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Books for attached parents
Attachment Parenting : Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young ChildAttachment Parenting : Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child by Katie Allison Granju
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £3.95
essential reading for parents who care
Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's BrainWhy Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £6.98
fascinating reading - scientifically backs the attachment parenting approach
What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like NothingWhat Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
Buy new: £6.23 / Used from: £3.03
a brilliant read for soon to be mums - good to come back to a few months down the line!
The Best Friends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of MotherhoodThe Best Friends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood by Vicki Iovine
Buy new: £6.56 / Used from: £0.01
a little too american but fun, brutally honest and with some good tips
How Children Learn (Penguin Education)How Children Learn (Penguin Education) by John Holt
Buy new: £7.11 / Used from: £3.24
fascinating stuff for those interested in knowing more about how children develop
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and ReasonUnconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
Buy used from: £14.44
must read for attached parents - goes against everything currently touted by the "experts"
The Continuum Concept (Arkana)The Continuum Concept (Arkana) by Jean Liedloff
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.50
probably the most profound argument for attachment parenting
BabywatchingBabywatching by Desmond Morris
Buy used from: £0.01
a great book with lots of really interesting facts about everything from how babies see to what they dream about
Breast is BestBreast is Best by Penny Stanway
Buy used from: £8.61
fantastic advice and info on the whys and hows of breast-feeding
The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age TwoThe Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two by William Sears
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £4.93
the only baby book written by an expert you should bother with - comprehensive and humane with lots of info on everything baby
Sacred Cycles: The Spiral of Women's Well BeingSacred Cycles: The Spiral of Women's Well Being by Sara Wickham
Buy new: £16.95 / Used from: £12.76
not strictly parenting but a must read for mothers interested in exploring how this stage of their life impacts them