The International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals Partners With Natural Baby Pros

The International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals Partners With Natural Baby Pros

 Why?  To Provide the Information Necessary for a Naturally Healthy Pregnancy, Birth, Baby and Mother

IABPP and Natural Baby Pros have the same goal of empowering parents to make the right decisions for themselves and their babies through providing the support, information, and resources necessary to make educated choices in planning for their baby.

The IABPP is proud to be part of a greater impact with NBP to share expertise, services and class information while connecting with moms, families, and other Natural Baby Professionals.

NaturalBabyPros.com is a website, resource and directory built to educate about the natural and alternative options in creating healthy, natural babies and moms.  It was created with the purpose of educating women and couples on the many natural health care options available for preconception through postpartum and baby care, and to help connect them with the best therapies and professionals for them and their families.  Think of it as a place where like-minded families and practitioners can find each other, collaborate, and share information about fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and baby care and services.  

The IABPP fully supports their deepest desire is to create opportunities for families to meet other families and practitioners in a non-judgmental, educative and supportive environment, whether online or in the community.  They want to build a strong referral network between professionals and each individual profession in an effort to provide the best, most well-rounded resource available for fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and baby care.

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NYC EarthFair 2009

Today I attended the 2009 Earth Day EarthFair held at Grand Central Terminal. I connected with Angelique Ledoux, founder of Jade’s Toy Box located at 19 Beach Street in Tribeca, http://www.jadestoybox.com. They specialize in eco-friendly, educational, theme-based toys & books, devoid of tv characters and electronics, but with particular attention to child safety, our environment and fun. I also discovered the Green Depot located at 222 Bowery , http://www.greendepot.com. Founded in November 2005, Green Depot is a leading supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions. Its primary goal is to facilitate green living and building in communities so that it is accessible, affordable and gratifying.

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Home Births ‘as safe as hospital’

click or paste into your url…..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7998417.stm

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Interview with Julie Elkshen CityMommy

How were you introduced to CityMommy?

I had a very good friend that was on the initial LA site.  She called me one day and was raving about how much she loved the site and how helpful it had been.  She mentioned that she thought that Dayna was looking for someone to expand to San Francisco.  I had just moved back to the city (my native city) after four years living in other places and was feeling the city needed a site like CityMommy so the timing was perfect!  Dayna and I talked and the rest is history, 25 cities later!

2. What were you doing prior to CityMommy?

Well, we move a lot because of my husband’s job, so after my first child…I became a stay at home mom. Prior to that I was a Director of Training and Development with a big hotel company.  I always had the passion to do something from home, to keep me sharp and to round out being a SAHM.  It was difficult to find “legitimate” jobs that I could do from home and that would be flexible enough to remain committed to raising my children, which was my first priority.  CityMommy turned out to be perfect!

3. What do you enjoy most about CityMommy?

There was nothing like CityMommy when I had my first child eight years ago.  I was living in a new city, my friends were all still single…I really had no where to ask questions, bounce off ideas and search for advice.   The whole social networking thing has just really exploded in the past five years or so.  The internet has changed my world as a mother and CityMommy is a social networking site designed especially for moms.  I am addicted to the site, but what is great…its my job!  My desk is in my kitchen so I work around everything, the kid’s school schedule, dinner making or whatever my day throws at me.  Most of what I do is through email, most other WAH moms understand that, I rarely use the phone to conduct business.  I have advertisers and community members that I have been working with for over two years, that I have never met face to face, but feel like they are dear friends.  I have found business moms to be really supportive and kind.

I would say the thing I love the most about CityMommy is feeling connected to the community, other moms and most of all being able to provide a wonderful resource to local moms.  I believe that the transition to being a SAHM or WAHM mom is a challenging one for most moms….having a community to rely on, ask questions of and feel a part of can make all the difference in the world!  CityMommy has been the second best job in the world….second of course to being a mom!

 
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Julie Elkeshen
Director of Operations, CityMommy SF
(415)310-5522

http://sf.citymommy.com
invite code: libramedia

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TheBabyPlanner.TV and radio show to launch soon!

I am very excited to introduce TheBabyPlanner.TV and TheBabyPlanner talk radio to launch this summer.

My college years studying film and mass communications came very handy. Who knew? I will be showcasing many products and services for new and expecting parents and may be coming to a city near you!

It has been my dream to share and communicate the wonderful resources available to make your pregnancy a more healthy, safe, and enjoyable experience.

Stay tuned!!!!!

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My Milkies, Milk Saver Happy Moms. Healthy Babies.

I am so excited to share with you a wonderful new product, Milkies (Milk-Saver)!

Milkies was found by registered nurses who know the benefits of breastfeeding and want to help you do it successfully and as long as you choose. It is a milk-saver, moms slip it into your bra or snug tank on the non-nursing breast, then just breastfeed.

The milk-saver collects the ejected milk in a 2 oz reservoir, or attach
a sterile breast milk storage bag for heavier leakage, up to 4 oz.

1.The milk-saver is great for baby, he gets every drop of mom’s milk.

2.Mom stays dry and comfortable and is able to stockpile up to 8-10oz
per day without depriving her baby of any precious breast milk.

3.Moms will use fewer disposable nursing pads and have no milk-soaked
towels or leaked-on shirts to wash and dry, adding to families utility
bills and mom’s workload. Impact on the environment is also decreased.
The milk-saver is very durable, and is 100% recyclable, just put the
milk-saver at the curb with other plastic recyclables.

The design is comfortable, discreet and simple to use. The material is
FDA approved and BPA and pthalate free. Every milk-saver comes in a hard
plastic storage case for portability, cleanliness and protection.

For more information, please visit: www.mymilkies.com

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The Manhattan Baby Boom

By Sam Roberts

Since 2000, according to census figures released last year, the number of children under age 5 living in Manhattan mushroomed by more than 32 percent. And though their ranks have been growing for several years, a new analysis for The New York Times makes clear for the first time who has been driving that growth: wealthy white families.

At least half of the growth was generated by children who are white and non-Hispanic. Their ranks expanded by more than 40 percent from 2000 to 2005. For the first time since at least the 1960s, white children now outnumber either black or Hispanic youngsters in that age group in Manhattan.

The analysis shows that Manhattan’s 35,000 or so white non-Hispanic toddlers are being raised by parents whose median income was $284,208 a year in 2005, which means they are growing up in wealthier households than similar youngsters in any other large county in the country.

What those findings imply, demographers say, is not only that the socioeconomic gap between Manhattan and the other boroughs is widening, but also that the population of Manhattan, in some ways, is beginning to look more like the suburbs — or what they used to look like — than like the rest of the city.

“We knew Manhattan was having a baby boom,” said Andrew A. Beveridge, a demographer at Queens College of the City University of New York, who conducted the analysis. “Now we know who’s having the babies.”

The raw numbers are subject to interpretation, but, coupled with anecdotal evidence, what they generally suggest is that more well-to-do Manhattanites who might otherwise have moved to the suburbs with their children are choosing to raise them in the city, at least early on.

Here’s Chris Osborne, 44, who lives on the Upper West Side with his wife Marcia, 37, and their two children, ages 4 and 6:

If both parents are working, it actually becomes logistically difficult to live in the suburbs. If you’re 90 minutes away, we just don’t like that feeling.

Even if we were disposed to — for the usual space, quality of life reasons — to go to suburbs, we would have to consider the practical difficulty.

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Choices in Childbirth

A resourceful and insightful guide full of great facts that speak for themselves:

http://choicesinchildbirth.org/birthguide/HealthyBirth_4b.pdf

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