Your New Baby

Books and Videos for the New Parents

The Parents' Guide To Raising Twins, by Elizabeth Friedrich
This book offers practical and comprehensive information on raising multiples.

Entertain Me! : Creative Ideas For Fun And Games With Your Baby In The First Year, by the Riverside Mothers Group
Offers numerous games intended to stimulate baby's development in that important first year.

Newborn Care: A Parent's Survival Guide [videorecording]
Especially for new parents this video provides instruction for new parents covering basic subjects, such as feeding, bathing, crying, colic, and more

Baby Massage: A Video for Loving Parents [videorecording]
Demonstration of massage for infants, stressing the importance of touch as essential to proper social and mental development. Also discusses the benefits of massage to prematurely born infants.

Baby Mozart [videorecording] & [dvd]
Research shows a strong relationship between listening to Mozart's music and the development of spatial intelligence and certain cognitive skills. The Library owns several of the Baby Einstein titles.

What to Expect the First Year, by Arlene Eisenberg
Filled with practical tips on how to give a bath, decode your baby's crying, what to buy for baby, and up-to-date medical advice on vaccines, vitamins, illnesses, SIDS, safety, and more.

Pregnancy and Your Baby's First Year, by Lawrence Kutner
Dr. Larry Kutner writes a syndicated "Parent & Child" column in which he deals with many topics of interest to those raising children illustrated with tales of his own experiences.

Fathers & Babies : How Babies Grow and What They Need From You, by Jean Marzollo
A light and reassuring introduction into the world of fatherhood.

The First Twelve Months of Life : Your Baby's Growth Month by Month, byTheresa Caplan
This reference contains growth charts and more than 150 photographs, also includes answers to the questions commonly asked by new parents, along with overviews of what to expect each month.

Baby And Child Care, Benjamin Spock
In a nutshell, "trust your instincts."

Guide To Baby Products, by The editors of Consumer Reports Books
Provides consumers with authoritative information on product safety, as well as convenience and durability.

Babysense : A Practical And Supportive Guide To Baby Care, by Frances Wells Burck
Real problems, real solutions, from real moms.

Hush Little Baby: [Gentle Ways To Stop Your Baby From Crying], by Barbara Albers Hill
Deals with infant crying and language development

The Baby Book : Everything You Need To Know About Your Baby—From Birth To Age Two, by William Sears and Martha Sears
This book on Attachment parenting offers a gentle, reasonable approach to parenting that stresses bonding with your baby.