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By Emily Wax Washington Post Foreign Service, Tues, May 18,04; Page A08

Baby Center Community--Rebozo Carries (text and videos)

The Backstrap Weaving School at Santa Maria del Rio,
San Luis Potosi, Mexico

published at http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/SM.htm

by  Ruth Kamnitzer on the Natural Child Project website

Co-Sleeping: Another Way to promote Infant Health
by Jennifer Coburn published on the Complete Mother website

Co-Sleeping Around The World
by James J. McKenna Ph.D., published on the Natural Child website

The Current Situation for Parents and the Work of Parenting
by Patty Wipfler, published at http://www.parentleaders.org

Evaristo Borboa, Master Weaver of the Finest Rebozos in Mexico
published on the Zocolo de Mexican Folk Art website. June 25, 2008

Foot-Loom Weaving in Central Mexico
published at http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/weaving.htm

Hardwired to Connect:The New Scientific Case for Authoritive Communities
published at http://www.americanvalues.org

How to Sew Your Own Rebozo
adapted from the Rebozo Way Project pamphlet.
Frugal Baby Tips: Make Your Own Rebozo Sling, on www.borntolove.com

Ikat-Dyed, Foot-Loom Woven Shawls
also made in Central Mexico and published at http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/shawl.htm

The Importance of the In-Arms Phase
by Jean Liedloff, published in her site, www.continuum-concept.org

La Patera Professional: Articulating identity and Cultural Space for a New Kind of Midwife in Mexico (pdf)
by Robbie Davis-Floyd, PhD, Medical/Cultural Anthropologist
Expert on Childbirth and Midwifery, published on her website

by Jennifer Bleyer, published in the New York Times March 10, 2010

Listening to Nursing Children
by Patty Wipfler, published at http://www.parentleaders.org

Natural Parenting: Back to Basics in Infant Care (pdf)
by Regine A. Schön, article in Evolutionary Psychology Journal, part of her dissertation in Psychology, an amazing, must-read, must-take-time-to-digest 82-page long article that covers many aspects of babywearing, attachment parenting, co-sleeping, and more

Rebozo 'House' Puts on Festival
from the Guadalajara Reporter, Friday, Nov 13, 2009

The Rebozo: Use in Labor
by Michelle Schnaars, published on her blog "Childbirth and all that Entails"

The Rebozo: A transcription of a Midwifery Today workshop given by Doña Irene Sotelo and Naoli Vinaver
published at www.midwiferytoday.com

The Rebozo Technique
by Lisa Barrett, published on her blog "Homebirth, A midwife Mutiny" , from Australia. Photos

The Species-normal Experience For Human Infants - A Biological And Cross-cultural Perspective
by Dr. Peter Cook, published at The Natural Child Project site

Spinning Babies with Rebozos
published at http://spinningbabies.com, a site to discover how to improve fetal positioning for easier birthing

The Time Crunch: Mending Our Lives
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Using a Rebozo
by Elly Winner, who expands and elaborates on basic rebozo wraps using an EllaRoo rebozo. Clear descriptions and photos. She also shows how to tie a sailor's knot, step-by-step in both words and photos.

Using The Rebozo: Videos and More
from the website à portée de bisous from Paris, France (text on this page in English)

What I've learned from Indigenous Mothers
by Monica Salazar, on her blog, Natural Family World, http://naturalfamilyworld.com/

Who's In Control?
The Unhappy Consequences of Being Child-Centered

by Jean Liedloff, published in her site, www.continuum-concept.org

Why Men Leave--A Hidden Epidemic
by John W. Travis, MD, MPH, published in his site, www.thewellspring.com