Mazal tov! and Baby-Naming Links

www.Aish.com: Everything you need to know about a Jewish Newborn!- Just got back from the hospital with your cutey-pie former-fetus in your arms? Put down your bag and your baby and make a bee-line for Aish.com RIGHT NOW! Aish.com has put together an amazing collection of articles on everything you need to know about your newborn. SCROLL DOWN to see fantastic and eye-opening articles on giving a Jewish name, circumcision, celebrations for baby girls, pidyon ha ben, and lists of boys and girls names. Jewish pregnant women of the world salute Aish.com for putting together such a comprehensive resource for expecting Jewish couples!! http://www.aish.com/literacy/lifecycle

Circumcision.net- For the bris-fully ignorant: everything you ever wanted to know about circumcision all in one amazing site! If you've had a baby boy, you must see this site! www.circumcision.net

ImaMother.com- Amazing Resource! A wide array of very active discussion forums for Orthodox mothers and mothers-to-be on tons of different topics from pregnancy to parenting teenagers to mothers' favorite Shabbat recipes. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! (Sorry, this site is restricted to Orthodox mothers...)

The Abandoned Baby Syndrome: Who is Loving our Children? Dr. Miriam Adahan on the crucial importance of the first few months of mother-baby bonding. http://www.chabad.org/library/article.htm/aid/308404/jewish/Abandoned-Baby-Syndrome.html

Choosing a Jewish Name Links

A word of caution: Please be very careful when looking around the web in search of Jewish baby names! There are tons of sites out there with made-up and patently ridiculous Hebrew names, as well as false and patently ridiculous definitions for names! The sites listed below are excellent and reliable. If you have a question about a particular name, please contact me, and I'd be happy to help you out!

HebrewBabyNames.com- I used to have a few sites listed here, but I have deleted them all, and left the only link you need. I have been waiting for this site for YEARS! A totally comprehensive, fantastic, Hebrew name site which has taken all the names from the top Hebrew name books- and put them on line for the benefit of all the confused Jewish parents searching and searching for the right name for their kiddies-to-be. All of the Jewish Pregnant women in the universe should salute Sara Leah of Washington State, USA- the creator of this unbelievable site. http://www.hebrewbabynames.com/index.cfm

The Art of Baby Naming- How should you choose a name for your baby? http://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article.htm/aid/508007/jewish/The-Art-of-Baby-Naming.html