ZERO TO THREE is the nation's leading resource on the first three years of life. They are a national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers. They offer free booklets, tips on child care and special needs. Phone: 202-638-1144

Water has a calming effect on all of us, especially babies. That's the concept behind the Calm Baby video for little ones offered on this site. Features flowing water images and cute puppets with music of Brahms and Bach underneath, all designed to sooth fussy babies. Includes a free Audio CD. Would be great for mother's of twins who want to focus on bonding with one baby at a time.

I Am Your Child is a national public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood development a top priority for our nation. Through mass media, community mobilization, public education and policy outreach, parents and caregivers across the U.S. and around the world are learning how to make a difference in the lives of young children. I Am Your Child founders include Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, and Ellen Gilbert of International Creative Management, as well as a broad range of experts from the early childhood fields. They offer free educational booklets and videos at a nominal fee.

BabyCenter is a complete resource for pregnancy and baby. Created by parents and reviewed by doctors and other experts, it contains current articles, answers to thousands of questions, week by week information, a baby name finder, connections with other parents online, and more.

Parent Soup features a variety of information on parenting children of all ages. Helpful features include the bulletin boards and discussion groups.

This site, from Nemours Foundation, offers extensive articles on childhood illness and health issues, and provides information to parents, children and even professionals.

This is the home of "House Calls," where noted pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton offers advice and answers questions about the first year of development. He provides counsel on infant communication, motor skills, cognitive development and feeding. Parents can look at each issue by stage: 3 months, 6 months, up to one year. The Pampers Parenting Institute offers information, supplied by pediatricians, on numerous infant care topics.

Parent's Place offers a magazine format with articles on all stages of parenting, a "WebDoctor" feature, chat rooms, book reviews, etc. Products are also offered. This is a user-friendly comfortable site with information from experts and discussion groups for parents.

The Child Trauma Programs at Baylor College of Medicine provide clinical services to desperately underserved children. The programs are run by a group of skilled and dedicated professionals, while carrying out these services and training in the context of ongoing research.

Their vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust.

Innovative pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp has, in his work with thousands of babies and his study of other cultures, discovered a unique and effective remedy for baby's colic. The website features his book and videotape which illustrate the doctor's unique techniques as well as numerous testimonials from celebrities.