gotsch and Tolgus
“Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense” – Ellyn Satter
“How to Get Your Kid to Eat but Not Too Much” – Ellyn Satter
“Feed Me! I’m Yours” – Vicki Lansly
“American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Your Child’s Nutrition: Making Peace at the Table and Building Healthy Eating Habits for Life” – William Dietz
“Breastfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You: An Illustrated Guide” – Mary Renfrew
“Preventing Childhood Eating Problems: A Practical, Positive Approach to Raising Kids Free of Food and Weight Conflicts” – Hirschmann
“Food Fights” – Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
BEHAVIOR
“Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent and Energetic” – Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
“Touchpoints: Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development” – T. Berry Brazelton
“The Difficult Child” – Stanley Turechi
“Making the ‘Terrible’ Two’s Terrific” – John Rosemond
“1 – 2 – 3 Magic” – Thomas Phelan
“Bringing up Boys” – Dr. James Dobson
“The Explosive Child” - Ross W. Greene
“Raising a Responsible Child” – Elizabeth Elles, Ph.D.
“The Pressure Child”
“Growing a Girl: Seven Strategies for Raising a Strong, Spirited Daughter” – Barbara Mackoff
SLEEPING
‘Helping Your Child Sleep through the Night” - Joanne Cuthbertson
“Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems” – Richard Ferber
DIVORCE
“Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families” – Laurene Krasny Brown
TOILET TRAINING
“Toilet Training: A Practical Guide to Daytime and Nighttime Training” – Vicki Lansky
ADOLESCENTS
“Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls” – Mary Blay Pipher
“Get Out of My life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?” – Wolf
“Surviving Your Adolescent” – Thomas Phelan
“Changing Bodies, Changing Lives” – Ruth Bell
“Adolescence- the Survival Guide for Parents and Teenagers” – Elizabeth Fenwick
ADHD/ADD
“Driven to Distraction” – Hallowell
“Taking Charge of ADHD: the Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents” – Russell Barkley
“You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?” - Kate Kelly and Peggy Remundo
“All Kinds of Minds” – Melvin Levine
‘”Power Parenting for Children with ADD – a Practical Parent’s Guide for Managing Difficult Behavior” – Grad Flick, Ph.D.
LEARNING DIFFERNCES/ LD
“When Your Child Has LD: a Survival Guide for Parents: - Gary Fisher and Rhoda Cummings
“Keeping a Head in School” – Melvin Levine
OBESITY
“Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children” – Dr. Sylvia Rimm
OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)
“The Out of Sync Child” - Kranowitz