Seeking other online parenting forums

My sister doesn't live here and is so envious of my access to the BPN. Every time I talk to her it seems she's struggling with another parenting dilemma and is looking for advice but we can't seem to find any good online forums. She's hoping to be able to tap into a community of dedicated, socially conscious parents that we are so fortunate to have here. She reads alot but being able to post her specific questions online is so much more efficient given how precious her time is. She doesn't care if it's specific to her region -- it's just advice she wants, not local services or anything. If anyone out there has any websites worth checking out, please post them! Thank you! Erika

Good parenting websites & blogs

As a web-obsessed mama, I'm always on the look-out for new websites to visit on one of my favorite topics: parenting. Do you have any favorite parenting websites to share with me? I'm interested in factual, advice-type sites like BPN and Babycenter.com, but I'd also like to hear about any sites/blogs you visit that are well-written and entertaining. Some examples of that sort that I've been enjoying lately are dooce.com, parenthacks.com, and rookiemoms.com. Can you help this mama waste time? Wendy

http://www.trixietracker.com Trixie Tracker -- crunches simple daily input into rich, informative charts, graphs and striking visual summaries that help you better understand your baby. Learn more about your baby's needs and behavior. Keep track of daily patterns. Share with your family and friends. Get more sleep.

http://www.kellymom.com KellyMom -- this website was developed to provide evidence-based information on breastfeeding, sleep and parenting

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) -- a peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.

Blogs:

http://thebabynamewizard.ivillage.com/parenting http://www.webamused.com/milkbreath I second the vote for Catherine Newman at Wondertime and BabyCenter!

Nicole R.