Yoga at change

Rescue Remedy (available at Change) in the water and massage rescue remedy into

baby's hands and feet-repeat nightly as needed

bath

of water or spritzed into air or in bath

CHANGE mom/baby classes and infant massage, other specialty workshops

Park and Rec Depts have music classes, SM has strollerrobics

La Petit Baleen has swimming for little ones

All hospitals have breastfeeding support groups

Mills has a mommy and me class (696-5600 for details)

Mommy Boot Camp (look on web…lots of chapters)

Hormones wreaking havoc with your emotions is very normal, crying jags, feeling

overwhelmed. To help balance out:

1 teaspoon of rose hydrosol (available at Change) in cup of water as needed and 2

drops of 5-flower (rescue remedy) in your water up to every 15 minutes.

Sometimes the situation is more serious. To help recognize postpartum depression you

symptoms please seek help. Your healthcare provider can help direct you:

I am not interested in activities I usually enjoy

I feel hopeless about the future

I can't make decisions

I feel sluggish or restless

I feel guilty or blame myself when anything goes wrong

I am gaining or losing weight

I am sleeping too much, or can't sleep even when the baby does

I feel unhappy

I feel irritable or anxious for no good reason

I think about dying or killing myself.

use if you are allergic to sulfa drugs…it will dry up your milk)

remedy cream, some students have used Burt’s Bees Res-Q-ointment with success.

After breastfeeding, apply ointment and then wipe off before feeding again; leave some

breast milk on nipple and air dry

drops of lavender e.o. on hot compress washcloth, try Alexander shoulder roll and get

immediately. Try just one dose, if that doesn't work try another. Then also drink Yukult

(available at Asian grocery stores in the refrigerator section) for the highest amount of

acidopholous, The acidopholous “Jarrow” is recommended by some...yogurt is not

enough. Also, use Grapefruit Seed Extract. Combine 10 drops with 2 oz. water and

pour over cotton balls in ziplock bag. Swab nipples with cotton balls after each feeding.

Use different cotton ball for each nipple. Also, try all-purpose nipple ointment. Must get

rx. from your doctor. Available at Broadway pharmacy.

until you smell like maple syrup, do not come off fenugreek until ready to wean…it can

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2 Raspberry Leaf (Traditional Medicinal, Female System)

2 Tummy Mint (Celestial Seasoning Wellness Tea)

1 Ginger (yogi Tea)

2 Chamomile

Steep for 5 minutes in 4 cups of hot water and transfer to pitcher and add water and

Five Flower drops 1/4 dropper full and chill.

More helpful websites:

www.Breastfeeding.com

http://www.mommysthinkin.com/Great_Links.htm#Parenting%20&%20Breastfeeding

Contact them: 650-327-6455

given birth there.

La Leche League's website for FAQ for new moms about the

Mom/Baby Classes: Wednesdays 10:30-12noon

Available at CHANGE: 400 Ben Franklin Ct, San Mateo, 650-340-9642

5-flower(rescue remedy-available at Change) on the anterior fontenel (front soft spot).

might be best for you or your baby…or contact a homeopath from above.

If baby experiences a “dry birth” they may act colicky or have trouble sleeping, please

make your life easier and get them some cranial sacral (Laureen Fanucchi listed in

prenatal massage, or Melvin Friedman, DO listed in osteopath above, or Simon Yu

listed in Chiropractic above) This can also help if the baby seems to be starting to get

“Flathead”.

-Try the 5 s's...from The Happiest Baby on the Block

-Do yoga for their spine...pick up feet like changing the diaper and roll them on their

spine up to their shoulders and then back down 3-5 times.

-Try homeopathy

-Chamomilla often helps

Mama Baby Tea (recipe under breastfeeding section)

Lots of sling carrying

www.hpakids.org

Baby Carriers:

shoulders)

For wrap instructions go to peppermint.com or for a private tutoring by Becca Bennett

650-349-0839

http://www.thebabywearer.com/articles/HowTo/WrapLinks.htm

great and very honest.

Ergobabycarrier.com still does both shoulders without a need to learn the wraps.

You shouldn't use anything on a regular basis that's not a green light product, yellow is

Scroll down to the "Skin deep" article and click on that to check most bodily products!

When ready to add solid foods, check out:

Carlisle Store “N Pour 4 quart square, FMP Quart Bottle with lid and spout, Impact

Stackrack Jug 5 gal., Nalgene Wide Mouth Round 1 Quart, Playtex Straw Cups,

Tupperware Freezesmart ,Tupperware Ice Cube Tray, Tupperware, Ice Tups Set,

Tupperware Jet Ring Mold

.Best Bet Clear Plastic Wrap, Bell Brand Authentic Squeeze Bottles, Brita Fill and, Go

Water Filtration Bottle, Glad Cling Wrap, Glad Food Storage Bags, Glad Lock Bags,

Glad Sandwich Bags, Hefty Baggies, Hefty One Zip Slider bags, Saran Cling Plus,

Ziploc Bags, Ziplock Double Guard Freezer Bags

Arrow Canteen, Arrow Colored Measuring Cups, Betras USA Mondster Mugs, Betras

USA Insulated Travel Mugs, Betras USA Termo Mugs, C&K Manufacturing Flash Chill 2

liter plastic, The Container Store Tellfresh Snack Box, The Container Store Tellfresh

