Recommended Sites
Family Life/Homemaking
- Above Rubies
- MOMYS (Mothers of Many Young Siblings)
- The Learning Parent
- Titus2.com
- Dr. S.M. Davis
- Character Health
- The Tummy Team (Diastasis Recti Rehabilitation)
Homeschooling
- My Father’s World
- The Learning Parent
- Titus2.com
- Christian Families Homeschooling Special Needs Children
- International Christian Association of Neurodevelopmentalists
- Simply Charlotte Mason
- Ambleside Online
- Homeschool Reviews
- Christian Light Education
- Accelerated Christian Education
- Timberdoodle
- Essentials in Writing
- Character Health
Nutrition and Natural Living
- Vintage Remedies School of Natural Health
- Bulk Herb Store
- Certified Natural Health Professionals
- Kelly Mom (Excellent source for breastfeeding questions)
- La Leche League
- Cultures for Health
- Mountain Rose Herbs
- Wildtree Herbs and Foods
- Young Living Essential Oils
- The Tummy Team (Diastasis Recti Rehabilitation)
- Shatul Wellness
Special Needs
- Autism Speaks
- Christian Homes and Special Kids
- Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation
- International Christian Association of Neurodevelopmentalists
- Christian Families Homeschooling Special Needs Children
- Reece’s Rainbow Adoption Ministry
What I’m currently reading, re-reading, or recommending.
Family Life/Homemaking
- A Full Quiver: Family Planning and the Lordship of Christ by Rick and Jan Hess
- Be Fruitful and Multiply: What the Bible Says about Having Children by Nancy Campbell
- Keeping our Children’s Hearts by Steve and Teri Maxwell
- Looking Well to the Ways of Your Household: Practical Help for the Domestically Challenged by Mary Carney
- Raising Maidens of Virtue: A Study of Feminine Loveliness for Mothers and Daughters by Stacy McDonald
- Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald
- Raising Godly Tomatoes by L. Elizabeth Krueger
- Created to be His Helpmeet by Debi Pearl
- Fields of the Fatherless by C. Thomas Davis
- For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men by Shaunti Feldhahn
- Gatekeepers of the Home: How to Guard Your Home by Nancy Campbell
- Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single-Income Family by Steven Maxwell
- The Power of Motherhood by Nancy Campbell
- The Return of the Daughters (DVD) by Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin
- Family UNplanning by Craig Houghton
- Divided (DVD) By NCFIC (Even if you don’t attend a family-integrated church, this DVD provides info for good discussion and food-for-thought).
- A Love That Multiplies by Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar
- The Attachment Parenting Book by Dr. Sears
- The Baby Book by Dr. Sears
- The Pursuit of Motherhood
Homeschooling
- 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy
- For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
- Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell
- When you Rise up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling by R.C. Sproul, Jr.
- The Socialization Trap by Rick Boyer(While it’s a very easy read–I read it in one afternoon, it inspired me to begin homeschooling during the early preschool years and made me question age-segregation even beyond the schoolroom.
- So You’re Thinking about Homeschooling by Lisa Whelchel
- The Pursuit of Motherhood
- Homeschooling Day by Day
Nutrition and Natural Living
- The Breastfeeding Mother’s Guide to Making More Milk by Diana West and Lisa Marasco
- First Do No Harm (DVD)
- From the Kitchen of Two Sisters (DVD)
- From the Kitchen of Two Sisters Cookbook: A Satisfying New Approach to Slimness, Vitality, and Health
- Whole Foods for Babies and Toddlers by Margaret Kenda
- Whole Foods for Kids to Cook by La Leche League International
- Whole Foods for the Whole Family by Roberta Johnson
- Rejuvenate Your Life: Recipes for Energy by Serene Allison (She also has a CD by the same title and I highly recommend it, too!)
- The Optimum Nutrition Bible by Patrick Holford
- What the Bible Says about Healthy Living by Rex Russell
- The Nursing Mother’s Herbal by Sheila Humphrey
- The Natural Pregnancy Book by Aviva Jill Romm
Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Babies
- Breastfeeding and Fertility by Jenny Silliman (A
very useful, practical guide not only for learning how to practice
Responsive/Ecological Breastfeeding for natural child spacing, but a
very sweet book, packed with other useful advice on nutrition and
mothering). - Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing: The Ecology of Natural Mothering by Sheila Kippley
- The Breastfeeding Mother’s Guide to Making More Milk by Diana West and Lisa Marasco
- Whole Foods for Babies and Toddlers by Margaret Kenda
- The Nursing Mother’s Herbal by Sheila Humphrey
- The Natural Pregnancy Book by Aviva Jill Romm
- The Pregnancy Book by Dr. Sears
- The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears (Updated 2011)
- The Birth Book by Dr. Sears
- The Breastfeeding Book by Dr. Sears
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, and Teresa Pitman
- Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond by Hilary Flower
- The Tummy Team (Diastasis Recti Rehabilitation)
Special Needs
- A Special Kind of Love: For Those Who Love Children with Special Needs by Susan Titus Osborn, Janet Lynn Mitchell and John Trent
- Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child by L. Anne Babb and Rita Laws
- A Parent’s Guide To Developmental Delays: Recognizing and Coping with Missed Milestones in Speech, Movement, Learning, and Other Areas by Laurie LeComer
- Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should Know by Patricia McAleer Hamaguchi
- Hidden for Glory, Destined for Adoption by SuDawn Peters (She’s one of my favorite people. A great Mama)
- Meghan’s World: The Story of One Girl’s Triumph over Sensory Processing Disorder by Diane M. Renna
- Parenting a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder by Christoper Auer, Susan Blumberg, and Lucy Jane Miller
- Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel and Nancy Peske
- Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Processing Sensory Disorder by Lucy Jane Miller and Doris A. Fuller
- The Goodenoughs Get in Sync by Carol Stock Kranowitz
- The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron
- The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
- The Out-of-Sync Child has Fun by Carol Kranowitz
- The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz
- First Do No Harm (DVD)
- The Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears (Updated Oct. 2011)
- The Autism Book by Dr. Sears
- The Pursuit of Motherhood
- Homeschooling Day by Day (I contributed a chapter on homeschooling a child on the autism spectrum.
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