We don’t have nearly as much time as we used to. But these websites, resources and blogs are worth your (precious little) time.

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modern parent

• The New York Times Parenting

• The Washington Post Parenting

• Slate’s Care and Feeding advice column

• Motherly

• Fatherly

• The Gottman Institute (research-based approach to relationships)

• Scary Mommy

• The Artful Parent

• The Grove Collaborative (green household items)

• Design Mom

WORK

• It’s Working Project

• WomenWork Life

• Mindful Return

• Motherly (Work + Money)

• The Budget Mom

• Harvard Business Review: Balancing Parenting and Work Stress: A Guide

• Ask a Manager

• Bossed Up (an organization that empowers women to create a happy, healthy and sustainable career)

• Gobble (or some other meal preparation service - tried many, this one’s great because they prep mostly everything, all you have to do is cook, 15-25 mins max!)

• Co-working spaces (favorites: The Wing and The Riveter - check for a locations in your city! And here’s a good roundup of spaces)

PREGNANCY + BIRTH

• Lucie’s List and The Wirecutter are good places to find reviews and product recommendations.

• BabyList (for baby registry)

• Create Your Own Birth Plan (American Pregnancy Association)

• Pregnant Chicken

NEWBORNS + NEW PARENTS

• Infant Risk Center

• The Period of Purple Crying (It’s a thing and it’s totally common)

• PostPartum.net (a resource for postpartum challenges)

SLEEP

• Precious Little Sleep

• Baby Sleep Site

• The Sleep Lady

• Snooze Fest by certified sleep consultant Jane Havens

FEEDING

• Baby Foode

• Kelly Mom

CHILD HEALTH + DEVELOPMENT

• American Academy of Pediatrics (a great resource for looking into the research and best practices behind child health and well being issues)

  • Related: HealthyChildren.org by the AAP, for parents.

• Mayo Clinic (the best research-based guidance on myriad child health issues)

• Darkness to Light (a non-profit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse)

• Janet Lansbury (everything she writes and says)

• Positive Parenting Solutions

• The Center for Parenting Education: Children’s Growth – One Step Forward; Two Steps Back (Disequilibrium/Equilibrium is a thing!)

• AHA Parenting (for parenting young kids)

• Preschool Learning Methods/Philosophies (a helpful guide, thanks PBS!)

• Forever 35 Parents (Facebook group)

• Baby Teething Eruption Chart (American Dental Association) Also, you’ll cry if you don’t laugh so, this.)

• CDCs Developmental Milestones

• Common Sense Media (a guide for teaching your kids healthy media habits + reviews of shows, movies, etc.)

• Potty Training by Jamie Glowacki

KIDS + TRAVEL

• Sitter City and Urban Sitter for finding babysitters when traveling (or check local babysitting services)

SELF CARE

• Scary Mommy

• MotherNation (a website that connects moms to other moms in their community and promotes wellness for new moms)

• Dooce (the blogger who started Mommy Blogs - Heather B. Armstrong)

• Omega Institute (for pretty much everything self care, and a great newsletter!)

• The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley

• Girls Night In newsletter (so cozy!)

• Dandl.me (self care for parents and caregivers)

• Financial Therapy Association (for finding a financial therapist - game changer for marriages where couples don’t see finances eye to eye or have baggage)

• On caring for others going through a hard time: Supportal

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