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Maximize Love and Manage Stress with Books

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Maximize Love and Manage Stress with Your Baby Using Books

Show affection and comfort by giving frequent cuddles, hugs, and kisses. This will help your baby to begin to understand love. Reading a book with your baby about love and affection can help maximize love and reduce stress too. There are many board books that foster affection and are sweet to share with your baby. Some good choices include:

 

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Love You Head to Toe by Ashley Barron

Pairing creative rhyming similes with cut-paper collage art, Love You Head to Toe is an adorable book that compares newborn babies to baby animals on every page.

 

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Mommy Hugs by Karen Katz

Mommy and Baby count and cuddle as they hug and read about Baby’s day of fun in Mommy Hugs!

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Who Takes Care of You? By Hannah Eliot

Celebrate the many caregivers in a child’s life with this inclusive board book that highlights different kinds of caregivers, as well as the diversity among them.

 

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My Heart Grows by Michael Arndt

Learn wonderful ways to give and receive love, from hugging and playing to sharing and helping, all while watching the book’s heart grow!

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You’re My Little Sunshine by Nicola Edwards

Celebrate your little sunshine with this sweet and colorful rhyming board book.

 

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Count, Group and Compare with Baby

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While walking around the house with the baby, talk about shapes you might see. Point out the round clock. Point out the square block or the oval bathtub.

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