Baby Basics
Father Reading a Book to his Baby
 
What Do I Do With My Baby?
 
If this is your first time as a parent, you may be overwhelmed with information and unsure where to start. If this isn't your first rodeo, Handley Library can help you get back into the newborn groove and provide you with updated books and resources. Keep reading for expert help on a variety of baby topics!
Nutrion/Breastfeeding: Check out La Leche League for breastfeeding tips and peer support! Browse #familycooking for nutrional books.
  Early Literacy: Come to a Storytime (Baby Time is 10:30am on Tuesdays!) or sign-up for our reading program, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten.
Play/Activities: Sign up for our Read and Seed activity program or check out all of our youth events. Or, just stop by and check out our fun and educational toys!
All Around Help: Talk to a variety of experts during our 6-week Grow A Reader Playgroup, or check out our Community Resources section on the 2nd floor. 

Books about Babies
The Nurture Method: Mindful Parenting with Babies by Lindsay Ambrose
The Nurture Method: Mindful Parenting with Babies
by Lindsay Ambrose

This book is a practical guide for parents and caregivers with babies who want to bring mindfulness practices into their everyday life. With tools, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, the authors ease parents into building a mindful, present-focused home where everyone can thrive.

More on Mindful Parenting: Little Sprouts and the Dao of Parenting
What Do I Do with My Baby All Day?!: Simple Ways to Have the Best First Year Together by Vered Benhorin
What Do I Do with My Baby All Day?!: Simple Ways to Have the Best First Year Together
by Vered Benhorin

Music, psychology, and motherhood intertwine in simple activities that instill calm, inspire playfulness, and encourage communication between baby and parent.

Check out more baby activities with Retro Baby!
The Month-By-Month Baby Book: In-Depth, Monthly Advice on Your Babyâ (Tm)S Growth, Care, and Development in the First Year by Dk
The Month-By-Month Baby Book: In-Depth, Monthly Advice on Your Baby's Growth, Care, and Development in the First Year
by Dk

A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the extraordinary first year of a baby's life for new parents. The only book new parents will need for the extraordinary first year of their baby's life. This comprehensive book covers every moment of the first twelve months of your baby's life -- from their first moments at home, feeding, and sleeping arrangements, to travelling, building their body strength, and starting to eat solids. This new edition has been updated with the latest medical advice for a new generation of parents, and includes reassuring answers to common questions, offering additional support for whenever you need it.

Looking for another in-depth, detailed guide on your baby's development? Try The Sears Baby Book.
The Organized Home for New Parents: Create Routine-Ready Spaces for Your Baby's First Years by Ría Safford
The Organized Home for New Parents: Create Routine-Ready Spaces for Your Baby's First Years
by Ría Safford

As a new or expecting parent, you're bombarded with seemingly endless advice-from how to nurse or feed your child to how to sleep and potty train them. But conventional guidance misses a crucial aspect of the early years of parenting: how to organize your home for life with your little one. Featuring gorgeous illustrations and photos from inside real families' homes, this practical guide for new parents is the perfect baby shower present or gift for new parents.

Featuring chapters such as, "Getting Your Mind Right & Making the Time," "Living Room & Play Area," and "Travel."
The Complete Guide to Baby Sign Language: 200+ Signs for You and Baby to Learn Together by Lane Rebelo
The Complete Guide to Baby Sign Language: 200+ Signs for You and Baby to Learn Together
by Lane Rebelo

Infants and toddlers can use sign language well before they can speak, offering an exciting opportunity for the two of you to communicate in deeper and more complete ways. Start things off with baby sign language essentials--like eat, more, and all done--then move on to more complex ideas--like different foods, the outside world, opposites, and emotions.

¿Hablas español? Leer El Gran Libro de Baby Sign.
Raising Your Spirited Baby: A Breakthrough Guide to Thriving When Your Baby Is More . . . Alert and Intense and Struggles to Sleep by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Raising Your Spirited Baby: A Breakthrough Guide to Thriving When Your Baby Is More . . . Alert and Intense and Struggles to Sleep
by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

In this groundbreaking new book, beloved parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., offers her findings in the fields of neuroscience, sleep, temperament, self-regulation, attachment, and parent-child interactions, and shares what she has learned from hands on experiences with families to bring this much-needed perspective to the parenting of babies under eighteen months of age.

Struggling with sleep? Read Babywise Nighttime Sleep Solutions.
7 Secrets of the Newborn: Secrets and (Happy) Surprises of the First Year by Robert C. Hamilton
7 Secrets of the Newborn: Secrets and (Happy) Surprises of the First Year
by Robert C. Hamilton

Robert C. Hamilton, M.D., has spent more than three decades caring for newborns. In his practice, Dr. Bob has seen it all--what works, what doesn't. How can you get your baby to nurse, sleep, and maybe even cease crying? What strategies can help you connect and communicate with your infant? What important decisions will you make during the first year for your child, yourself, and your partner? Here, Dr. Bob shares how to: Offer comfort to a crying newborn using the Hold,  Gently teach your baby how to sleep (and get some sleep yourself), Establish healthy patterns, Breastfeed, formula-feed, or bottle-feed using either, Play!, Manage screen time in your home, and more!

More on newborns: Heading Home With Your Newborn.
The Organic Baby Food Cookbook: 100 Yummy Recipes to Encourage a Lifetime of Healthy Eating by Janani Narayan
The Organic Baby Food Cookbook: 100 Yummy Recipes to Encourage a Lifetime of Healthy Eating
by Janani Narayan

When a young child is ready to eat solids, parents often don't know what foods are best--The Organic Baby Food Cookbook solves that problem. Featuring over 100 healthy and delicious recipes that will keep young eaters interested and satisfied, this book takes the stress out of feeding a little one. With strategies for making large batches of food that can be frozen, parents will spend more time with a young child and less time in the kitchen.

Want more cookbooks? Try The Ultimate New Mom's Cookbook or browse #familycooking.
 Storytimes
Attend a Storytime at the Library
Middle Grade Book Spotlights
Need help finding your next read? Check out what we're spotlighting.
 Teen Homework Help
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100 W Piccadilly St
Winchester, VA 22601
(540) 662-9041

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