For New Parents!

Not quite a "New Parent" yet??? Come take a virtual tour of Redwood City Labor and Delivery Department. You'll learn about preparing for your delivery and hospital stay, who to call and where to go, what entrance to use if you're going to arrive after midnight. This is a fun and informative tour that will help you understand what to expect during your experience here at Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City.

Getting Started!

• Healthy Babies On-line Newsletter Sign up for our Healthy Babies on-line newsletter created by Kaiser Permanente Pediatricians.
• Register for KP.ORG Register for a secure password and get on-line access to appointments, refills, lab results and more.
• Starting a Healthy Family
• Choosing a Pediatrician
• Your Child's Development
• Healthy Beginnings Newsletter Issue #10 (Postpartum)

Child Health Information: Newborn Care

• Newborn Care A video library covering topics ranging from bathing and diaper changes to taking your babies temprature and unbilical cord care.
• Infancy
• Infancia: de 0 a 11 meses

Breastfeeding Links

• KP Breastfeeding Resources and Information
• Lactation Services at Redwood City
• Breast Feeding.com
• Medela.com
• I Breastfeeding.com
• Mass. Breastfeeding Coalition
• CDPH

Child Safety

• Car Seat Safety Check Centers
• Safe Kids Accidental injury is the number one killer of America’s children, taking more lives than disease, violence and suicide. Prevention is the cure. It’s estimated that by taking these and other simple precautions, almost all (90 percent) of these accidental injuries can be avoided.
• Safe Kids Car crashes remain the number one killer of children ages 3-14 in the United States. Safe Kids Buckle Up teaches parents and caregivers to use the right safety gear for kids when they are in vehicles on every ride.
• National Highway Traffic Safety Vehicle owners across the nation can be instantly informed of a safety recall under a new automated alert system announced Nov. 7 by U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters. The recall alerts can be received via e-mail or RSS-feeds on personal computers, cell phones or PDA devices-automatically and free-of-charge.
• Consumer Safety Product Recalls The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $800 billion annually.

Immunization Information

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Information Center The Vaccine Education Center, through its web site, informational materials and speakers programs, provides information on every vaccine. In addition, the center describes to parents how vaccines work, how they are made, who recommends vaccines, when they should be given, whether they are still necessary and, most importantly, whether they are safe.
• American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics sponers this excellent site.
• Center for Disease Control Vaccine and Immunization Page

Information About Finding Child Care

• A Guide to Finding Good Child Care
• Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County
• The Child Care Bureau
• Postnatal Fitness

Information and Links to Alternative Medicine Subjects

• Learn More about Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM)
• Alternative Medicine This site is sponsored by the National Institute of Health and it's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. It provides access to alternative journals using Medline, and provicles.

Special Needs Children

• Parents Helping Parents
• California Children's Services

THRIVE Resource for Families

• KID WISDOM Check out these kid-friendly features and fun activities.
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protects the health and safety of people at home and abroad by providing credible information to enhance health decisions and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics
• KidsHealth This site is devoted to the health of children and teens. It is an interactive and fun way to learn about health. There are sections for kids, parents, and professionals.
• Safe Kids Accident prevention saves lives!

Disclaimer
If you think you have a MEDICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY or go to the nearest hospital. DO NOT attempt to access emergency care through this web site. An emergency medical condition is a medical or psychiatric condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that you could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in any of the following: serious jeopardy to your health, serious impairment to your bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. An emergency medical condition is also "active labor," which means a labor when there is inadequate time for safe transfer to a Plan hospital (or designated hospital) before delivery or if a transfer poses a threat to the health of the member or unborn child.

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