Books, Videos & Podcasts
That Support Healthy Beginnings
Books:
Available in local bookstores or Amazon.com
- Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley, MD
- Let the Baby Drive: Navigating the Road of New Motherhood by Lu Hanessian
- Fathers-To-Be Handbook: A Roadmap for the Transition to Fatherhood by Patrick Houser
- Your Amazing Newborn by Marshall & Phyllis Klaus
- Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers by Karen Kleiman (Author), Molly McIntyre (Illustrator)
- Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection instead of Coercion, Through Love instead of Fear by Pam Leo
- Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld, PhD and Gabor Mate, MD
- Attached at the Heart: 8 Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children by Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker
- Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne, MEd
- Born For Love by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD
- The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby by William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN
- Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (10th Anniversary Edition) by Daniel Siegel, MD & Mary Hartzell, MEd
- The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions (5th Edition) by Penny Simkin and Melissa Cheyney
- The Science of Parenting by Margot Sunderland
DVD's, Videos & Podcasts:
Available on Amazon.com, Websites, YouTube, or otherwise stated
- Support Tips for Birth Partners for an Empowered Birth | Phases of Labor and Delivery | by a Birth Doula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg1SQ085xDI&t=1s - The Simplicity Parenting Podcast by Kim John Payne: YouTube, Apple Podcasts & Spotify
- Birth of a Family
http://www.birthofafamilyfilm.com - The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer by Harvey Karp, MD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crdQy8zliZw - The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative one to Four-Year Old by Harvey Karp, MD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU2qF-Wlhu0 - The Business of Being Born - Starring Ricki Lake
- The First Years Last Forever - Starring Rob Reiner
- What Babies Want - Starring Noah Wyle, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Sobonfu Some'