Sidebar – A Perfect Parent’s Required Reading List

Walk into any bookstore and you’ll encounter a ludicrous number of “expert” baby-rearing manuals. Although The Perfect Baby Handbook provides a solid foundation, it goes without saying that you’ll need to read them all. A sampling:

• Are You My Mother and, If So, Must You Slouch Like That?
• Infants and Their Little Anxiety Attacks
• No Ifs, Ands, or Buts: How to Parent Without Using Certain Grammatical Constructions
• Throat Lozenges of the Baby Whisperer
• 10,001 Great Baby Names Selfish Celebrities Have Already Snapped Up
• The No-Cry-from-4:01-to-4:03-a.m. Solution
• The Obviously Gifted Child: A Guide to Spotting Glaring Brilliance
• Layettes of the Aztec Kings
• What to Expect When the Word “Expect” Becomes Meaningless
• Because You’re a Terrible Daddy Who Just Smoked a Gigantic Joint
• Creating Insecurities in Your Baby—So He Can Triumphantly Overcome Them
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit’s Unfortunate Speech Impediment
• An Angel Fell Out of the Sky and Landed in Our Nursery, Slightly Injuring Our Baby