Library

Our library is stored in a few volunteers’ homes, please talk to a Leader at an LLL Edinburgh meeting to borrow a book.

If you would like to donate a book, or have a suggestion for us to add to our library, just mention it to a Leader at your next LLL Edinburgh meeting.

Breastfeeding 🤱

• ⭐️ The Art of Breastfeeding by LLLI
• Breastfeeding Older Children by Ann Sinnott
• Breastfeeding Without Birthing by Alyssa Snell
• Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby by Gwen Gotsch
• Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby by Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Fit to Bust by Blenkinsop
• Hold Your Premie by Jill Bergman
• Mothering Multiples by Karen Gromada
• The Politics of Breastfeeding by Gabrielle Palmer
• Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matters by Gabrielle Palmer

Sleep 😴

• Nighttime Parenting by William and Martha Sears
• The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
• The No-cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Elizabeth Pantley
• Sleeping With Your Baby by James McKenna
• ⭐️ Sweet Sleep by Diana West, Diane Wiessinger, Linda J. Smith and Teresa Pitman
• Three in a Bed by Deborah Jackson
• Why Your Baby’s Sleep Matters by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Challenges 🧗‍♀️

• Breastfeeding Special Care Babies by Sandra Lang
• Breastfeeding, Take Two by Stephanie Casemore
• Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery by Jack Newman and Diana West
• Exclusively Pumping Breastmilk by Stephanie Casemore
• Finding Sufficiency by Diana Cassar-Uhl
• The Fussy Baby Book by William and Martha Sears
• Making More Milk by Lisa Marasco
• When Breastfeeding Sucks by Zainab Yate
• Why Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter by Amy Brown
• Why Mothers’ Medication Matters by Wendy Jones
• 🆕🎉🌟 Why Infant Reflux Matters by Carol Smyth
• Why Postnatal Depression Matters by Mia Scotland

Pregnancy, birth and fertility 🤰

• Birth: Countdown to Optimal by Sylvie Donna
• Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing by Sheila Kippley
• The Positive Birth Book by Milli Hill
• The Breast Book by Emma Pickett

Parenting 👩‍👧‍👦

• Adventures in Gentle Discipline by Hilary Flower
• Adventures in Tandem Nursing by Hilary Flower
• The Discipline Book by William Sears & Martha Sears
• Fatherwise by Alice Bolster
• How Mothers Love and How Relationships are Born by Naomi Stadlen
• How to Talk Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
• How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Judy King
• How Weaning Happens by Diane Bengson
• Kiss Me! How to Raise Your Children With Love by Carlos Gonzalez
• Letting Go as Children Grow by Deborah Jackson
• Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma Jane Bumgarner
• People Skills by Robert Bolton
• What Mothers Do Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
• Why Babywearing Matters by Rosie Knowles

Solids 🥣

• Baby-led Weaning by Gill Rapley
• The Baby-led Weaning Cookbook by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett
• My Child Won’t Eat by Carlos Gonzalez
• The Everyday Wholefood Cookbook by Ruth Lea
• Why Starting Solids Matters by Amy Brown

Working 👩‍🏫

• Back to Work for the Breastfeeding Mother by Nancy Mohrbacher n.b. particularly helpful when returning to work with a baby under 12 months old
• Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor
• Working and Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher