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| Childbirth | ||
| This site provides a wealth of articles and links designed to help prospective parents to educate themselves in order to promote healthy pregnancies. Click on "newborns" to learn more about babies after birth. ( http://www.childbirth.org ) | ||
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| Medline | ||
| Link to information related to medical care for childbirth compiled by Medline, a service of the United States National Institute of Medicine and National Institute of Health. ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childbirth.html ) | ||
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| Online Birth Center | ||
| A site devoted to providing information about midwifery, childbirth, breastfeeding and childcare. ( http://www.moonlily.com/obc/ ) | ||
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| Parents of Preemies | ||
| Click on Parents of Preemies at the Patient Care web site of the University of Wisconsin Medical School Department of Pediatrics to learn more about how parents need to care for early or low birthweight babies. ( http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/patientcare/ ) | ||
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| Premature Baby, Premature Child | ||
| Find out what kind of support is offered at this site by and for parents of preemies. ( http://www.prematurity.org/ ) | ||
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| American SIDS Institute | ||
| You'll find prevention information, as well as research and advocacy updates at this group's site. ( http://www.sids.org/ ) | ||
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| Childhood Immunization Support Program | ||
| Get information on the benefits, as well as the risks, of immunizations from this detailed site developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. ( http://www.cispimmunize.org/ ) | ||
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| LaLeche League | ||
| Learn what the world's biggest breastfeeding organization is doing to promote ideal infant nutrition. ( http://www.lalecheleague.org/ ) | ||
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| Infant Brain Development | ||
| Work through this multimedia tutorial, designed for parents by faculty at the University of North Texas, to find out more about how babies' brains grow. ( http://www.unt.edu/cpe/module1/blk1brn.htm ) | ||
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| Developmental Milestones | ||
| The Children's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia offers parents lists of typical developmental milestones in several areas, including gross motor skills, from birth to age 5. ( http://childrenshosp-richmond.org/families/developmental/gross_motor_birth.htm ) | ||
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| Your Baby's Development | ||
| This British web site offers answers to a variety of questions parents might have about when their babies will do different things, including crawling and walking. ( http://www.babycentre.co.uk/development ) | ||
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| Toddler Milestone | ||
| This article at the Baby Center web site is intended to inform parents about infants' normal progression toward walking and to let them know if and how they should intervene. ( http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/toddler/toddlerdevelopment/11739.html ) | ||
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