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Special Feature: Club MomMe Spring Family Fest
Posted on June 1, 2014 at 11:17 AM |
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Club Mom-Me Spring Family Fest: Saturday, June 7, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa Huntington Beach Club MomMe is a social, educational and wellness community for moms and moms-to-be. They provide a place for women to meet each other, make friends, learn about pregnancy and motherhood, and share unique experiences together. All attendees at each event receive a gift bag and a chance to win great giveaways like strollers, car seats, gear and more!
SPB is very excited to announce that we will be at the Club MomMe OC Spring Fest event. In case you cannot attend in person, you can follow us on Twitter for live-tweets from the event, see views from the inside the event on Instagram, and we will be sharing presenter notes in future blog posts. Here is our virtual interview with Aubrye Foote, Vice President of Club MomMe Orange County, with your inside scoop on the event coming up this Saturday, June 7, 2014. SPB: What's new at the Spring Family Fest? AF: This year we've added our Daddy Lounge with fun activities, a Style Lounge where you can see and shop for different clothing, bags, etc. and added some interactive areas for the kids. Spring Fest truly is an event where you can learn about parenthood, explore products & gear, sample goodies during the event and in the *huge* gift bags you'll take home, and connect with not only experts but other families as well. SPB: Tell me more about the inspiration for the Daddy Lounge. It sounds amazing - are MomMe's and Babies welcome, too? AF: We wanted our Family Fests to be something every member of the family could enjoy and what better way for Dad to have a good time then to set him up with a fantastic microbrew (Beach City Brewery) and a taco bar! Of course MomMes and Babies are welcome to enjoy the Daddy Lounge. Besides, we're having Micro Kickboard races and diaper changing races that MomMes will just LOVE to watch and a craft where littles can decorate a tumbler for Daddy for Father's Day from Daddy & Company. SPB: What can a family expect to find, see and learn about? AF: At Spring Fest, families can listen to various speakers and panels such as Dr. Harvey Karp, Natural Parenting Panel, Entrepreneurship for Parents Panel, Healthy Child Healthy World's Understanding Labels workshop, Daddy Panel, and the Hot Baby & Toddler Products session. They'll be able to see and shop at exhibitors ranging from baby/toddler products & gear, clothing, skincare, food and more. We have an Activity Zone with lots of amazing activities for the little ones, a Pamper Lounge where you can enjoy a manicure, a hand massage and juice bar, a Daddy Lounge by Daddy & Company with a microbrew and races with prizes, a Style Lounge featuring gorgeous clothing & bags and last but not least the Lansinoh Lactation Lounge where MomMes can go to nurse or break away to feed & change their babies. SPB: How can they get the most out of the event? Are there other breakout sessions besides the main speakers? AF: There's the main speakers/panels and as a part of each session parents get the opportunity to ask whatever questions they have! I encourage them to do so because these speakers are fabulous! In addition to those sessions, I would recommend that families take advantage of having the ability to see and test new products on the market, learn about what's available to them, visit with the local resources to make parenthood easier and even do some shopping to take these great products home. Not only that, but MomMes ... take some time in the Pamper Lounge and get a manicure or hand massage while Daddy and the little one are off kicking a soccer ball. SPB: Do you have any survival tips to share for families attending with toddlers and/or more mobile children? AF: The great part about Spring Fest is that we have 4 different craft areas, musicians that are performing for the kids, Super Soccer Stars soccer area, a face painter, balloon artist and Urban Sitters will be there to keep an eye on the little ones should MomMe and Daddy need some help. We wanted parents to be able to enjoy the event, but also have the kids enjoy it as well. That's why we set up so many activities in our Activity Zone to keep those "active" ones happy. They may not even want to leave!! SPB: What are the ticketing levels? Which do you feel is the best value? AF: The levels that are still available are:
Each ticket level receives an amazing amount of "swag" that they get to take home. The VIP level ticket has a gift bag worth over $500 and the Celeb ticket has almost $1,000 worth of items. With that, I'd have to say the Celeb ticket is the best value, but you can't go wrong with any of them! SPB: Long term, what is your vision for the Family Fest events? AF: Our biggest passion in what we do is being able to bring resources to parents that they may not have access to on their own. At Family Fest we are able to bring all of that together in one location. Currently we have our Spring Fest in Orange County and Fall Fest is Los Angeles, but our long term vision for our Family Fests is to be able to expand them into other areas in the US so that we can provide these fantastic speakers and brands to an even greater number of families. Thank you, Aubrye, for giving our readers the inside scoop