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by Julie on October 25th, 2012 at 8:00 am

You'll find many book recommendations for baby and mom in our Book Nook. But here are a few to start!

• The New Mom Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Body, Mind, Sanity and Sex Life After Having a Baby by Dr. Jennifer Wider. Springfield Moms reader Liz Cohen said this book perked up her transition to new motherhood in a fun and informative easy read.
• Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5, New 4th Edition by Steven P. Shelov, et al. A straightforward, easy-to-read book from the American Academy of Pediatrics. This book has the latest on everything you need to know from development, eating, immunizations, safety and more.
• ?Healthy Sleeping Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth MD, a pediatrician and father of four updates his revolutionary approach to solving and preventing sleep problems with your children. A step-by-step program for establishing good sleep habits and individualized guidelines from infancy through the growing years.
• The Toddler Busy Book & Preschoolers Busy Book, both by Trish Huffner.? These books can help keep the sanity in your house this winter! They answer the ever present question for parents "What should we do now?" Each book contains 365 easy ideas to entertain and educate your child. Most projects use things you already have around the house and take little time to prepare. Ideas are broken into categories, such as holidays, kitchen, indoors & outdoors. Check out the glowing reviews on Amazon.com.
• I'm A Big Sister and I'm a Big Brother books by author Joanna Cole. Expecting or know someone who is? These two books are must haves for expecting families with children already in place. The book focuses on the positive of adding a new baby to the family, but also gives some guidelines for the new big brother or sister. Written in simple language for toddlers, these book help children prepare for the changes of becoming a sibling and hopefully make the transition go more smoothly.

? Have more "Must Have" titles for our Reference Shelf?? Email your favorites to Julie Kaiser.

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