Some other pregnancy/birth/parenting books i have read or heard about..........yep, i love to read! I wrote this as an email to my cousin after she asked for books to read early in her pregnancy.

'Up The Duff' by Kaz Cooke is a bit of fun to read while pregnant. She also wrote "Kidwrangling', more fun for after they're born.

"Midwife wisdom, Mother love" by Sarah James - i read this while pregnant and enjoyed it.

"Motherlove", edited by Debra Adelaide, a collection of short stories...another that i vaguely remember enjoying while pregnant.

"Babies Bellies and Blundstones" by Catherine Deveny - sounds hilarious, think i might have read it.

Anything by Steve Biddulph - "the secret of happy children", "raising boys', 'raising girls'

Elizabeth Pantley - good sensible parenting advice, and i also find the way she writes kind of supportive. Writes the "No-cry solution" books - baby sleep, toddler sleep, discipline, toilet training etc.

Pinky McKay is AWESOME (i met her and was awestruck) for baby and toddler stuff....and maybe pregnancy too. Into the very gentle loving approach, also common-sense.

Mem Fox - author of children's books, all the classics, and she has also written a book called "Reading Magic" which informs parents how to make their kids great readers - simply by reading aloud from day 1 (and how to read aloud etc). I kinda knew everything in the book but she just put it in such a good supportive way. Just read to your kids and enjoy it and you are setting them up for a life of literacy!

"The Mask of Motherhood" - Susan Maushart - i havne't actually read this but have heard that it's amazing about the struggles in marriage/career/self that a woman goes thru as a mum. Sounds quite heavy for pregnancy but might be helpful to get your brain prepared for the changes your life is about to undergo. I'm getting it out next time i make it to the library.


"Babydaze - becoming a mum and staying you" - just read the review on this and it sounds interesting....i'll get this out the library next too!

There's a book by Naomi Wolf that's a bit of a feminist look at pregnancy and birth. I read it when i was first pregnant and can't remember much about it but a friend mentioned it to me last week. From memory, it informs about the 'medical' route of pregnancy and childbirth vs the 'female' way.

Dr William Sears talks about Attachment Parenting.

For more into the toddler years, there's the Supernanny approach if you like it. I enjoy watching the show to see how amazingly well-behaved my kids are compared to some out there!


The Seven Stages of Motherhood was excellent reading and put into words alot of how I was feeling at the time of reading it.

I am currently reading "You are Your Child's First Teacher" by Rahima Baldwin Dancy, based on the Steiner approach, basically talking about how all we need to provide for our kids is love and security and safety to explore and they will learn everything they need to from there. No need to stress about accelatering their learning in any way. Just fun and experience and love for them will do it all.

I have read many more but didn't write them all down. I'll add to here as i read any good ones tho...for my own sake and memory more than anything!