Appendix F: Resources for Parents

Books

Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey by Deborah Davis and Mara Tesler Stein

The Premature Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One by William Sears, Robert Sears, James Sears, and Martha Sears

Caring for Your Premature Baby by Alan Klein

Preemies—The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies by Dana Wechsler Linden, Emma Trenti Paroli, and Mia Weschler Doron

Your Premature Baby: 0-5 Years by Nikki Bradford

From Baby to Big Kid: How Your Child Grows From ZERO TO THREE (full 3 year set) by Rebecca Parlakian and Claire Lerner

Newborn Intensive Care: What Every Parent Needs to Know, edited by Jeanette Zaichkin

The Preemie Parents' Companion: The Essential Guide to Caring for Your Premature Baby in the Hospital, at Home, and Through the First Years by Susan L. Madden

Your Premature Baby and Child: Helpful Answers and Advice for Parents by Amy E. Tracy

Web Links

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center: www.nectac.org

Parents of preemies: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Preemie Parenting/

• General prematurity information: www.prematurity.org

• Postpartum depression: www.postpartum.net

• Prematurity: http://www.prematurity.org/baby/index.html

• Car seats: http://www.safercar.gov/parents/CarSeats.htm

• Children with disabilities: http://nichcy.org/

• National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families:

• http://www.zerotothree.org/

• Resource for children with disabilities: http://www.pacer.org/ec/

• Resource from AAP: http://www.healthychildren.org

• Brazelton learning center for families: http://www.touchpoints.org/

Organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org

• United Cerebral Palsy: http://ucp.org

• Shriner's Hospital: http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org

• National Association of Down Syndrome: http://nads.org

• March of Dimes: www.marchofdimes.com/nicu

• Autism Society: http://www.autism-society.org

Chat Groups

www.parents.com

• www.ecac-parentcenter.org

• www.preemies.org

• www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/All4Preemies