on the event! To learn more about the speakers and panels, please visit the event website HERE http://clubmommeevents.com/. Ticket Giveaway Contest: If you would like to win the Family Ticket which includes 2 Adults and one gift bag with a ton of product & goodies, please leave a comment below and tell me which is your *must see* session. I will choose a winner on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at noon. The winner will be selected by Random.org by assigning each comment a number in order of receipt and letting the Random Number Generator choose a winning number. Please be sure to leave me your email address in the comment so that the Media MomMe can email you your Family Ticket. Event Sessions: Dr. Harvey Karp Author of “The Happiest Baby on the Block" & "The Happiest Toddler on the Block” Want a career and balance parenthood? Looking to be a “mompreneur”? With emerging trends in business, innovative new technology, social media, and the shifting cultural expectations about careers and work/life balance, presents the perfect opportunity for a new generation of entrepreneurs or “mompreneurs”. There is no roadmap for establishing a business or career that you’re passionate about AND supports motherhood. You often have to create it yourself, which can be a daunting task. Join us to be inspired, motivated and moved to become a Mompreneur yourself, and learn how our panelists started on their journey to becoming Mompreneurs! With Jill Ettinger & Alexandra Spunt Healthy Child Healthy World is hosting its second annual Educational Workshop at Spring Fest, “Understanding Labels,” to help the public navigate this increasingly ambiguous landscape. The event will welcome top experts and personalities in the consumer products and environmental health space to address label confusion and coach attendees on how to effectively read labels, what “red flags” to watch for, ingredients to question, and how to be a smarter, more conscious shopper. Want information and tips on Natural Parenting? consciously. While families may define it differently, there are several principles that are widely agreed to be part of this lifestyle. These are ideals that natural parents tend to hold … even if we don’t always live up to all of them. Attachment/Responsive Parenting, Breastfeeding, Ecological Responsibility, Holistic Health Practices, Natural Learning, Living a Healthy Lifestyle and more are areas these amazing speakers will cover. Did you ever want to hear tips, information and just the Truth from other Dads? This is the Panel where Dads will become DadDes! Learn about the latest Baby & Toddler Products … and WIN them! Check out the latest Baby & Toddler Products and Gear + WIN them! We GIVE AWAY almost all featured products at the end of the talk!! Club MomMe gets the hottest NEW products and we are sharing them first with you! Find out what new products are worth checking out and will make your life easier Please leave us a comment below and tell me your *must see* session for a chance to win a Family Ticket (2 adults plus gift bag) to the Club MomMe Spring Fest on Saturday, June 7, 2014. Transportation and accommodation not included. Disclaimer: |
Food chronicle: Angelika ~ Week 7
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 5:00 PM |
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This is the seventh and penultimate installment in my Introduction to Solids
series. I am not sure how many more "aha" moments I am going to have going forward, so I think that I will keep one more week of notes to post and then move onto something else. I am open to ideas, so let me know! I will also count on our students to keep my ideas fresh :) I am journaling about our
experience with baby feeding since we have the unique opportunity to share this
with our students and readers as we start the process of weaning our youngest
child. This is not medical advice, nor
is it a schedule to be followed. It is
simply our choice for our baby and the first time we have done what is gaining
popularity as “baby-led weaning”. Click on these links for Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5 and Week 6. Thank you to everyone who sent me your stain fighting ideas. I will take some time later this week to compile all the info and include it in next week’s post. I felt kind of dumb – I use one of the most obvious ones (sun drying) for our light colored clothing…I had never thought to apply it to our other clothes! This week I had a little light bulb go off. Angelika really likes plums…so much so that she reaches for them when I am putting them in the grocery cart. I remembered that one of our students had been told to give their baby prune juice for constipation. I made the jump from prune juice being good for the digestive functions…to prunes to plums…and since that little “light bulb moment” we have been giving Angelika a plum to eat on a daily basis. No more days without a bowel movement since that happy “discovery”. I am so happy her body has responded well to this food choice. I am still enjoying how easy it is to feed Baby when you are making whole food choices instead of taking the time to make purees and then mix them with baby cereals. This week we were baking cookies, so I threw the sweet potato and the yam in the oven and used the same heat to cook the tubers. Peas and carrots are easily steamed – it only takes a few minutes to boil water (even faster at altitude – yeah!).
