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Really useful books for new parents
What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like NothingWhat Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £3.60
Essential reading for both parents
Food of Love, The: Your Formula for Successful BreastfeedingFood of Love, The: Your Formula for Successful Breastfeeding by Kate Evans
Buy new: £7.43 / Used from: £6.00
Such a sweet and supportive tone
Your Baby and ChildYour Baby and Child by Penelope Leach
Buy new: £12.34 / Used from: £8.48
The basics, sensibly presented
The Baby in the Mirror: A Child's World from Birth to ThreeThe Baby in the Mirror: A Child's World from Birth to Three by Charles Fernyhough
Buy used from: £3.86
For the fantastic imagining of a baby's first few hours and days
Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's BrainWhy Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt
Buy new: £7.65 / Used from: £5.00
Also very interesting and encouraging
Art for Baby: 0Art for Baby: 0 by Various
Buy new: £8.20 / Used from: £7.09
Babies love black and white pictures and these are considerably cooler than most
The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book] by Eric Carle
Buy new: £2.95 / Used from: £0.01
It's lovely to read your baby books that you remember from your own childhood
Squishy Turtle and Friends (Cloth Books)Squishy Turtle and Friends (Cloth Books) by Cloth Book
Buy new: £4.56 / Used from: £1.77
For the 'everything is edible' stage