The Best Baby Books Ever Written

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This is a CrowdRanked list of the best baby books ever written on the topic of parenthood. If you are having a baby, or already have one, these are the books you can't afford NOT to read. Controversial or not, these guides to all things infant are repositories of years of child-rearing wisdom. Make your own list and rank these books as you see fit, or just make a list to add books you think are missing.

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Childcare

Benjamin Spock M.D.

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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

Marc Weissbluth

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Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition

American Academy Of Pediatrics

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Dr. Spock on parenting

Benjamin Spock

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What to Expect the First Year

Heidi Murkoff

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The Baby Book

William Sears

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What to Expect When You're Expecting

Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel

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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

Anne Lamott

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Organic Baby Foods

Amanda Grant

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How to Get Your Baby to Sleep

William Sears

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Babycare for Beginners

Frances Williams

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The Breastfeeding Book

Maire Davies

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Rod Galapon
The Best Baby Books Ever Written at 8/02/2012 11:30 PM

best baby books. I was wondering
Pura Uselman
The Best Baby Books Ever Written at 6/14/2012 10:30 PM

top baby books. How so?
analise.dubner
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child at 4/06/2011 8:34 PM

I wish I could vote more than once on this book. Anyone who has a baby.... and who wants that baby to learn how to sleep (yes, I said "learn") should read this. Both my kids slept through the night at 4 mos, and have been fabulous sleepers ever since (8 years later).