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What to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | January 31, 2008
It’s not a cheap weekend, but it is a fun one! There’s dinosaurs, a feast of tales, and a whole lot of wellness including gymnastics and golf and doggies. Plus you can get prepared for a dancing next weekend.
Feed me
Filed Under Stuff | January 30, 2008
As a mum finding time to cook nutritional dinners for you and your family is challenging to say the least, but for new mums it’s nearly impossible. Between sleep deprivation, feeding, diapering and meeting everyone’s basic needs, managing to cook as well can seem overwhelming. Which is why we love the concept behind the newly-launched Meals for Mums.
Coffee break
Filed Under Places | January 29, 2008
Dunbar’s Kokopelli Café isn’t new on the local kid-friendly dining scene, in fact it’s practically a Dunbar tradition, but just in case you’re not already a convert, we wanted to spread the word. You won’t have to suffer through mediocre adult fare just to get your fingers on kid’s food. Their menu features light meals, home baking, smoothies and really, really good coffee as well as handy kid-sized portions of mac ‘n cheese and grilled cheese – all for under $3.
Have (safe) mug, will travel…
Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | January 28, 2008
We know you’re all over safer sipping for your tots. But what about yourself? When mums want to safely sip their water they can always opt for a Klean Kanteen, but what about their coffee, tea or lemonade? Shouldn’t we be able to treat ourselves to a drink that’s piping hot or icy cold and safely packaged? After all, it wasn’t ’til we became mothers that we found ourselves repeatedly heating the same cup of tea over and over again the microwave as there just never seemed to be enough time to actually manage to drink very much of it.
Read on!
Filed Under Events, Tips & Tricks | January 25, 2008
BC’s Family Literacy Week is wrapping up, but there are still a few events you can catch today and Saturday. The week will be capped off by Canada’s 10th annual Family Literacy Day on Sunday the 27th. Launched to promote the importance of reading and learning as family, Family Literacy Day helps reinforce the importance of learning with children to help them build the knowledge necessary for future skills.
What to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | January 24, 2008
Everything seems to be happening on Sunday this weekend – including dancing, fairy tales, nutrition and sales. And we’ve got some interesting events that are happening next week as well.
Mamas rock: Nikiah Seeds
Filed Under Mamas Rock | January 23, 2008
This month in mamas rock we’re profiling local mama-of-two, Nikiah Seeds, who took her background as a doula, childbirth educator, and herbalist and maternity reflexologist and created Mama Goddess Birthshop. Mama Goddess, an online store, offers midwifery supplies and gifts, pregnancy and baby needs, herbal teas, home birth kits, birth pools and more to professionals and the mums they work with.
Organix a go go
Filed Under Going Green, Places, Stuff | January 22, 2008
When we wrote about bamboo products for babes a few weeks ago lots of you took us up on offer to write about bamboo products for mamas as well, and that will be happening, we promise. But to tide you over until that that day, why not visit Granville Island Organix?
More play, less work
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | January 21, 2008
The daily grind of parenting – keeping everyone clean, fed, dry, and just getting them out the door – can be so time consuming that there never seems to be any time left for the fun stuff, like play. We asked Sharon Selby, a local child counsellor, and the brains behind the Phonics Wizard, about the importance of play, and how we can do more of it with our kids.
Perfectly positioned
Filed Under Multi-tasking, Stuff | January 18, 2008
Some mums can get by without ‘em, but we’ve always found that nursing pillows are a necessity. So when we got the chance to test drive the You Nursing Pillow from Positively Pillows, we jumped at the chance. The only problem? We’re not actually nursing any longer. So we passed our pillow onto an intrepid breastfeeding tester, who liked hers so much she wouldn’t give it back. “I can’t imagine one night without it,” she protested.
