Ellie & Melissa, The Baby Planners, Reveal Their "Must Have" Picks for the Family Library
Headed to a Bookworm Baby Shower <link to Bookworm Baby Shower theme page>? Ellie & Melissa, co-founders of the nation's #1 baby concierge and consulting company, The Baby Planners, give their expert advice on books to gift the Mother-to-Be!
Build Baby's First Library
Research shows reading aloud to children helps them develop language skills and creates a special time of bonding between parent and child. Cuddling up together to share books has an almost magical power to grow lifelong readers and cherished memories. Start your favorite new family out right with these exceptional books for babies.
By Margaret Wise Brown
A classic bedtime favorite. Generations of children have grown up loving little rabbit and his attempt to delay sleep by saying goodnight to everything he can see and hear.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
By Bill Martin Jr.
Simple repetitive rhymes teach children colors, animals–and eventually–how to read. This is one bear we couldn't get enough of!
By Eric Carle
Follow the transformation of a caterpillar as he eats his way through everything in sight–including the book! Colorful, creative, a great introduction to independent reading.
By Ikids
These waterproof wonders make bath time fun time. They're filled with soft foam shapes that pop out for bath play and then can be tucked back into their book. Choose from animal shapes, colors, letters, numbers, seasons–even dinosaurs and dump trucks!
By Peggy Rathmann
Parent and child create the story to go along with the fun and fabulous pictures. It's all about imagination!
New Parent Necessities
You know that old joke about babies not coming with an owner's manual? Well these are the books that solve that problem for new parents!
What to Expect When You're Expecting
By Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
What to Expect When You're Expecting is a classic, must-have bedside table book for Mothers-to-Be. It's a superior resource that is continually updated. The 4th edition <link to the TSD review> was just released with lots of new information and there's a companion book, What to Expect: Eating Well When You're Expectingby Heidi Murkoff that is chock full of nutritional advice and recipes.
By Armin Brott and Jennifer Ash
Don't forget the Dad-to-Be. This book is an all around introduction to fatherhood and a fun approach to practical advice men appreciate.
By Ali Wing
If we wrote a book on baby gear, this would be it. We love Ali's smart and savvy approach to what can be an overwhelming experience.
The Happiest Baby on the Block
By Harvey Karp, M.D.
Dr. Karp had us at the title, but what's inside is pure gold. This book teaches parents how to cure crying by triggering baby's calming reflex.
Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
By Alan Greene
We love this intro to the "green" life covering pregnancy, childbirth and baby care. It's a sensible, easy-to-use guide for every Earth Mama and Papa.
About Ellie & Melissa, The Baby Planners
What wedding planners are to newly engaged couples, Ellie & Melissa, The Baby Planners, are to parents-to-be. As the forces behind the nation's #1 baby concierge and consulting service, Ellie and Melissa guide expectant and new parents through the overwhelming and ever-changing baby product marketplace. Their goal is to taste, touch, smell, sleep with, wear, carry, push and pull every possible baby product and/or service available! Their wit and wisdom is featured in DisneyFamily.com, BabyZone.com, Pregnancy Magazine, The Bump, Tibesti, The Hot Mom's Club. They have appeared on the Rachel Ray Show, Access Hollywood, CNN, and in People magazine. Their latest and greatest finds, insights and tips can always be found on Ultrasounds, The Baby Planners blog.
Whether you are having your baby the old-fashioned way, adopting, or using a surrogate, Ellie & Melissa, The Baby Planners, take the labor out of your delivery®.
