BEST PARENTING BOOKS TO READ

Starting off with the cliché quote “Books are man’s best friends”. To keep up with this quote and its meaning has become really difficult in this progressing century where technology is taking over the world. Talking about parenting, how many of us have once in life told our parents that “ You are so lucky, being a parent is the easiest thing ever”, am sure all the hands will rise unanimously. Well, parenting becomes a task when we ourselves go through it. To make it a cake walk partly, here are some of the parenting books that are helpful to guide you perfectly through every transition starting from a newborn to a child. Here’s your key to the lock of being great parents:

Expecting a baby is a new journey you embark upon. It comes with its own memories and struggles. Being prepared for this change of becoming a family of two to three is necessary. Mothers generally tackle it calmly and are patient with every change they are experiencing. However, the fathers tend to panic as they get confused about what is happening out of the blue.

The Expectant Father by Armin Brott and Jennifer Ash – this book is a savior for all the fathers. The information is provided with humor and has every detail that an expectant father is expected to know. This book currently is available in its fourth edition and is often found in the best-selling rack.

The transition from a newborn to an infant can be quite stressful. You as a parent will be often found running around the house trying to do everything to keep your child happy and calm. As we all know infants get bored of old tricks and we need something new every day to surprise them and make them smile. So you can surprise them by getting different types of toys using online saving deals, to make you child happy.

The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp – This book serves as a boon to the parents. It describes in detail about babies’ calming reflex and provides tricks to make a crying baby relax and smile within a wink of an eye and also helps them to sleep for a longer time.

What To Expect the First Year by Heidi Murkoff – I would describe this book as the babies’ Wikipedia. It incorporates every detail about the care for your infant. It keeps you updated about the feeding habits for every stage, vaccines, illness and sleep strategies. It covers monthly growth and development of a baby.

Super Nutrition for Babies by Katherine Erlich and Kelly Genzlinger – The former being a pediatrician and the latter who has dedicated years to the study of nutrition, this book is the apt guide for the nutrition of your infant. It talks about a regular eating schedule, the introduction of solid food and meat in a child’s diet and provides alternatives for certain food products too. Overall this book helps you to incorporate healthy eating habits for your child.

The journey of a toddler is full of fun and frolic. It is a tedious task to keep your toddler busy the entire day as they are full of energy, enthusiasm and strong will.

Raising your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka – This book helps you to understand your child better and your temperamental traits. You will discover positive side and it will be helpful to cope with tantrums. It comes with some amazing strategies for sibling rivalry, holidays and school. The different thing about this book is that it shares real life experiences too.

Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen – Who doesn’t love playing peekaboo with their kids? Their incredible smile makes everything worth it. Children do not always like to hear bold answers “Yes” or “No”. Looking for ways that can be useful to bond with your children more and help them listen to what you have to say, well you have found the exact solution in this book. This book explains how through play you will be able to interact with your kids more and make it easy for them to accept your answers in certain situations.

As you near the teenage years of your child, you become worried about how to make it work? Teenagers require their space but need right advice at every step they take. In these years communication becomes the key to every problem. And a good conversation with a teen without making them feel weird is a task that needs to be done well.

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish– The authors of this book provide innovative ways to maintain mutual and respectful conversations between teen and parents to deal with tough issues that come in their path.

Parenting is an Art and according to me, it is the best form of art, where you mould a life for their better future. Reading is often disliked by a lot of people. But am sure all parents say this “Anything for my child”, so let’s make reading these amazing parenting books a part of it. Parenting has a beginning but not a fixed end. To all the parents out there, you deserve a pat on your back because you had the courage to start on this endless yet memorable journey.