12 must-read parenting books like Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos by Caitlin Slavens

Cover of Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos by Caitlin Slavens

Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos

By: Caitlin Slavens

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

“But no one told me to expect this …” So many new moms find themselves saying this phrase in the fi…

If you liked the parenting plot in Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos by Caitlin Slavens , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

By: Ina May Gaskin

4.36

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus year… read more

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"It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet."

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

"Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

"It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physic…"

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

"Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nu…"

-Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

Cover of The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive by Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson

2. The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive

By: Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your preschooler refuses to get dressed. Yo… read more

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3. Precious Little Sleep

By: Alexis Dubief

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Expert, Hilarious, and Tactically Comprehensive Baby Sleep Book Parenting a baby or toddler is … read more

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4. The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality

By: Kimberly Ann Johnson

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A holistic, practical guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emot… read more

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5. Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

By: Emily Oster

4.15

Format: 130 pages,

What to Expect When You're Expectingmeets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standa… read more

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6. Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding

By: Ina May Gaskin

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everything you need to know to make breastfeeding a joyful, natural, and richly fulfilling experien… read more

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7. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide

By: Penny Simkin , Janet Whalley , Ann Keppler

4.32

Format: 210 pages,

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Cover of Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields

8. Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

By: Hunter Clarke-Fields

3.95

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

“A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance A k… read more

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"The only way out of our difficult feelings is through."

-Hunter Clarke-Fields, Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

Cover of The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

9. The Gospel Comes with a House Key

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangel… read more

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Cover of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté

10. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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Cover of Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster

11. Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

By: Emily Oster

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With E… read more

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"This idea—that what parents need or want will play a role in choices—can be hard to admit. In a sense, I think this is at the core of a lot of the “Mommy War"

-Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

Cover of How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn

12. How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

By: Jancee Dunn

4.08

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

"Get this for your pregnant friends, or yourself" (People): a hilariously candid account of one wom… read more

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Cover of The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Parents' Guide to Montessori, 2) by Simone Davies

13. The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Parents' Guide to Montessori, 2)

By: Simone Davies

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It’s time to change the way we see babies. Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria… read more

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Cover of Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grose

14. Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood

By: Jessica Grose

3.48

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"If this book feels like it’s sounding the alarm on the state of American motherhood, well, that’s… read more

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Cover of Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body by Erica Chidi

15. Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body

By: Erica Chidi

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

"What a gift to new and expecting moms. You have no idea the mountain and rollercoaster you're abou… read more

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Cover of The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss by Mary-Frances O'Connor

16. The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

By: Mary-Frances O'Connor

4.19

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in … read more

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"In humans as well, it is because your loved one existed that certain neurons fire together and certain proteins are folded in your brain in particular ways. It is because your loved one lived, and be…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

"Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve, and grieving necessitates learning to live in the world with the absence of someone you love deeply, who is ingrained in your unde…"

-Mary-Frances O'Connor, The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

Cover of Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods by Lyndsie Bourgon

17. Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

By: Lyndsie Bourgon

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gripping account of the billion-dollar timber black market -- and how it intersects with environm… read more

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"Organizations like the World Bank and Interpol have estimated that the global scale of illegal logging generates somewhere between $51 billion and $157 billion annually. Thirty percent of the world's…"

-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

"Scientists have stumbled on the remains of ancient woods in this way, locating root systems that continue to support the forest long after the body of the tree has disappeared. In this sense the tree…"

-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

"Forest sociologist Robert Lee says city dwellers are more likely to feel guilt toward nature, which he attributes to disconnection from nature rather than empathy toward it: "They are very likely to …"

-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

"Automation, globalization, and increased education requirements - compounded by failures in government and institutions - have given rise to a generation of disconnected and fearful people. The numbe…"

-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

Cover of Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception Through Birth and Beyond by Leslie Schrock

18. Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception Through Birth and Beyond

By: Leslie Schrock

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"A smart, approachable guide packed with practical advice for parents who want a science-backed, in… read more

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Cover of The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts by Mary Claire Haver

19. The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her horm… read more

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Cover of The Newborn Handbook: Your Guide to Bringing Home Baby by Smita Malhotra

20. The Newborn Handbook: Your Guide to Bringing Home Baby

By: Smita Malhotra

4.07

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

A practical weekly handbook for the first 3 months of parenthood—from a pediatrician and parent Th… read more

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Cover of Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos by Caitlin Slavens

21. Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos

By: Caitlin Slavens

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

“But no one told me to expect this …” So many new moms find themselves saying this phrase in the fi… read more

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14 best-selling self help books like Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #Momlife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos by Caitlin Slavens

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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

Ina May Gaskin

4.36

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The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive

Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson

4.44

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Precious Little Sleep

Alexis Dubief

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

Hunter Clarke-Fields

3.95

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Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right

Jamie Glowacki

3.90

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Work. Pump. Repeat.: The New Mom's Survival Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work

Jessica Shortall

3.34

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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

Abby Craden , Pamela Druckerman

4.02

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Becky Kennedy

4.55

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