West London Baby Massage

Below are some links & book titles you may find useful:

IAIM info:

• http://www.iaimbabymassage.co.uk/baby-massage-articles/baby-massage-articles.html
• http://www.iaimbabymassage.co.uk/baby-massage-questions-and-answers.html
• http://www.iaimbabymassage.co.uk/iaim-baby-massage.html
  
(Breast)feeding & Baby care info:
• http://breastfeedingqueries.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/gone-with-the-wind/
  This article was written by a midwife, lactation consultant & CIMI. A great piece on 'colic' and 'wind' the reasons why babies cry & why that is a normal thing, not something that needs to be 'fixed'.
• http://www.babydoc.com.au/faqs/Bore_Your_Baby_to_Sleep.htm
  An article on colic and the medicalisation of normality
• http://www.nct.org.uk/ (National Childbirth Trust
• www.laleche.org.uk (breast feeding support)
  
  General parenting info:
• http://www.formums.net/ (a superb website & local directory for parents by parents in and around Chiswick)
  
• www.essentialparent.com UK's first & only comprehensiveset of baby care DVDs.
  The Essential Baby Care Guide
  Advised byProfessor Robert Winston The Royal College of Paediatrics, St John Ambulance, UNICEF and more.
  Subjects include: breastfeeding, formula feeding, introducing solids, midwife & paediatric care, development and learning, sleeping, and a full paediatric first aid course.
  Quote 'Amber' to receive a £5 discount!
  
• http://www.netmums.co.uk (local directories, forums etc)
• www.babycentre.co.uk  and www.babyworld.com both offer a wide variety of forums, Q&A sessions,
  product testing etc)
• www.gingerbread.org.uk (single/lone parentss)
  
• www.oneplusone.org.uk (family support)

 Crying - info re soothing your baby

• www.isisonline.org.uk (provides information about normal sleep for parents & health professionals, based upon the latest UK and worldwide research. ISIS is a collaboration between Durham University Parent-Infant Sleep Lab, La Leche League, NCT and UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative).
  A very good site, easy to read and backed up by tonnes of sound evidence based and unbiased research.
  
• ww.cry-sis.org.uk (Cry-sis, a national charity) offers
  support for families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies)

Books:

- Frederick Leboyer (1976)  'Loving Hands', Collins

- Vimala McClure (2001) 'Infant Massage', Souvenir Press

- Dr Harvey Karp 'Baby Bliss'  (2002) (The 5 S's - swaddling, sucking, shushing, side/stomach, swaying)

- Margot Sunderland (2007) 'What every parent needs to know - the remarkable effects of love, nurture and play on your child's development'

- Naomi Stadlen (2004) 'What Mothers Do - Especially when it looks like nothing'