PARENT SUPPORT

Parenting presents great rewards and daunting challenges. “As a mother of two, I know that we need all the help and support we can get,” says Dr. Baker. The following resources offer solid information and options to help you create healthy families and to make responsible health, safety and wellbeing choices for you, your loved ones and the planet your children will inherit.

Favorite Links for Parents:

• Mothering Magazine
• EWG (Environmental Working Group) - check the safety of your family's bath products
• Healthy Toys - check safety of your child's toys
• Deschutes Public Library - for story time schedule and other events
• Baby Signing Time - to help teach you and your baby American Sign Language
• Central Oregon Birth Network
• La Leche League of Oregon
• Moms Club
• True North Central Oregon Parenting - free community magazine & website resource directory
• Holistic Moms Network

Recommended Baby Carriers/Packs

• Hotslings - for newborns/infants
• Kangaroo Korner - adjustable fleece sling
• Ergo Carrier - great for hiking, best for 4 months all the way to 5 years old!
• Moby wrap
• Mei Tai carrier
• Bjorn carrier with lumbar support

Cloth Diaper Information

Cloth diapers ARE better for the environment - see Peggy O'Mara's article "A Tale of Two Diapers"

How to Cloth Diaper - visit Bambini of Bend and ask about their free cloth diaper workshops, and/or see the following links and others online: cloth diaper types, how to wash cloth diapers

Favorite cloth diapers to Chinese prefolds (unbleached, no pins necessary) folded inside one of these covers:

• Bummis Whisper Wrap - with snaps
• GroVia
• Motherease covers
• Fuzzi Bunz with 1-2 inserts or a Chinese prefold tucked inside

Sweet Pea Diaper Service of Bend

Favorite Books for Parents

The Vaccine Book by Sears
Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Davis & Keyser
Setting Limits: How to Raise Responsible, Independent Children by Providing Clear Boundaries by Mac Kenzie
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood by Fay