Breastfeeding and Parenting – Bookshelf

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We’ve hand-picked a great selection of books for you, and they are all available to borrow at North Somerset Libraries.

You’ll find books on breastfeeding and specialist titles on other topics including sleep and introducing solid foods.

There’s also a great selection of children’s books which feature images of breastfeeding and help you talk to your child about breastfeeding or having a new baby in the family.

You can become a member of North Somerset libraries by completing the online form, you will then need to visit your local library with some I.D to obtain your membership card and be able to borrow books.

You can search for the book title in the library catalogue or click on the book titles below which will take you to North Somerset Library catalogue.

These books can help answer your breastfeeding and parenting questions and support you with evidence-based information on what to expect along the way.

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Breastfeeding

You’ve got it in you: a positive guide to breastfeeding – Emma Pickett IBCLC You may be worried about breastfeeding and worried that it might 'not work'. This is a common feeling, this guide gives you all the answers to your questions about breastfeeding.Follow link toYou’ve got it in you: a positive guide to breastfeeding – Emma Pickett IBCLC 
The Positive Breastfeeding Book – Professor Amy BrownThe Positive Breastfeeding Book doesn't promise to make it easy, nor will it get up in the middle of the night for you, but it will empower you.Follow link toThe Positive Breastfeeding Book – Professor Amy Brown
Breastfeeding and the Fourth Trimester – Lucy Webber IBCLCThis is not just a guide to breastfeeding, but to both feeding and parenting a new baby, with a responsive and gentle theme throughout (for parents and little ones). Follow link toBreastfeeding and the Fourth Trimester – Lucy Webber IBCLC
Biological Nurturing – Suzanne ColsonBiological Nurturing describes a new, proactive, mother-led approach to breastfeeding. Follow link toBiological Nurturing – Suzanne Colson

 

Other infant feeding topics

Supporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond – Emma Pickett IBCLCSupporting Breastfeeding is written from the perspective of a parent who has breastfed and raised children and who also supports parents as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultants professional.Follow link toSupporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond – Emma Pickett IBCLC
The Importance of Dads and Grandmas to the Breastfeeding Mother – Dr Wendy Jones MBEThe Importance of Dads and Grandmas to the Breastfeeding Mother provides an overview of breastfeeding and offers many specific suggestions on how to support breastfeeding mothers.Follow link toThe Importance of Dads and Grandmas to the Breastfeeding Mother – Dr Wendy Jones MBE
Why Mother’s Medication Matters – Dr Wendy Jones MBE'Why Mothers' Medication Matters' addresses common misunderstandings that surround the use of medication during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Offering evidence-based, expert and helpful advice, this is essential reading for mothers and healthcare providers.Follow link toWhy Mother’s Medication Matters – Dr Wendy Jones MBE
Why Infant Reflux Matters – Carol Smyth IBCLCIn this book, Carol Smyth provides a simple and practical guide to understanding reflux that will help you avoid unnecessary medication if a simple change in feeding technique or care can help reduce your baby's symptoms.Follow link toWhy Infant Reflux Matters – Carol Smyth IBCLC
Relactation: A Guide to Rebuilding Your Milk Supply – Lucy Riddle IBCLCThis book is a guide to rebuilding your milk supply after a gap in breastfeeding. It doesn’t matter whether you stopped breastfeeding a week or even several years ago. It doesn’t matter if you want to return to breastfeeding the same baby, relactate to feed an adopted baby, or any other circumstance. The process is the same, and relactation IS possible.Follow link toRelactation: A Guide to Rebuilding Your Milk Supply – Lucy Riddle IBCLC
Why Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter – Professor Amy BrownProfessor Amy Brown has researched what breastfeeding really means to women, how they can feel when things don't go according to plan and importantly, how we can change things for the next generation of womenFollow link toWhy Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter – Professor Amy Brown
Why Tongue Tie Matters – Sarah Oakley IBCLCA guide through the confusion and challenges surrounding infant tongue-tie.Follow link toWhy Tongue Tie Matters – Sarah Oakley IBCLC
Why Formula Feeding Matters – Shel banks IBCLCMaking infant feeding decisions relies on parents having access to evidence-based information - but when it comes to formula feeding that can be hard to come by. Commercial interests and misunderstandings about the way breastfeeding is promoted can mean that important knowledge about formula feeding is not communicated to parents.Follow link toWhy Formula Feeding Matters – Shel banks IBCLC

 

Introducing solid foods

Why Starting Solids Matters – Professor Amy BrownHow and when babies eat their first solid foods can be an exciting stage for new parents, but it can also bring confusion and anxiety due to conflicting advice and opinions. This book aims to help readers find answers to these questions by exploring the science behind the headlines.Follow link toWhy Starting Solids Matters – Professor Amy Brown
Baby-led Weaning The Essential Guide – Gill Rapley & Tracey MurkettFrom the founders of Baby-Led Weaning: This is the authoritative guide to starting solid foods at your child's pace with no stress, no fuss, and no mush! Ten years ago, Baby-Led Weaning ended the myth that babies need to be spoon-fed purées and this tenth anniversary edition of the definitive guide explains all its benefits.Follow link toBaby-led Weaning The Essential Guide – Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett
The Baby-led Weaning Quick & Easy Recipe Book – Gill Rapley & Tracey MurkettThis volume offers fast and simple yet delicious recipes so the entire family can take part in making your baby a happy and confident eater. Fully tested and nutritionally sound recipes, this is a cookery book no busy parent should be without.Follow link toThe Baby-led Weaning Quick & Easy Recipe Book – Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett
Let’s Talk About Feeding Your Baby – Professor Amy BrownLet's talk about feeding your baby helps support you through this. Covering breast and formula feeding, mixed feeding, starting solids and more, this supportive and non-judgemental guide brings you the evidence, top tips and lots of support to answer all your feeding questions.Follow link toLet’s Talk About Feeding Your Baby – Professor Amy Brown

