Book Recommendations

Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception to Birth and Beyond by Leslie Schrock

Cribsheet & Expecting Better (2 Book Collection) by Emily Oster

Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by Pam England & Rob Horowitz

Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols

We're Pregnant!: The First Time Dad's Pregnancy Handbook: Everything You Need to Know for Your Partner & Baby by Adrian Kulp

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp

The Happy Sleeper: The Science-Backed Guide to Helping Your Baby Get a Good Night's Sleep- Newborn to School Age by Heather Turgeon MFT, Julie Wright MFT, and Daniel J. Siegel M.D.

Let's Talk About Your New Family's Sleep by Lyndsey Hookway

Safe Infant Sleep by Dr. James McKenna

Precious Little Sleep by Alexis Dubief

Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes

Like a Mother by Angela Garbes

I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood by Jessi Klein

​Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Karen Kleiman

Expecting Money: The Essential Finanical Plan for New and Growing Families by Erica Sandberg

Preparing for Baby: All the Legal, Financial, Tax, and Insurance Information New and Expectant Parents Need by Nihara K. Choudhri

Bringing Up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman

Bébé Day by Day by Pamela Druckerman

​Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff​

The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies

Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE, Carla Naumburg PhD

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker PhD

And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives by John M. Gottman & Julie Schwartz Gottman

What About Us?: A New Parents Guide to Safeguarding Your Over-Anxious, Over-Extended, Sleep-Deprived Relationship by Karen Kleiman