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Breast Feeding
It's undeniably the best thing you can do for your baby, but it
can be hard to figure out at first and sometimes it's just not
possible. Help is at hand whatever your situation:
Child Safety
There's never an end to the things to worry about when it comes
to your child's safety. But, luckily, there are also many solutions
and helpful organizations available to help us out with recall
information, help with car seats, instructions on how to baby
proof your house and other vital information:
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Child Care
We all need child care sooner or later, whether it's a full-time,
live-in nanny, or just occasion help so we can get out on our
own to run errands or have some fun. Here are some links to
web sites with useful information and the capability of doing local
searches on this somewhat daunting
quest:
Day/Summer Camps
We all need child care sooner or later, whether it's a full-time,
live-in nanny, or just occasion help so we can get out on our
own to run errands or have some fun. Here are some links to
web sites with useful information and the capability of doing local
searches on this somewhat daunting
quest:
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Neighbor.com, Local Reviews
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City of Redwood City
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Schools
Before you know it, your babies will be ready to head out the
door for their first day of school. Stock up in advance on tissues!
In the meantime, you can follow this good advice from one of our
members, who is herself a teacher, and spend some time
checking out the Redwood City School District's
web site.
- Visit our local schools to see education in progress
and meet
your child's potential new teacher.
- Ask to speak to parents of students to hear a
first-hand
report.
- Offer to volunteer as a reader or other helper and
get a very
personal look at our local schools.
- Attend a
PTA meeting;
call the school district to find out
dates. It is often here that you find out about the goals of
the schools, the priorities they are setting and the
challenges they face
Discipline
This handout is published with permission from
Parents Place of Palo Alto:
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Local Resources
Don't forget to check the City of Redwood City's
Family Resources
site for a comprehensive list of local resources for parents.
Another helpful site is
Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.
The Edgewood Center for Children and Families
has been providing assistance for children at risk since 1851.
Parenting on the Web
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of web sites devoted to
babies and parenting. Just to get you started, here are a few
suggestions:
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Parenting Publications
Two useful local publications are San Francisco Peninsula Parent
and San Francisco Bay Area Baby which are available free in
most child-oriented businesses and the libraries.
Post Partum Depression
There are multiple sources of information and services available to
sufferers of Post Partum Depression (PPD). Here are a few:
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