Screw Top, The Container Store Tell fresh oblong, Gladware containers, Playtex

Spillproof cups (lids #2), Rubbermaid (all food storage containers), Rubbermaid Sipper

Seal, Rubbermaid Chuggables Bottles, Rubbermaid Pitchers (colors), Rubbermaid

Sippin Sport Bottles, Sterlite (all containers, bowls, pitchers, tumblers), Sweetheart

Round Storage Containers, The Container Store Stack N Store Containers, The

Container Store, Fresh Date Containers, The Container Store Rectangular Bulk Food

Storage, Tupperware Bowls I all), Tupperware Crystal Wave Microwave Containers,

Tupperware Modular Mates, Tupperware Quick Shake Containers, Tupperware One

Touch Reminder Canister, Ziploc Containers(all), Ziploc Table Top Bowls

http://www.lesstoxicguide.ca/print.asp?mode=whole

(EPA), only a fraction of the more than 75,000 registered chemicals have gone through

complete testing for human health concerns. Some chemicals have immediate toxic

effects. Others are toxic to our bodies only after repeated, long-term exposure. This

guide helps expecting and breastfeeding moms to reduce toxic chemical use in their

homes.

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/

Skin Deep pairs ingredients in nearly 25,000 cosmetics and personal care products

(including baby care products) against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases,

making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind.

Healthy house…for all types of allergies and to prepare the house for little lungs

http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/home/index.asp

National Geographic's "The Green Guide" features an article and provides links to a

www.thegreenguide.com/doc/119/greenroom

Mommy and Me with Donna Lanam at Mills Hospital…2 different age groups

Mom/Baby Yoga class at CHANGE Wed 10:30-12 noon yogaatchange.com

www.parenting.ivillage.com/

www.babycenter.com

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

http://www.essences.com/vibration

http://flowersociety.org/

http://www.mother-care.ca/breech.htm#deep

http://www.birthinternational.com/articles/andrea13.html

http://www.handsupport.org/

www.peppermint.com

http://www.thebabywearer.com/articles/HowTo/WrapLinks.htm

www.childrensneeds.com

CHANGE)

http://www.ewg.org/node/20943

Article entitled: "Chemical Linked to Birth Defects found at Unsafe Levels in Canned

Food Plastics Compound Highest in Soup, Pasta, Baby Formula." Deals

with Bisphenol A.

http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%

2Fjournal.pbio.0050193#8837432708112924205

Journal article entitled: "The Toxic Origins of Disease: Researchers say endocrinedisrupting

chemicals can permanently harm the developing organism

and may even promote obesity. But the chemical industry doesn't want you to believe

them." Deals primarily with Bisphenol A.

http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%

2Fjournal.pbio.0050193#8837432708112924205

Journal article entitled: The Toxic Origins of Disease: Researchers say endocrinedisrupting

chemicals can permanently harm the developing organism

and may even promote obesity. But the chemical industry doesn't want you to believe

them. Deals primarily with Bisphenol A, which is found in nearly

all brands of baby bottles.

http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5314,00.html

Categorizes antibiotics according to their relative safety during pregnancy.

http://www.having-a-baby.com/chart.htm

The FDA's guide to use of prescription and over-the-counter medication during

pregnancy.

sides.

schedule for children.

The general Yahoo! group on this topic can be found here:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Vaccinations/

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/06/15/couricandco/entry2934107.shtml

Article entitled: Autism: Why the Debate Rages, by Sharyl Attkisson, the Capitol Hill

Correspondent for CBS News. The Bay Area Yahoo! group on this topic can be found

http://sanmateo.networkofcare.org/mh/resource/find.cfm

6/128.html...county

www.ewg.org/fishguide

http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/babyandpregnancy/article.aspx?cpdocumentid=

3058607

Brain-boosting activities for newborns and babies.

http://parentsguidecordblood.org/content/usa/banklists/listusa.shtml

with unbiased information comparing cord blood banks.

services.

http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBNovDec95p172.html

helping parents to use ASL to better communicate with their infants, toddlers or

http://www.pediatrix.com/homepage_screening.cfm?id=94&oTopID=94

thousands of newborns unscreened for dozens disorders every year. According to the

March of Dimes, screening for at least 29 core newborn conditions is required and fully

implemented only in Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Iowa,

Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island,

Virginia, and Wyoming. Caught in time, many disorders are manageable. Pediatrix

Screening offers a service that determines a baby's risk for more than 50 inherited and

metabolic disorders, using a simple procedure to be coordinated

with your doctor and completed within 48 hours of delivery.

House wise

Healthy house…for all types of allergies and to prepare the house for little lungs

http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/home/index.asp

Reducing Toxins in the home

http://www.lesstoxicguide.ca/print.asp?mode=whole

http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/

one's baby's signs and signals, providing cue sounds and elimination-place

associations, and can be done with or without any diaper use. (The Bay Area Yahoo!

group on this topic can be found here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mid-PeninsulaDFB/