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	Welcome Back to Postpartum Area Much like breastfeeding, parenting is an area which requires it's own website!  Therefore, SeattleBirthNet officially recommends this short list of parenting resources which tend to help with the most common early parenting questions and challenges.  There are two authors high-lighted below and a few site links below the articles by Elizabeth Pantley. In general, the sites listed here will lead parents down the road to empathy development with their babies.  That means creating a relationship where you view the world through the eyes, mind, and needs of your infant.  The answers these experts offer may not always give you the "easy way out" of late nights, patience beyond what you ever thought possible, or sleepless weeks; but they will help guide you towards raising psychologically healthy children, which turns right around to help the parent feel great about their abilities.  Though the days seems long, and the tasks difficult-- you can do this, you can make it successfully through this time.  It does take the use of your intuition and it takes developing skills which you may not have innately within you.  But if you listen to your baby and your body, ask for help where you need it and stick to the methods, you are giving your baby and yourself the gift of great parenting! The sites here also offer their own resources, which I would encourage you to look through!   First on the list is Dr. Harvey Karp whose work summarizing what he learned about natural parenting methods from around the world, and defining and explaining these methods has changed the way so many are able to parent.  He has two books, video/dvds out to purchase.  CLICK HERE for more.  He has recently completed a book for parents of toddlers as well. For issues related to Colic, or if you have been told you have a "colic-y baby and just need to put up with the crying for the next three months" CLICK HERE Second on the list, our local author Elizabeth Pantley who has shared the following articles with SeattleBirthNet.com .   They are reproduced here with her permission and she encourages you to print and share them as well.   She is a parent educator, mother of four, and author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night.  Her newest arrival is the book Gentle Baby Care -- a complete A to Z guide filled with tips for raising a baby in a loving, responsive way. The articles written by Elizabeth Pantley are: (click on the title to read the article) Should I let my baby cry it out? The Baby Blues Newborn Babies and Sleep First-Born Jealousy Co-Sleeping – Making it Work and Making it Safe What is Preventing Your Baby from Sleeping Through the Night? Write a Family Bestseller – My Sleep Book              Wonderful Sounds for Sleep Early Bedtime Means Better Baby Sleep Handling Unwanted Advice Going Visiting With Your Baby Get Your Toddler to Cooperate! Casual Remarks An excerpt from:  Hidden Messages: What Our Words and Actions are Really Telling Our Children “ Daddy, Play With Me! ” Stop the Diaper Changing Battles Baby Tantrums How to Have a Happy Marriage When You’re Busy Being Parents Other Newborn Parenting Sites worth a quick look: Psychological Development and Parenting accordingly Empathy Development What the research says about infant brain development (includes several one-minute videos)