Our list of some of the best Newborn Parenting books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- What to Expect the First Year (2014)
- Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night’s Sleep (2015)
- Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality (2015)
- Newborn 101: Secrets from Expert Nurses on Preparing and Caring for Your Baby at Home (2017)
- The Baby Owner’s Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner’s and Instruction Manual) (2012)
- Baby’s First Year Milestones: Promote and Celebrate Your Baby’s Development with Monthly Games and Activities (2018)
- Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, 6th Edition: Birth to Age 5 (2014)
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, And The Newborn (2016-5Th Edition) (2016)
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide (2018)
- A Man’s Guide to Newborn Babies: How To Thrive As A New Father When Baby Arrives! (A Dad’s Guide) (2017)
- Easy Newborn Care Tips: Proven Parenting Tips For Your Newborn’s Development, Sleep Solution And Complete Feeding Guide (Positive Parenting) (2019)
- A First Time Parent’s Survival Guide: A How to Manual for the First Two Years (2015)
What to Expect the First Year (2014)
With over 11 million copies in print, What to Expect: The First Year, now in a completely revised third edition, is the world’s best-selling, best-loved guide to the instructions that babies don’t come with, but should. And now, it’s better than ever. Every parent’s must-have/go-to is completely updated.
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night’s Sleep (2015)
In this fully updated fourth edition, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, one of the country’s leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your children’s sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence.
Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality (2015)
The new edition of this bestselling guide to newborn care has been fully revised and updated.
Newborn 101: Secrets from Expert Nurses on Preparing and Caring for Your Baby at Home (2017)
Carole Kramer Arsenault has spent the last two decades helping parents through pregnancy, labor, and all of their new responsibilities once baby comes home—both as a longtime pediatric nurse, and as the founder of the most highly regarded baby-care service in New England. From the first trimester to the “fourth” (baby’s crucial first three months), Arsenault and her team of professional nurses have seen it all.
The Baby Owner’s Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner’s and Instruction Manual) (2012)
At Last! A Beginner’s Guide to Newborn Baby Technology You’ve programmed your DVR, you’ve installed a wireless Internet connection, you can even check Facebook on your cell phone. But none of this experience will prepare you for the world’s biggest technological marvel: a newborn baby. Through step-by-step instructions and helpful schematic diagrams, The Baby Owner’s Manual explores hundreds of frequently asked questions: What’s the best way to swaddle a baby?
Baby’s First Year Milestones: Promote and Celebrate Your Baby’s Development with Monthly Games and Activities (2018)
Baby’s First Year Milestones is a month-by-month guide filled with activities designed to support your baby’s development during their first year of life.In twelve months, your newborn will transform into a child.
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, 6th Edition: Birth to Age 5 (2014)
From the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most up-to-date, expert advice for mothers, fathers, and care providers All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization on child health is the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust, covering everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training to nurturing your child’s self-esteem.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, And The Newborn (2016-5Th Edition) (2016)
If you only buy one pregnancy book, this should be the one! It’s the most complete. It covers all aspects of childbearing, from conception through early infancy, and tells you what to expect. It offers detailed information, suggestions on decisions to make, and advice on steps to take to have a safe and satisfying experience.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide (2018)
Parents love this book because it puts them in control; experts love it because it’s based on the latest medical research and recommendations from leading health organizations.
A Man’s Guide to Newborn Babies: How To Thrive As A New Father When Baby Arrives! (A Dad’s Guide) (2017)
Every man has the same challenges when facing the prospect of becoming a new father:• “Am I going to have the energy to do this?”• “I’m worried about fighting with my wife due to the stress of baby care…”• “I really want to be an active parent for my kid, but do I have the time?” is one of the most important baby books you need to become an ace new dad.
Easy Newborn Care Tips: Proven Parenting Tips For Your Newborn’s Development, Sleep Solution And Complete Feeding Guide (Positive Parenting) (2019)
How much do you know about your baby and newborns in general? The first year of your child’s life is critical for healthy development. You may be faced with hundreds of parenting decisions in the first year about sleeping, nourishing and caring for your baby.
A First Time Parent’s Survival Guide: A How to Manual for the First Two Years (2015)
A parenting book aimed toward first time parents covering the first two years of life. I wrote this book out of frustration from other parenting books scaring parents more than helping them.
Best Newborn Parenting Books: The Ultimate List
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some newborn parenting books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are absolutely best-sellers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.