PlayGroups for
Attachment and Natural Families
Start even before
baby is born! and you'll be glad you did. Remember, playgroups are
for the moms really, although the babies enjoy meeting others their
age. Come meet other families with similar parenting styles and
develop some treasured, long-time friendships. These groups stem
from Attachment Parenting Support Groups, LLLI groups, and San Diego
Natural Families groups.
North County
AP Playgroup - All Ages
Wednesdays -
10:30AM
We meet at various locations,
both at parks and homes. Occasionally we have potlucks and picnics
that include the whole family.
Contact http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDNorthCountyAPPlaygroup for more information and or playgroup locations
North County
Babywearing Group - Pregnant Families, Babies & Young Children
Anyone in North County interested in learning more about the art and
practice of wearing your baby is welcome. Want a way to bond with
your baby? Need your hands free for older children? Do you want to
have your baby close so they can share your world? Want to nurse
hands-free? We can help. We are a mom to mom support group that
teaches people how to choose and use baby carriers. Doulas, lactation
consultants, and anyone that works with pregnant or new parents
welcome as well. Meeting locations and times can be found at
www.babywearingsandiego.com
San Diego Babywearers - Newborn-Preschoolers
Meetings in East and North County
Babies need physical contact just as they need food, air, warmth, and
shelter. Babywearing helps parents and other caregivers give babies
all the closeness they need, while still having hands free for other
tasks.
Join the SanDiegoBabywearers Forum to chat with us and come join us
at a meeting to learn how to choose and use your carriers and hang
out with some great mamas.
WWW.SanDiegoNINO.com
Central San Diego
AP Playgroup - All Ages
Mondays - 10:00AM
Meets at parks around San Diego from Coronado to Mission Beach to
Balboa Park. I have one daughter (10/02) who is very active. Everyone
and all ages are welcome.
Contact Bonny Skolnik : scrap4claire@yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SanDiegoAPplaygroup/
Central San Diego
AP Playgroup - All Ages
Thursdays - 10:00AM
I run an Attachment Parenting
playgroup on Thursdays 10-12. We meet all around San Diego: Hillcrest,
Mission Valley, Mission Bay, La Mesa areas... We also meet one day
a month in one our members' home to meet in a different venue. Occasionally
we will meet additional days during the week. We have gone to a
pumpkin patch, the zoo, the library, watermelon picking, the Viejas
fountain...
If you are interested in checking us out, please email me &
I will send you our next few meeting spots, you can come meet us
and decide if you want to join! We like to meet our moms and children
before we give out our secure website info (for the safety of our
kids). We'd love to have you!! We have children of all ages (infants,
toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged kids)!
Come check us out! Jen iluv2rlx@cox.net
The Crunchy Crowd
A playgroup mostly in East County
but we travel all over SD for
differant events.
Join our forums for lively discussions about
everything under the natural sun.
http://www.freepowerboards.com/thecrunchycrowd
East County
La Leche League Playgroup - All Ages Wednesdays - 10:00AM
Based in East County, we are headed mostly coastal
in the hotter summer months. You will find in LLL groups that most
will be very AP oriented, & some will be ready to learn more
AP from you.
We meet on Wed 10 am to 1:30pm. We have mainly infants through preschoolers.
Sometimes we do have young school agers too. We would welcome anyone
who wants to join us.
Contact Mary Jo Highland: happyhighlands@cox.net
Yahoo Chat Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lllparkday
Vegan
SDVeganFamilies - All ages
A place to meet other like minded families in our community and meet for monthly family friendly vegan potlucks.
contact: Sara at athenasage@gmail.com
group contact: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDVeganFamilies
San
Diego HomeSchool Park Days -
Tuesdays
Holistic homeschool community park days has play
days all around the county: Tuesdays 9:30am to 12:30pm.
"SanDiegoNaturalFamilies"
Yahoo Chat Group where you can e-mail with other
San Diego families about all kinds of natural parenting ideas. This
is a very alive and active group -- you may get several e-mails
a day, but they're full of answers, intuition, insight, information
and support. "This group is for parents who
tend to stray away from mainstream thinking in many or all of their
parenting practices. Thoughts about attachment parenting principles, extended breastfeeding,
homebirth, midwifery, anti-immunization, no circumcision, and homeschooling
are just a few of the issues that separate us from mainstream parenting.
We may also discuss other topics such as cloth diapering, tandem
nursing, limited/no television, homeopathy and holistic practices,
organically grown foods, vegan, and vegetarian practices."
One More Option-
The
Parent Connection is through Scripps Hospital,
but you don't need to have anything to do with Scripps to join-in
on the fun. They have playgroups organized by age and geographical
location -- some 160 of them. Some are special-interest as well. They're
not AP/Natural-Family-focused; you're going to find the full spectrum
of parenting styles, but you will most likely find some like-minded
moms there andmake some long-time friends.
More
San Diego Natural Parenting Resources
This resource
page provided by:
Dr.
Linda Folden Palmer,
author of Baby
Matters What Your Doctor May
Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby
With
the birth of Dr. Palmer's son in 1995, she was confronted with his
severe health complications and astounded by the extreme lack of
accurate or helpful information from doctors or books. Her usual
passion for research turned toward infant health and parenting.
Her extensive reviews of science and medical research revealed huge
conflicts between what is found scientifically and what is standard
protocol in pediatric offices. Her research in this area led to
writing Baby Matters. 
Baby
Matters
What Your Doctor May Not Tell
You
About Caring for Your Baby
Dr. Linda Palmer
Please let me know
about any changes or additions to the above list. lfpalmer@babyreference.com
