Babies and Toddlers Resource Guide Buying Guide

No doubt your friends and family will bombard you with advice on caring for your new baby. Digesting all the information can challenge even the most laid back parents.  Luckily, there are myriad resources online for every aspect of child-rearing that you could imagine. Check out the links below to help yourself, your baby, and your family.

Sites to Help You Before Baby is Born

• All About Showers -- How to plan a baby shower. Including all the info you need to plan the goofy games.
• Baby Guide -- Baby names, baby shower ideas, baby furniture, and baby modeling information.
• Expectant Mother's Guide -- Advice on prenatal care, shopping, labor and childbirth, breastfeeding, postpartum experiences, and local resources.
• I Dream of Baby -- A guide to getting pregnant, including help on pregnancy loss, delivery, and a week-by-week guide explaining what to expect.
• Mother and Baby Today -- A calendar of what's happening to the fetus each week in the womb.
• Planned Parenthood -- Prenatal care guide from the experts.
• Storknet -- Information on preconception and trying to conceive. Lots and lots of advice.
• Babysafari.us -- Language CDs for Infants -- Information on gaining good pronunciation in many languages at an early age.

Baby Health Guides

• Bounty -- A 26-chapter guide detailing from birth to 6 months. Covers feeding, sleeping, bathing, emotional health, and tips for taking care of the baby.
• Geoparent -- A day-by-day guide to the first and second years of childhood.
• Hope Mills Peds -- Baby health guide written by pediatricians.
• iVillage -- A calendar for Baby's first year.
• Kids Health -- A guide for first-time parents to get through the health and well-being questions that keep coming up.

Making Room for Baby in Your Life

• Baby Center -- Worksheets, expert advice, and discussion on all topics surrounding living with this new baby in your life.
• WebMD -- How to baby-proof your home.
• Women's Health Care Topics -- How daddies can bond with newborn babies.

Baby Paraphernalia Guides

• Lila Guide -- Guides for parents by parents about raising a baby in your specific city. Covers 23 of the biggest metro areas in the U.S.
• Parenting -- Mom tested guide to baby gear of all kinds.

Taking Care of Toddlers

• |Baby Center -- Is your toddler ready? Articles on discipline, development, feeding, and activities.
• Baby Center -- Toddler symptom guide for whatever could be ailing him/her.
• County of Lambton, CA -- How to feed a toddler.
• Keep Kids Healthy -- Where your toddler's development will be at 15 months, 18 months, 2 years, and 3 years.

Even More Guides!

• Baby Care -- For when you've adopted your baby.
• Mommy Guide -- Peer parenting and on-call advice staff giving you information from fertility to preschool. (Even jokes!)