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Parenting Birth to Age 3

Articles and links to help with parenting the newly adopted little one. Issues covered include breastfeeding and bonding as well as a host of other newborn and toddler needs.
Bare Necessities: Basic Baby Needs
Heather Corley, our Baby Products Guide, tells us what we need when we bring home a new baby. This baby needs checklist will help you choose the basic baby items, often called a layette.
How To Buy and Store Powdered Baby Formula
Heather Corley, our Guide to Baby Products, teaches us how to buy and store powdered baby formula a few quick steps.
Before You Buy a Baby Car Seat
Baby Products Guide, Heather Corley, provides a quick lesson on car seats. A must read for all new parents.
New Baby Daily Logs
What a great tool for adoptive or foster parents! Keep track of your adoptive or foster baby's feeding and diaper changes. Great to feel reassured that the infant is eating enough and a wonderful teaching tool to be used between foster and birth parents. Not to mention as a log for a foster family's files.
Baby Food Stages and Steps
"This can be a confusing topic. The problem is that each company that makes baby food uses a different label for each 'stage' of food." About Guide to Pediatrics, Vincent Iannelli, MD, helps make sense of baby food.
Great Toddler Potty Training Products
Heather Corley, our Baby Products Guide, shares a few of her favorite toddler potty training products to get you started on the journey to being diaper-free.
Before You Buy a Car Seat
If you're new to parenting you're probably new to car seats. Heather Corley, our Guide to Baby Products, has many helpful tips about car seats and car seat safety.
The Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website
Message board for support and a boot camp on relactation. Everything you needed to know about breastfeeding your adopted child.
Precious Kids - Adoption Nursing
Personal stories, recommended reading, and informative articles, lots of information here.
La Leche League - Adoptive Breastfeeding
A site that has several articles regarding breastfeeding. There are also stories from adoptive mothers.
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