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Sleeping With your Baby (pdf)
Preparing Siblings for Baby (or download the pdf)

Tips for Mindful Parenting

To the best of our ability, live without expectation, anticipation or regret. Learn to be present in the moment. There is a mystery to behold right now.
Accept what is happening now for what it is. Be honest and non-judgemental in this moment - don't deny reality or expect things to be different than they are. A Buddhist saying is, “Don't push the river.”
Make a conscious and considered decision to take whatever action or non-action seems best in this very moment.
Let go of this moment because a new one is already here. Move away from spending too much time in hindsight. It detracts from being aware of the Now.
Surrender the Ego. Our desires to be seen and honored can get in the way of being able to teach and to listen.
Enjoy life's ironies. A famous Zen saying is, “Life is one continuous mistake.”
Pay attention to inner guidance. The way comes from within and is only found in stillness.

Special Thanks to Sarah Juliusson

Recommended Reading

	The Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby From Birth to Age Two William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN Brought thoroughly up-to-date-with the latest information on everything from diapering to daycare, from midwifery to hospital “birthing rooms,” from postpartum nutrition to infant development - The Baby Book remains the one must-have resource for today's new parents. The Baby Book focuses on the essential needs of babies - eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort - as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to parents today.
	The No-Cry Sleep Solution Elizabeth Pantley Until now the only two ways to deal with sleepless nights were to let your baby cry herself to sleep or to become a sleep-deprived martyr and tough it out from dusk until dawn. At last, there is a practical and effective third way, thanks to Elizabeth Pantley, a parent educator and mother of four. Read our review.
	The Baby's Table Brenda Bradshaw & Lauren Donaldson Bramley, MD Written by an elementary school teacher and a medical doctor, The Baby's Table is authoritative and reassuring—an up-to-date nutritional-health compendium and cookbook with over 100 easy, healthy and homemade recipes in one handy volume.
	We Like to Nurse Chia Martin A sweet book for children showing both animals and humans nursing.
	A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying Around the World Emery Bernhard From the chilly mountains of Guatemala, to the rain forest in Brazil, to a frozen inlet in the arctic, young children in eleven different cultures celebrate the world from a unique perspective-- being carried by their parents.