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Books to make you feel good about being a parent
How Not to be a Perfect Mother: The International BestsellerHow Not to be a Perfect Mother: The International Bestseller by Libby Purves
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01
The only babycare book to recognise that the parents have a life as well - how to drink gin and tonic while caring for your child. It also recognises that having kids is fun.
What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like NothingWhat Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
Buy new: £6.20 / Used from: £2.37
Explains why it takes you 3 hours to get round the supermarket and that, guess what, it's because you're a good mother! My only criticism is the book forgets dads....
The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-shooting Tips and Advice on First-year MaintenanceThe Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-shooting Tips and Advice on First-year Maintenance by Louis Borgenicht
Buy new: £7.11 / Used from: £0.01
When you've had enough of the preaching of other books, the 'let's pretend your baby is a computer' approach can be quite a relief.
Dr.Xargle's Book of Earthlets (Andersen Press Paperback Picture Books)Dr.Xargle's Book of Earthlets (Andersen Press Paperback Picture Books) by Jeanne Willis
Buy new: £4.13 / Used from: £1.60
A children's book that is really for grownups.
Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Has Undermined All WomenMommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Has Undermined All Women by Susan J. Douglas
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £2.34
This book is dynamite! Opens your eyes to the warped folly of 'intensive mothering' and ensures you will never see a celebrity mum profile in the same way again.