This week, the new foods were strawberries and a squash variety we picked up at the Payson Farmer’s Market. They are called a “Patty Pan”, also known as “Scallop” squash. I was nervous to try the strawberries because although they are not technically a citrus fruit, some children have reactions to them and La Leche League recommends waiting until babies are 12 months to introduce them (see this page). I am not sure what it is about them that causes the reaction – here is the allergy information I found poking around the internet. Ysabella gave her a strawberry the other day when I wasn’t looking and then she told me about it. Thankfully, there was no allergic reaction! I decided to “officially” introduce them since baby is reaching for them when I serve them to our older kiddos. We tried a few more pieces the next day and so far, so good. My plan is to give them at 2-3 day intervals to allow Angelika’s body the time to process all the seeds that are on the outside of the fruit. The
farmer told us they are extremely versatile: they can be baked, sautéed, fried or
grilled. You can slice them or stuff
them. We opted for a thin slice, a little
olive oil, a touch of salt and then we put them out on the barbeque grill with
the meat we made for the family. The
Patty Pans were delicious! Angelika
enjoyed them, as did the rest of the family. I love introducing foods to Angelika in the summer. There are so many fruits to serve without having to prepare them, other than to peel them. We are feeding her apples, bananas, peaches and plums on a regular basis. Now we have strawberries to work into the mix. I am thinking that we are good for the upcoming week and that we are not going to try anything new. This week will continue serving Angelika the Patty Pans that were left over (we cooked three different varieties: yellow, green and white – they all tasted the same to me!), and we have more sweet potatoes, yams, peas and carrots to prepare. With the variety of foods that she is eating, I find that baking one large yam and one large sweet potato pretty much lasts the week. Next on our fruit list are grapes and cherries, but since those take a little more preparation, we may try another veggie next…maybe eggplant or green beans. What has been your experience with introducing solids? Did you discover any food allergies in the process? Interested in reading more about our introduction to solids? Click on these links for Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5 and Week 6. FOOD JOURNAL Tuesday, July 3rd Breakfast: Snack: Lunch: Peas, Potatoes Snack: Dinner: (No computer day – journaling fail!) Wednesday, July 4th Breakfast: Pancake: Bob’s Red Mill GF Mix, rice milk, flax seed, banana Snack: Peach Lunch: slept through it Snack: Veggie straws Dinner: Sweet Potato, Yam BM – Yes Thursday, July 5th Breakfast: pancake, apple Lunch: Peas, carrots, potatoes Snack: Veggie straws Dinner: Peas, carrots, potatoes, ice cream BM – Yes Friday, July 6 Breakfast: strawberry (½ berry), ½ banana, apple, pancakes Lunch: plum, sweet potato, yam Dinner: Sweet potato, yam, veggie straws, tortilla chips BM – No Saturday, July 7 Breakfast: Banana, pancakes Lunch: Plum Dinner: Sweet potato, Yam, banana BM – 2 Sunday, July 8 Breakfast: Banana, pancakes Lunch: Peas, Veggie straws Dinner: Peas, sweet potato, yams BM – 2 Monday, July 9 Breakfast: Banana, graham crackers Lunch: Strawberries, plum, graham crackers Snack: Veggie straws Dinner: Zucchini, avocado, tortilla chips BM – 2 WEB LINKS First Foods: http://www.llli.org/faq/firstfoods.html Strawberry Allergy: http://strawberryplants.org/2011/03/strawberry-allergy/ Disclaimer: |
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