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Forget about wasting your time driving to the bookstore, fighting for a parking space, and spending a half hour looking for a baby book that's either not there, or the store is charging full cover price.  Barnes & Noble and Amazon typically discount books 20-30%, and we did all the footwork for you.  Just read our reviews of the best baby books and buy them from Barnes & Noble or Amazon, using our quick links that take you directly to to each book.  You'll get good discounts and save yourself aggravation.

Baby Bargains is a great book that tells you which products you should buy, and which ones are a waste.   This book tells you how to get the best bargains, and has reviews of brand-name strollers with recommendations, monitors, diapers, high chairs, toys, etc. There are also safety tips, mail-order bargains, lots of illustrations. These authors are awesome, we recommend their bridal books on our other site BridalTips.com

The "What To Expect..." Series
This series of baby books is the most popular because they are THE best. 
They are on every expecting parent's bookshelf, and  belong on yours too.

What to Expect 
When You're Expecting
America's pregnancy bible, it has information on choosing a caregiver, prenatal diagnosis, exercise, childbirth options, second pregnancies, twins, making love during pregnancy, having a cesarean, and practical tips on coping with common and not-so-common pregnancy symptoms.

What to Expect
The First Year
This book guides you month to month, check-up to check-up, feeding to feeding for the first year of life. There are chapters on baby sleeping habits, infant illnesses, safety, postpartum depression, traveling with your baby, seasonal care, first food recipes, common home remedies and a chart of common childhood illnesses.

What to Expect
The Toddler Years
This book covers the toddler years (two and three) of a child's life with chapters on sleeping problems, tantrums, discipline, peer pressure, toilet training, growth and development phases. It also answers hundreds of questions, and has sections on safety and health care, and toddler-sibling relations.

Pregnancy Planners
Pregnancy planners are a MUST for expectant mothers.  Most planners cover all stages of  your baby's development and birth, with shopping lists, record and appointment keeping, test results, and baby names.

The What To Expect 
When You're Expecting 
Pregnancy Organizer
This complete planner has forms to track medical expenses, checklists for a healthy diet, family medical history pages, and suggested shopping lists for pregnancy wardrobe, important questions for the doctor, favorite baby names.  It's also a place to keep track of doctor appointments, prenatal classes, record test results, baby gifts, and preserve pregnancy and childbirth memories.

Pregnancy Week-by-Week
This guide covers nutrition, exercise, health, which doctors to visit and when. It also has a weekly diary/record book to keep track of doctor appointments and exercise suggestions . It deals with topics such as coping with morning sickness and fatigue; what medical issues to be concerned with and when; baby's development including the head, eyes, muscles, limbs, organs and more; what baby care equipment to consider; preparations for the day of delivery; and a medical glossary.

The Working Woman's 
Baby Planner
Good, common sense advice for working moms. This book helps you through the difficulties you face as a working woman. There's info on stress relievers, planning for your baby around your work schedule, preparing to return to work, and finding good child care.  There's also advice on relieving physical discomforts at work and maintaining a professional appearance, and combining breast feeding and work. A nice all-in-one organizer, planner and information resource.

The "Caring For Your Child" Series
This award winning series of bestsellers from The American Academy of Pediatrics has the most complete, authoritative, and up-to-date guides for parents.  They are an absolute must have on your bookshelf.

Caring For Your Baby
And Young Child
Birth To Age 5
This bestseller from The American Academy of Pediatrics is the essential baby book, with over 350 illustrations, a quick-reference index, illnesses and treatments. It has a month-by-month guide to the first year, nutritional info, physical, emotional, and social developmental milestones for children up to 5 years old, emergency first-aid, immunization schedules, side effects, and behavioral issues, air bag safety and car seat info. One of the best and most respected baby books on the market.

Caring For Your
School-Age Child
Ages 5-12
Another bestseller from The American Academy of Pediatrics, this book continues the tradition of Caring For Your Baby And Young Child Birth To Age 5 and takes you through the school years of your child.  

A Parent's Guide To
Medical Emergencies
A complete guide to common childhood emergencies and ailments offers easy-to-follow first aid instructions for choking, poisoning, seizures, shock, drowning, cuts, and other childhood disasters. Your bookshelf should not be without this book.

Guide To Your Child's Symptoms
 This is the most up-to-date guide to children's symptoms.  Over 100 symptoms with illustrations and suggested actions are listed alphabetically, when to consult a pediatrician, sidebar topics, eye problems, stopping a nosebleed, basic first aid and guidelines for safety and accident prevention. 1998 American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award for Lay Readers, and 1998 National Health Information Award.

Baby Showers
There's a lot of bridal shower books out there, but be careful, most are bad and don't even offer any games to play.

Complete Book Of Baby Showers
This book shows you many ways to have a unique celebration.   Different chapters on choosing a theme, location, invitations, decorations, baby shower games, gifts and prizes, snacks, appetizers, meals, desserts, scheduler, budget, checklists, planning sheet.

Baby Names Books
You should have one of these references on hand to help you through mental baby naming blocks.

Baby Names From
Around The World
From Bruce Lansky, the #1 baby name author in America, comes this more cosmopolitan version of his popular book for those of you who considering more worldly or European names.

20,001 Names For Baby
A complete listing of baby names in alphabetical order with the origin of each name, meaning, popular nicknames, names made popular by famous people, and historical interest.  This fun, informative book  lists names in categories : regional, classical, literary, ethnic, modern, and religious. Includes facts, figures, baby-naming trends, and more.

35,000+ Baby Names
  This book has over 37,500 names from 250 countries in 160 different languages. It has names chosen by parents in the 80's & 90's,  African-American names, American, Far East, Jewish, popular alternate spellings. Surnames used as first names. Exotic names that convey romance, adventure, and sophistication. Names popularized by movies and television.