Helpful Links for New Babies

[shawnabm1320]

I wanted to share a website that was really helpful for me when F was little, and thought maybe others would have some more helpful links. I mean, TCF is amazing and wonderful, but there are some additional useful sites about car seats and breast feeding and such.

[shawnabm1320]

If you're struggling with sleep (like F did for the first 6.5 months of his life), this was a great resource for me. Obviously the newborn period is definitely about survival, but I know I kept F awake way too long as a newborn thinking that he would just fall asleep when he was tired. Lol. She has some great tips for using the swing or swaddles, and for reflux babies, as her kids struggled with reflux as well.

www.preciouslittlesleep.com/newborn-baby-sleep-survival-guide/

[shawnabm1320]

I liked to read something like this every week - since I was extremely overwhelmed when F came home. It was like a little ritual I looked forward to, to read about what he might be doing the next week when he turned 2 weeks, 3 weeks, etc.

www.parents.com/baby/development/growth/baby-development-week-by-week/

[ellabee]

shawnabm1320 - I liked that sleep website too with DD. Under the link for "baby sleep, what's normal" there is a great chart that I used as a reference all the time. Super helpful.


I also like this link for a high level "timeline" for a breastfed baby:

www.thealphaparent.com/2011/12/timeline-of-breastfed-baby.html?m=1

[shellbell]

For breastfeeding, I love KellyMom -- kellymom.com

I also use LactMed to check if medicines are safe. toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/newtoxnet/lactmed.htm

[wildflower810]

Feb 14, 2017 9:54:09 GMT -5 shellbell said:

For breastfeeding, I love KellyMom -- kellymom.com

I also use LactMed to check if medicines are safe. toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/newtoxnet/lactmed.htm

I was going to share those same two links!

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Feb 14, 2017 20:17:20 GMT -5 wildflower810 said:

Feb 14, 2017 9:54:09 GMT -5 shellbell said:

For breastfeeding, I love KellyMom -- kellymom.com

I also use LactMed to check if medicines are safe. toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/newtoxnet/lactmed.htm

I was going to share those same two links!

LactMed also has a free app you can download to your phone.