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 Leach

“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 2005) – 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