Of Local Interest:

Central Austin API Group

La Leche League Austin Chapter 

Austin Attachment Parenting BigTent Group: 
 all Austin forum to discuss attachmenting parenting topics, including a forum for coordinating AP playgroups and other gatherings.  Just sign up under Member Login to gain access to the main forum and then subscribe to the Gatherings subgroup if you are interested in playgroups and other events.

Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin

Austin AP Meetup Group: get together with other local AP families for fun activities


General Attachment Parenting Information:

Attachment Parenting International: check out more information on API's mission as well as parent blogs, book recommendations, and AP articles.

There is No Doctrine for Attachment Parenting: Being AP is a Frame of Mind! (article) by Diana West 

Dr. Bill and Martha Sears

The Natural Child Project

Mothering.com: online forum to discuss all things AP and NP.


Breastfeeding:

Kelly Mom
: extensive information on breastfeeding (including medication safety ratings), pumping, nutrition, parenting, and more.

La Leche League International

Breastfeeding Online


Dr. Jay Gordon

Diane Wiessenger, MS, IBCLC - excellent articles on a variety of subjects

What Every Parent Should Know About Infant Formula by Katie Alison Granju


Co-Sleeping: 

Dr. James McKenna, PhD.

The Family Bed by Katie Allison Granju


Baby Wearing: 

The Importance of the In-Arms Phase by Jean Liedloff

Ten Reasons to Wear your Baby  article with resource list

TheBabyWearer.com  online babywearing resource center - articles, reviews, forums, etc.

Getting Started with a Sling article by Darien Wilson


Gentle Discipline:

The No Spanking Page

Twenty Alternatives to Punishing


Gentle Birth:

Water Birth International


Bradley Method (American Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth)

International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)

 



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