 

Sleep

Let’s Talk About Your New Family’s Sleep – Lyndsay Hookway IBCLCThis realistic and reassuring guide to sleep looks at sleep for both parents and children and encourage parents to feel calm, confident and compassionate in their parenting.Follow link toLet’s Talk About Your New Family’s Sleep – Lyndsay Hookway IBCLC
Sweet Sleep – Diane Wiessinger, Diane West et. alSweet Sleep is the first and most complete book on nights and naps for breastfeeding families. It is a how-to guide for making sane and safe decisions on how and where your family sleeps, including words of wisdom and reassurance from mothers, all backed by the latest research.Follow link toSweet Sleep – Diane Wiessinger, Diane West et. al
Why Your baby’s Sleep Matters – Sarah Ockwell-Smith IBCLCWhy Your Baby's Sleep Matters is a comprehensive discussion of night-time nurturing, dispelling common myths surrounding how infant and child sleep 'should' be in a gentle and informative way.Follow link toWhy Your baby’s Sleep Matters – Sarah Ockwell-Smith IBCLC

 

Responsive parenting

Let’s Talk About the First year of Parenting -Professor Amy BrownBecoming a parent is about so much more than just taking care of a baby - it involves changes in all areas of your life and it can be everything from fantastic and fulfilling to overwhelming and exhausting. sometimes all at once. Amy Brown talks you through the first year of parenthood, helping you navigate some of the challenges caring for a newborn can bring for both parents. Follow link toLet’s Talk About the First year of Parenting -Professor Amy Brown
The Gentle Parenting Book – Sarah Ockwell-SmithGentle parenting is different - it isn't a label for a precise set of rules but a method of parenting that embraces the needs of parent and child, while being mindful of current science and child psychology.Follow link toThe Gentle Parenting Book – Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Why Babywearing Matters – Rosie KnowlesEvidence continues to increase on the practical and emotional benefits of babywearing, both to parents and their children. In this new book, Rosie Knowles explores all the advantages, along with the practicalities of how to babywear and babywearing culture. Follow link toWhy Babywearing Matters – Rosie Knowles
Why Oxytocin Matters – Professor Kerstin Uvnas MobergOxytocin, or the 'hormone of health and life', is well-known because of its effects in pregnancy and during breastfeeding: it stimulates contractions and is involved in milk ejection, and the synthetic version is often given to bring on or boost labour, and to prevent excess bleeding after birth. In 'Why Oxytocin Matters' Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, shows how a better understanding of biology can be immensely helpful for new parents and those who support families.Follow link toWhy Oxytocin Matters – Professor Kerstin Uvnas Moberg

 

Children’s books

My New Baby – Rachel FullerA new addition to any family is exciting, but the experience can also be worrying and confusing for siblings. Follow link toMy New Baby – Rachel Fuller
Ruby’s Baby Brother – Kathryn WhiteRuby's mom is having a baby, but Ruby is not very happy about it. She knows that babies are smelly and noisy, and she is sure that he will steal all of her toys! When baby Leon comes along, will she change her mind about having a baby brother?Follow link toRuby’s Baby Brother – Kathryn White
My Mum’s Having a Baby – Doris Hillestad ButlerThis gently humorous book traces the development of a baby from conception to birth, as seen through the eyes of an older sister.Follow link toMy Mum’s Having a Baby – Doris Hillestad Butler
Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted – Mairi HedderwickKatie Morag is mightily put out when her new baby sister is born and grabs all the limelight. She is so cross that she even kicks her trusty old one-eyed teddy bear into the sea in a fit of rage! But she soon starts to regret what she's done and misses dear old ted dreadfully. What will she do? Surely he is lost foreverFollow link toKatie Morag and the Tiresome Ted – Mairi Hedderwick
Katie Morag and the Grand Concert – Mairi HedderwickEvery year on the Isle of Struay, there is a grand concert, where the islanders play fiddles, recite poetry, and sing and dance in front of their friends and neighbours. Katie Morag is very excited indeed, and she plans to sing her favourite song. Arriving for the concert too, are Katie Morag's uncles, Sven and Sean, who are world-famous musicians and utterly identical. Nobody on Struay can tell them apart. On the big evening, one of the pair loses his voice and it is down to Katie Morag McColl to save the concert from disaster.Follow link toKatie Morag and the Grand Concert – Mairi Hedderwick
All the World – Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla FrazeeFollowing a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning until night, this book affirms the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to the warmth of family connections, to the widest sunset sky.Follow link toAll the World – Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla Frazee
Supermum – Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom Supermum is everywhere - she's up a tree, deep in the ocean, high in the sky, or she may even be standing next to you. Because Supermum is every mum, from a tiny ant to a giant blue whale, and this book reminds us how super a mum can beFollow link toSupermum – Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom
Milky Moments – Ellie Stoneley & Jessica D’Alton Goode Milky Moments celebrates the joy of childhood and mothering, and normalises breastfeeding as a part of day-to-day life.Follow link toMilky Moments – Ellie Stoneley & Jessica D’Alton Goode
A Time to Wean – Marlene SusanA Time to Wean is a picture book for babies and toddlers who are weaning from nursing. Follow favorite animals as they too, grow, discover new things, and nurse less, all with the comfort and reassurance that love and hugs from mama never change.Follow link toA Time to Wean – Marlene Susan

Further reading

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