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| Brewer Pregnancy Diet |
Safe Sleep Sharing |
Breastfeeding Information |
Benefits of Bradley |
Advantages of Babywearing |
| Childbirth |
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| The Bradley Method of Natural
Childbirth - Information about about the Bradley Method, and find a
class in your
area (we used this method, and it was wonderful) |
www.bradleybirth.com |
| DONA - Doulas of North America - find
out
more about doulas (female labor assistants) or find a doula in your area |
www.dona.org |
| ALACE - Association of Labor Assistants
and Childbirth Educators - resources for parents seeking a natural
childbirth |
www.alace.org |
| Natural Parenting |
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| Attachment Parenting
International - "Peaceful parenting for a peaceful world" |
www.attachmentparenting.org |
| Carry Me Close - find out about
the art of baby wearing, or purchase a baby carry scarf (like we use
for Michael) |
http://www.carrymeclose.com |
| Couple to Couple League International
- instruction in and support for Natural Family Planning |
www.ccli.org |
| Mothering Magazine - the natural
family living magazine |
www.mothering.com |
| Ask Dr. Sears - information on
pregnancy and childbirth, childrearing, co-sleeping, breastfeeding and
nutrition,
and other topics for parents |
http://www.askdrsears.com |
| Nursing |
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| La Leche League International
- an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated
to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to
women
who want to breastfeed Hyde Park meetings: Meetings are held at 10:00 a.m. on the first Friday of each month at Hyde Park Union Church, 56th and Woodlawn. Evening meetings are at 7:00 p.m on the third Thursday of each month. Contact Cheryl at 773-538-6128 or Kim at 773-493-0114. |
www.lalecheleague.org |
| Motherwear - clothing for
nursing mothers |
http://www.motherwear.com |
| Cloth
Diapering |
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| DiaperPin - Diaper Pin
is your ultimate resource for information about natural cloth products
for mama and baby. Has info on caring for cloth diapers. |
http://www.diaperpin.com/home.asp |
| Kelly's Closet - specializing
in
cloth diapering products |
http://www.kellyscloset.com |
| EarthBaby - cloth diapers and
many, many other products for baby and mom |
http://www.earthbaby.com |
| Kokopelli's Green Market -
Environmentally friendly products (we get our baby detergent here) |
http://www.kokogm.com/ |
| Baby
Needs |
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| What does
baby need?
Our recommendations for what to buy... |
http://home.uchicago.edu/~emyette/babyneed.html |
| New
Parents' Checklist - Babies R' Us' advice on what to buy. We
certainly
didn't need all of what they recommend, but it's a good way to get
ideas.
Also has an easy registry which people can shop online or in
stores.
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http://www.babiesrus.com |
| Books - Our favorites |
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| The
Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to
Age Two
(Revised and Updated Edition) by William Sears, MD
(Editor),
Martha Sears, RN, and Robert Sears (Contributor) |
Available from amazon.com |
| The
Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International |
Available
from amazon.com |
