lactation
- Nursing Mothers Counsel – free unbiased lactation counseling from trained peers
- La Leche League – Northern California and Monterey
- Sutter Lactation
- Dominican Lactation Support
- Natividad Lactation Support
- Monterey Birth Center Lactation Support
- Casa Natal Birth Center Lactation Support (Los Gatos and Morgan Hill locations)
- Santa Cruz County Breastfeeding Coalition – many, many links with information on advice, materials, workplace advocacy
- Queer Liquid Gold – a queer lactation group
- Birthing and Breast or Chestfeeding Trans People and Allies – for people at any stage of transition or pre-transition during pregnancy, birth, and nursing, and allies, particularly healthcare providers, supporting them
- Janet’s Breastfeeding Support Group – run by Janet Hoover, IBCLC, and full of peer-to-peer support
- The Nursing Mother’s Companion, 7th ed. by Kathleen Huggins RN MS – gendered but otherwise a good reference
solids
- Nourished Beginnings Baby Food by Renee Kohley – baby safe recipes for the whole family
- California WIC portal – support for pregnant and lactating parents up to baby’s first birthday, and children up to age 5
- Baby Led Weaning – a jumping off point for a simple concept a little complicated in execution: feed babies nonchokable foods at developmentally appropriate timing so they learn to chew before they learn to swallow
- my favourite birthday cake recipe for celebrating birth day and the first birthday, King Arthur Flour’s 2019 Recipe of the Year
Pomegranate Birth Companion 