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Gratitude: A Day and Night Reflection Journal (90 Days) (Inner World)

Insight Editions

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Alcoholics Anonymous

AAWS

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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Cheryl Strayed

4.7 on Amazon

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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Nadine Burke Harris M.D.

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How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss

Michael Greger M.D. FACLM

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Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi

Yotam Ottolenghi and Jonathan Lovekin

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I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It

Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith

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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

Steve Silberman, William Hughes, et al.

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Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook

David Werner , Carol Thuman , et al.

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Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old

Andrew Steele

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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor

4.7 on Amazon

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The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida , KA Yoshida, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

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Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again

Steven Phillips and Dana Parish

4.5 on Amazon

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What to Expect When You're Expecting

Heidi Murkoff

4.8 on Amazon

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The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello (Image Pocket Classics)

Anthony de Mello

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jm4onSep 23, 2019

Read "What to Expect When You're Expecting", looked around at the baby store, maybe did a little research if I saw something interesting, talked to other new parents, talked to the OB, selected a pediatrician prior to the due date, went to a class recommended by the OB where they teach you how to swaddle and do some other basic tasks. It's pretty easy. You get ready really quickly because you don't have a choice. Don't forget people used to do this in caves and humanity made it this far so don't stress it. Enjoy this time because it's fun and it's over with way too fast.

jojoleflaireonMar 3, 2008

I second this advice.

I have two daughters. The oldest is 4 going on 5, the youngest is closing in on 2. I guess I read the same books as my wife when she was pregnant with our oldest daughter ("What to Expect When You're Expecting", and some encyclopedic books regarding kids development and diseases). But neither of us has really resorted to any kind of manuals since then.

The most surprising thing (to me, at least) about having kids was the realization that they aren't alien creatures or high maintenance robots, but little people with their own very different personalities, even as newborns. And like other people you need to engage them on their level. And the relationship evolves from there.

So I guess my advice here is listen to them first. Read some clinical books to get the facts about sickness and heath, and when to call a doctor, but your let own observations be the main guide. Congratulations!