Resources
We will post new sites that we hope will provide you with the information you have been looking for, and perhaps even some you didn’t know you needed!
If you know of an interesting site you would like to share, click here to email the Internet Coordinator.
Local Websites
- Castro Valley’s Home Town Website
- Castro Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Alameda Country Library
- Hayward Public Library
Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Basics.com Lots of good information about breastfeeding.
- KellyMom A website was developed to provide evidence-based information on breastfeeding, sleep and parenting.
Budget Conscious Moms Info
- All Things Frugal Home of The Pennypincher E-zine and Tightwad Tidbits Daily.
- The Frugal Shopper
- Frugal Moms Live better for less
- Sites For Moms
- The Dollar Stretcher
- Flamingo World.com Check this site first before you place any internet order. It’s a clearinghouse for all the coupon codes for places like amazon, toysrus, etc.
- Get Organized Now Exactly what the name implies!
Car Seat Safety
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- IVillage, Car Seat Buying Guide
- Car Seat Info
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- National Safe Kids Campaign
Children’s Crafts
- Chart Jungle Free printable charts, lesson plans, reproducibles, activities and stuff for baby, preschool, kindergarten, and more kids stages. Use these charts for chores, awards, education, potty training, behavior, and more.
Children’s Sites
- Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
- Mother Goose Pages Nursery Rhymes, coloring books, etc.
- Bay Area Kid fun -links to indoor and outdoor activities, animals, museums etc.
Consumer Product Recalls
Educational Sites
- A to Z Teacher Stuff : This site if filled with lots of great stuff to do with children even if you are not a teacher. It also has hundreds of links to other educational sites.
- Hayward Adult Education Parenting Dept
Freebies
- The Free Site.com Home of the best freebies on the web.
- Style for Free.com
- Mom’s View.com Baby deals, coupons and more
Household Info
- Helpful Hints from Heloise If you are looking for stain removal hints, help with other household problems in your life, the answer just might be here.
- Home and Consumer Solutions Info on stain removal, cleaning, etc.
- Fabric Link Stain Removal Guide
Infertility/Miscarriage
- HAND Helping After Neonatal Death Services for parents who have lost a child, or children, through miscarriage, stillbirth, genetic abortion or infant death. Based in Los Gatos, HAND offers two support groups, Grief Meetings and Subsequent Pregnancy Meetings.
Miscellaneous
- Pat’s Web Graphics Wonderful images of flowers.
Mom’s Crafts
- Memory Makers.com Tips and info on scrapbooking.
- My Publisher.com Book making site (not THAT kind of bookmaking;).
Parenting & Mom’s Sites
- Parenting.com Parenting Magazine Online.
- Parenthood.com
- Kinderstart.com Search Engine A search engine for everything you want to know about raising kids.
- National Parenting Center Craft ideas, family meal ideas, and product reviews.
- New Buyer.com Great resource for making purchasing decisions related to baby.
- Consumer Reports Shopping Guide This site has a list of ‘tons’ of places to shop online for baby needs. It has EVERYTHING!
- Attachment Parents in Business The focus of AP-BIZ is to bring together parents who wish to successfully combine their work world (in or out of the home) with raising a family with an attachment parenting emphasis. Jay stays around to help out with administrative things, and offer her wise wisdom as our in-house coach!
- Labor of Love.com Great site for parenting and pregnancy information.
Pregnancy
- Babycenter.com From fertility questions to detailed fetal development, this site is very useful.
- FitPregnancy.com Your guide to having a healthy pregnancy.
- Get Pregnant Naturally.com On this site you’ll learn about many alternatives for healing infertility, with information from specialists of various disciplines of complimentary medicine who will tell you about the effective techniques they use regularly to overcome fertility challenges.
- Doulas of North America Lots of information about doulas – finding them, what they do, etc.
Recipes
- The Recipe Exchange.com Good variety of recipes in all categories
- Recipe Goldmine A database of over 23000 recipes. Good selection of BBQ recipes!
- Joy of Baking.com A technical resource for baking. Contains great info, tips and recipes.
- Cooking with Kids for Dummies This site contains excerpts, additional tips and recipes, fun & games, links to other kids’ cooking sites.
- America’s Test Kitchen From the PBS TV show, this is a great source for recipes and information on food prep.
- Fine Cooking
Shopping
