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Featured Links - Meal Planning & Cooking for Kids
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Fruits & Veggies Matter
This site offers expert cooking advice, nutrition information, and shopping tips about…fruits and vegetables!
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Meals Matter
Loads of good stuff on this site, including meal planning and practical tips for cooking for children.
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The 10 Best Restaurants for Families
We all need to get out of the house sometimes. This exclusive survey by Parents Magazine uncovers the healthiest spots for dining out with kids.
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Family Fun Monthly Meal Plans
From the magazine, there are monthly meal plans as well as recipes and seasonal ideas. There’s a more specific page for Cooking with Kids at http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids.
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Alliance for a Healthier Generation
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. Along with our co-leader Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, the Alliance focuses on preventing childhood obesity and creating healthier lifestyles for all children and targets several areas to spark change and reduce the increasing rates of childhood obesity.
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Organized Home
Too much to mention here…lots of ads but plenty of good tips and planners related to cutting clutter, meal planning, cleaning, and general organization. Worth a look, especially in the “printables” section.
Go directly to the meal planning printables section.
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Positive Parenting - DuPage
This site offers a list of specific topics, a directory of organizations, and educational materials/information.
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USDA - Customize a Food Pyramid
This site is designed for preschoolers ages 2-5; you can customize your child food pyramid, get advice for picky eaters, and see sample menus.
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Our Favorite Links
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National Organization Of Mothers Of Twins Club
A national non-profit organization founded in 1960 for the purpose of promoting awareness of the special aspects of child development specifically related to multiple birth children. NOMOTC's website provides information helpful to parents of multiple-birth children, including book lists, resources, information on twin development, and links to local clubs. There is also information about researchers seeking participants for twin studies and postings for agencies seeking twins for print or film work.
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Illinois Organization Of Mothers Of Twins Club
The Illinois Organization of Mothers of Twins Club, Inc. (IOMOTC) was founded in 1962 as an Illinois non-profit, educational, public service organization for mothers of twins and higher order multiple birth children. IOMOTC provides support, information, and networking services to parents of twins and higher order multiples through its member club affiliates.
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Twins Magazine
Twins Magazine's web site features a parent's forum to share insights, cartoons and fun facts, articles from their current issue, and information about twins. There are also lots of links to other multiple birth websites.
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Twins World
A website created by twins for twins. This site is loaded with information, including sections on organizations, events, jokes, and photos. It also features a talent agency for twins and a shopping link to products of interest to multiple birth children and their families. There is even a section to help reunite twins.
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Twin Stuff
This website is the place to go for the latest news stories involving multiples. Created by twins for twins, the site also has a bulletin board, twin links, a photo gallery, "Fun and Games," surveys, and products of interest to multiple birth families. This website is loaded with helpful, interesting, up-to-the-minute information. Definitely worth a visit!
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TwinsInfo.com
A guide to helping you raise your twins & tons of twin tips!
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The Triplet Connection
This national organization of parents of triplets and higher order multiples offers a website that includes a chat room, information on timely topics, and a classified section featuring used triplet equipment and accessories.
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Mothers Of Super Twins (M.O.S.T.)
M.O.S.T. is a network of families with triplets, quadruplets and more. M.O.S.T. provides information, resources, empathy and good humor during pregnancy, infancy, toddlerhood and school age.
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Center for the Study of Multiple Births
The Center's purpose is to stimulate and foster medical and social research in the area of multiple birth and to help parents with the special problems they and their offspring may encounter.
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Household Hints for Parents of Multiples
Keep your home running smoothly with this collection of hints, tips and recipes. Parents of twins and other multiples will appreciate these ideas for saving money, staying organized and preparing easy meals.
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Medela Breast Pumps
Medela provides superior-quality breastpumps and breastfeeding accessories to nursing mothers around the world. Founded in 1961 in Zug, Switzerland by Olle Larsson, Medela continues to grow under the ownership of the Larsson family today. The Swiss' high standards for both product and production were brought to the United States over 20 years ago. Through the years, Medela's commitment to quality products and supportive programs has made the company the major supplier of breastpumps to health care facilities in the United States.
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Breastfeeding & Attachment Parenting Twins
This site is dedicated to the parents who make the commitment to Breastfeed, and practice Attachment Parenting with their twins.
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