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Holistic Health Resources:

NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique)

If you or your child suffer from environmental or food allergies or you suspect an allergy, this technique will help eliminate the allergy in a natural way. Safe enough to be done on a newborn baby. Helps to diagnose and treat environmental and food allergies. My baby was diagnosed with eczema around 3 months of age. We tried everything and nothing helped except NAET. In six months, he went from a severe case of eczema covering most of his body to a clear complexion without the use of any medications. Can help with morning sickness, colic, autism, eczema, etc.  Click on the link above to find out more or to find a practitioner near you.

In Kansas City Area : NAET practitioner Megan Brownlee BSN at Village Healing

Megan is wonderful with babies (nursing or bottle fed) and young children.

Dr. Amanda Chaney, NMD

"Chaney Integrative Family Medicine of Kansas City is a medical practice dedicated to serving the needs of women and children.  With convenience in mind, this practice specializes in house calls and phone consultations, as well as office visits.
By combining the best of natural therapeutics and conventional medicine, Dr. Chaney provides her patients with safe and effective health care."

 

Kansas City Family Acupuncture, Stephanie McGuirk, Dr. of Oriental Medcine

Safe, personalized and effective healthcare for you and your family.

Kim Meisinger  

"The human energy field that surrounds and penetrates the body is an integrated way to work with physical challenges in concert with emotional, spiritually and mind based issues. Often, disturbances in the energy field will manifest months before physical symptoms appear thus making energy work a great preventative tool in health and well being. By using light touch, Kim assess the function of multiple systems of the body -- immune, endocrine, cardiac/pulmonary, chakra and nervous systems, etc.  Old patterns of pain and trauma as well as blockages in the field are addressed.  By using techniques that modulate energy that flows through the hands, each client is given a treatment and feedback on ways to enhance and maintain the benefits of their treatment. Energy based exercises are given when indicated.
During pregnancy, the energy field takes on many pastel hues.  It is of note that the baby grows in the space between the first and third chakras. The first chakra governs the physical body, nervous system and immune system.  It is highly related to our of creativity and sexuality.  Its element is fire. The second chakra governs the emotional body, the organs of reproduction and is connected with our self esteem and sexuality.  Its element is water.  The third chakra nourishes all of the organs of digestion and is considered the seat of the mind or our thinking process.  Our sense of hope and inner strength is related to this chakra. Its element is air.  By working within these three chakras along with the nerves that nourish the tissue in these areas, many symptoms and challenges of pregnancy can be prevented, reduced or often eliminated. The following list of conditions have been addressed with energy work.
 
Fatigue
Morning Sickness
Depression/Anxiety (peri or postnatal)
Digestive Issues
Fear attached to previous pregnancies/labor/delivery
Swelling/pain from delivery
 
Because of the demands made upon the mother during pregnancy, many women have found that 4 sessions of energy work spread over the ninth month of pregnancy and the first month post partum, recover their energy and sense of well being more quickly. This also helps the body adjust to the wide swing of hormones following birth that contributes to depression/baby blues. As a classically trained, spiritually directed healer and former doula/midwife assistant,  one of Kim's specialties is work with peri and post natal women, babies and couples.  She has been active in this field for 25 years and is a third generation practitioner of natural healing. For more information or to make an appointment, call 913-685-9939 or visit my web site at http://www.kchealer.com/

 

Custom Chiropractic

Dr. Lonnie Rudd serving the Kansas City area   Please call 913-722-1113 (no web page)

Holistic Pediatric Association

Holistic education and support for both parents and child health professionals.

Midwives and Doctors in the Kansas City Area:

For a gentle hospital birth with midwives:

Midwest Midwifery   Sheila Roth CNM and Kim Anderson CNM

For a gentle home birth:

Cheryl Gates CPM

Birth and Pregnancy Websites:

ICAN

"The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization founded by Esther Booth Zorn in 1982. ICAN's mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)."

Hypnotherapy with Valorie J. Wells PHD in the Kansas City area

"Hypnotherapy is the therapeutic use of clinical hypnosis (as opposed to entertainment/stage hypnosis) for the purposes of behavior modification, pain/stress relief, resolution of fears and phobias and to aid in the natural process of childbirth."

Hypno Birthing with Jodi Hayes

"The HypnoBirthing® childbirth method is as much a philosophy of birth as it is a technique for achieving a satisfying, relaxing, and stress-free method of birthing."  Click the above link to learn more about a hypno birthing class in the Kansas City area.
 

The Postpartum Resource Center for Kansas

"We grew up learning that having a baby is a magical experience.  The last thing we expect to feel is exhausted, panicked, or sad after the baby comes.  But at least one in every ten of us experience these emotions--and we need help to feel better. We are here to offer information, support, and resources to help you start feeling like yourself again.  Please call us at 913-677-1300 or 1-866-363-1300, in Kansas and Missouri."

Doulas:

Find a doula in Kansas City :   Doula Services of Greater Kansas City

Internationally:   Doulas of North America (DONA)

Breastfeeding Websites:

La Leche League

La Leche League's mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

Ten Good Reasons to Breastfeed Your Toddler

Click above to find out why breastfeeding your toddler is a good idea.

 101 Reasons to Breastfeed

Trying to decide if you should breastfeed?  Click above to read 101 reasons to breastfeed your baby.

Circumcision:

http://www.nocircmo.org/

http://www.ksnocirc.org/

Parenting Issues:

Dunstan Baby Language

Learn the 5 words all newborns say to tell you when they are hungry, tired, uncomfortable, need to burp or pass gas.

Happiest Baby on the Block

Learn how to calm your crying baby

Baby Sign Language: Wee Words 

Classes offered in the Kansas City area to teach your baby sign language.

Discipline Without Damage

A positive approach to discipline.  Learn how to manage your child without coaxing, bribing, counting, scolding, lecturing, shouting, swatting, swearing or threatening.

Mothering Resources:  

Holistic Moms Network 

Whether you are a holistic parent or are interested in learning more about natural options, then the HOLISTIC MOMS NETWORK is for you!

Mothering Magazine

A wonderful source of information on natural family issues.

Vaccination Information:

909 Shot

Think Twice Global Vaccine Institute

Fun For Kids

MelsMonsters.com

Fun monster t-shirts and posters for kids and adults.  Interactive website where kids can download monster poems and drawings.

Smarterbythemonth.com

Looking for a unique infant or toddler gift?

"Give the gift that keeps on giving- a monthly toy subscription to Smarter By The Month! Let our experts select the ideal toys based on your child's age and milestones."

 

 
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