|
Parenting
Breastfeeding
Magazines on-line
Parenting
 Our Fatherhood Links & Resources
Page
Baby Matters,
www.babyreference.com
The
best path to a healthy baby is to make wise decisions based on the finest
that science research has to offer. The greatest discovery is that the
science supports natural, instinctual parenting over all else.
Birthlove: the
Revolutionary Passion of Mothering,
www.birthlove.com
The Compleat Mother
Magazine www.compleatmother.com
Developing Minds,
www.developing-minds.com , among other things,
this site contains a selection of insightful and interesting articles on
pregnancy,
birth, and
parenting, with neurological/psychological content. Articles about
how necessary "good fat" is in the brain,
how infant massage increases intelligence,
the effects of stress on pregnancy,
fetal and infant brain development,
cognition before birth, and
birth memory, among others.
Human Rights Campaign Family Net,
www.hrc.org/familynet/,
working for rights of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual families;
includes adoption links by state.
Family Web, providing an
informative place for families around the world,
www.familyweb.com
For
young moms, content changes weekly, resources and forums,
www.girlmom.com
Good Things website,
www.goodthings.com , full of
perspectives on family and the world, organizations, and companies.
 Liedloff Continuum Project
www.continuum-concept.org
Moms Online
www.momsonline.oxygen.com/homespace/
The
Natural Child Project
www.naturalchild.org
 ProMom,
www.promom.org, a rich resource of
articles and links, including the famous "Santa Claus was breastfed" logo on
shirts and hats.
"The
Safety of Babies" from
Mothering Magazine
Make sure and read E. Marla Felcher's book It's
No Accident: How Corporations Sell Dangerous Baby Products (Common Courage
Press, 2001), an eye-opening exposé of the CPSC and the juvenile product
industry. And consult the following websites for up-to-date product safety
information or to offer your help to ensure that safety:
www.safetyforum.org
www.kidsindanger.org
www.dannyfoundation.org
www.consumerfed.org
 "Singing
the Pink Blues", by Margot Mifflin, Salon Magazine. Why do makers
of toys and computer games still practice gender segregation?
 Spreading
Kindness,
www.weinhold.org/kindness.htm an on-line
parenting magazine
Touch Research Institutes
http://www.miami.edu/touch-research/index.html
Working Mom's
Refuge,
www.momsrefuge.com for
moms everywhere, single moms, the art of juggling, home and money
issues, etc.
Breastfeeding &
Weaning
Our
Breastfeeding Resources Page
Our
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Page
Links
about Breastfeeding
and the
Working Mother
BreastEd Online,
www.breastedonline.com, a really
useful and informative Australian site; lots of courses to register
for and take on line to become a lactation consultant, a free e-newsletter,
plus fascinating archived articles to download in .pdf format (e.g., "Social
Drugs and Breastfeeding: Handling an issue that isn't black or white";
"Resolution of Lactose Intolerance and Colic in Breastfed Babies"; "Mothers
and Babies and HIV: What is the Risk of Breastfeeding?")
Breastfeeding Myths vs. Reality
some eye opening
paragraphs here!
Breastfeeding
Resources: Borstvoeding.Com,
www.borstvoeding.com/abon/bf-resources.html, excellent set of links about
breastfeeding.
 Breastfeeding and Returning to Work,
oh yeah, baby...and here's an
interesting survey
How to collect, store, and freeze breast milk,
from the Medela Breast Pump company...includes how to travel with
expressed milk and how to anticipate intake volume--something breastfeeding
mothers do not normally have to worry about.
International Baby Food Action Network,
www.ibfan.org
consists of public interest
groups working around the world to reduce infant and young child morbidity
and mortality. IBFAN aims to improve the health and well-being of babies and
young children, their mothers and their families through the protection,
promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices.
IBFAN works for universal and full implementation of the International Code
and Resolutions.
Innocenti Declaration, about
breastfeeding
www.infactcanada.ca/whocode/innocent.htm
International Lactation
Consultant Association,
www.users.erols.com/ilca/
 La Leche League
www.lalecheleague.org
La Leche en espanol
www.lalecheleague.org/langespanol.htm
 Militant Breastfeeding
Cult
www.militantbreastfeedingcult.com ,
Thoroughly informative site, with lots of
educational and entertaining material.
Milky Way Press
www.milkywaypress.org
The
La Leche League and from
American SIDS Institute
agree that co-sleeping and increased SIDS risks do
NOT
go hand in hand. Breastfeeding actually helps lessen the risk of SIDS!
and finally...Read the warnings from Consumer
Products Safety Commission...
Top Five Reasons Why Women Quit, or Never Start, Breastfeeding
Baby-unfriendly hospital maternity programs top the list, with baby
formula marketing, uninformed medical caregivers, bottle-feeding culture
around the new mother, and going back to work...speaking of which...
Working and Breastfeeding Survey done
by La Leche League folks
Preparing to Return to Work,
from the
"Working Cow" website--how can you not love it?
Breastfeed or Supplement when returning to work
WABA, or World
Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
Preliminary Growth Charts for Breast-fed Babies
Kathy Dettwyler's thoughts on breastfeeding,
interesting series of short, readable
essays by a professor of anthropology and nutrition at Texas A&M.
Medication
and Mother's Milk, a good resource page full of info and
links from Dr. Tom Hale, MD, Texas Tech University School of Medicine.
Bright Future
Lactation Resource Centre: Supporting the People Who Support
Breastfeeding! a good internet resource page for lactation consultants
and other birthing professionals.
Breastfeeding Online,
Dr. Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC, started the first in-hospital breastfeeding
clinic in Canada in 1984. He is also a consultant with UNICEF's
Baby-Friendly Initiative in Africa. Good articles and resources.
Also visit the
Healthy Mothers, Healthy
Babies website to find out how & why corporations and businesses
nation-wide are supporting the choice of working mothers to breastfeed!
Dubious
Breastfeeding Sites
Sites that follow are
sponsored by formula companies. (Note: expect more, unfortunately!)
Our
Children's Hard to Find Books and Toys
Our Children's Books & Toys Page
Magazines on-line
for mothers and others...
www.allthatwomenwant.com
www.hipmama.com
www.mothering.com
salon's
mothers who think
www.yOni.com
www.teenvoices.com
www.msmagazine.com
|
Back
to women's health resources & links
