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March 09, 2010
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Babywearing

Articles:

  1. Are We Addicted To Strollers?, John Hoffman, Today's Parent (April 2007)
  2. Car Seats Are For Cars, Catherine McKenzie, Mothering (May/June 2006)
  3. The Importance of the In-Arms Phase, Jean Liedloff, Mothering (Winter 1989)
  4. Infant Carriers and Spinal Stress, Rochelle L. Casses, D.C.
  5. High-Need Baby: Coping With a Fussy Infant, Holly Bennett, Today's Parent (July 2006)
  6. Increased Carrying Reduces Infant Crying: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Hunziker and Barr, Pediatrics (1986)
  7. Close To You: The Importance of Touch to Your Baby, Susan Spicer, Today's Parent Pregnancy & Birth (Winter 1998/99)
  8. Benefits of Kangaroo Care, Krisanne Larimer
  9. 'Baby Toting' in 1963, CBC Archival Video
  10. The Benefits of Babywearing, Lindsay Ross (Babes in Arms owner), speech from the Calgary BOLD Red Tent Event, September 2009
  11. Babywearing, Your Best Bet, Lindsay Ross (Babes in Arms owner), Babyvibe (November 10, 2009)

Links:

  1. The Babywearer
  2. Babywearing International
  3. Wear Your Baby - The Mama Toto Project
  4. Great Babywearing Articles (including the handouts we use in our Babywearing classes)

 
Birth

Articles:

  1. Childbirth Fears, Bonnie Reichert, Today's Parent, Pregnancy & Birth (July 2006)
  2. Technology in Birth: First, Do No Harm, Marsden Wagner, MD
  3. Declining Rates of Midwife-Attended Childbirth Related to Increase in Medical Procedures Used During Labour
  4. The Cascade of Intervention
  5. Outcomes of planned homebirths with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America, Kenneth C. Johnson and Betty-Anne Daviss, British Medical Journal (June 2005)
  6. Rebozo Sifting (or Jiggling)

Links:

  1. Belly Women - a doula for every woman
  2. DONA International - the oldest, largest and most respected doula association in the world

 
Breastfeeding

Articles:

  1. 101 Reasons to Breastfeed
  2. Breastfeeding Anytime, Anywhere (Today's Parent, Pregnancy & Birth, Autumn 2000)
  3. Ten Steps to Breastfeeding Success, Teresa Pitman, Today's Parent, Pregnancy & Birth (Autumn 1999)
  4. Breastfeeding Advice: What to Believe, Leslie Garrett, Today's Parent (October 2002)
  5. Breastfeeding Through the Ages, Teresa Pitman, Today's Parent (Spring 2000)
  6. Letting Go: A Weaning Story, Lu Hanessian, New Beginnings (January-February 2004)

Links:

  1. Dr. Jack Newman
  2. Kelly Mom
  3. La Leche League of Canada
  4. INFACT Canada (Infant Feeding Action Coalition)

 

 
Cloth Diapering and Elimination Communication

Articles:

  1. Diaper Drama - an in-depth comparison of cloth versus disposable diapers.
  2. The Joy of Cloth Diapering, Jane McConnell, Mothering (May/June 1998)
  3. Diaper-Free From the Get-Go, Eileen Travers, The Montreal Gazette (April 2006)
  4. Natural Infant Hygiene or Elimination Communication: A Gentle Alternative to Long-Term Diapering, Ingrid Bauer

Links:

  1. The Diaper Hyena
  2. Diaper Swappers
  3. The Diaper Pin
  4. Diaper Free Baby
  5. The Real Diaper Association

 
Ethical Buying

Articles:

  1. The Eco-Capitalist Handbook, from Terracycle
  2. What is an Ethical Consumer?
  3. The Green Nursery, Susan Spicer, Today's Parent, Pregnancy & Birth (Autumn 2007)
  4. Responding to Critics of Local First, Michael H. Shuman (August 2006)
  5. Fair Trade: An Alternative Economic Model, CBC News (April 2007)
  6. 31 Ways to Jump Start the Local Economy, Sarah van Gelder, Yes! Magazine (2009)

Links

  1. The Story of Stuff (a short animated documentary about where "stuff" comes from and where it ends up)
  2. Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International
  3. Organic Consumers Association
  4. Conscious Consumer (by The Center for The New American Dream)
  5. Greener Choices (by Consumer Report)
Nighttime Parenting

Articles:

  1. Three in a Bed?, Sophie Kneisel, Today's Parent Baby & Toddler (Fall 2002)
  2. Babies and CIO, moxie.blogs.com
  3. The Night Shift: Coping With Night Waking... Still, Today's Parent
  4. Sleep Like a Baby, John Hoffman, Today's Parent (1999)
  5. Children Need Touching and Attention, Harvard Researchers Say, Alvin Powell, Harvard University Gazette (1998)

Links:

  1. Mother-Baby Behavioural Sleep Labratory

 
Parenting (general)

Articles:

  1. Crying For Comfort: Distressed Babies Need to Be Held, Aletha Solter, Ph.D., Mothering (January/February 2004)

Links:

  1. Ask Dr. Sears
  2. The Continuum Concept
  3. Mothering magazine
  4. The Natural Child Project

 

Pregnancy

Articles:

  1. The Webster Technique (chiropractic technique for turning breech babies)

Links:

  1. Spinning Babies

 

 
Product Instructions
  1. Bummis Washing and Care Instructions for Cloth Diapers (includes detergent residue and detergent list)
  2. Ergo DVD Chapters online
  3. UpMama Instructions and Care
 
Calgary Businesses and Organizations We Support
  1. The Arusha Centre
  2. Baby Busy
  3. Babywearing Calgary
  4. Birth Partnership Midwives
  5. Birth Unlimited
  6. Briar Hill Midwives
  7. Calgary Attachment Parenting
  8. The Calgary Childbirth Education Association
  9. Calgary Doula Association
  10. Conscious Home
  11. First Step Nutrition
  12. Full Circle Parenting
  13. Healthy Mom+me
  14. Little Wonders
  15. Room to Grow

 
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