In The Windy City

Bring your baby to the theatre? Yes!

May 16, 2011

Photos by Margaret Strickland. Don Darryl Rivera plays Ziggy, Roni Geva plays Dot. UPDATE: Use the code MOMDZ for $2 off per ticket. I wish you could have joined us for Friday’s show of Dot & Ziggy by the Chicago Children’s Theatre. It went a little something like this: A very cute ladybug named Dot [...]

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What matters to pregnant women in Chicago

May 12, 2011

A local social organization for expectant and new moms has released data from its first comprehensive survey of pregnant women. In honor of Pregnancy Awareness Month, Bump Club and Beyond gathered results from 176 Chicago-area women on the topics of pregnancy health and wellness, labor and delivery, postpartum recovery, newborn care and baby gear. The big [...]

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Free stuff and giveaways for Moms in Chicago

May 7, 2011

Moms love free stuff, too! Here are a few giveaways and free offerings happening in the Windy City this weekend. Happy Mother’s Day. Win $100 in clothing Chicago children’s boutique Bullfrogs & Butterflies is giving away a $100 gift certificate towards a summer wardrobe for your little one. To enter: Like the store’s Facebook page, [...]

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I am a survivor of eclampsia

May 4, 2011

The other day I was introducing myself to some folks at the Preeclampsia Foundation and I called myself a ”survivor of eclampsia.” A survivor. It’s strange to hear and see that word because I decided a long time ago that my experience with the disorder would never be my story. It would certainly never be a big [...]

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The new two-hour glucose intolerance test

April 25, 2011

One advantage of living in a big city like Chicago is access to teaching and research hospitals. I see the Maternal Fetal Medicine doctors at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, and it turns out that Northwestern was involved in at least two studies that may change the way pregnant women in America are screened and diagnosed [...]

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A few ways to give: keeping babies healthy & happy

April 20, 2011

When Elise was born, she was immediately put on my chest. She took her first breath in front of my eyes. She never left my sight. Sure, she came a little more than two weeks early but she was perfectly healthy. She certainly wasn’t considered premature. She certainly didn’t come more than 20 weeks early. [...]

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Prenatal Yoga in Chicago

April 15, 2011

Beth Prystowsky is a prenatal yoga instructor and writes Ups and Downs of a Yoga Mom for Chicago Now. She agreed to answer a few questions for me. Below her interview is a short list of studios in Chicago that offer prenatal yoga. If the studio also offers a Mommy & Me class, I’ve made a note [...]

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So much to do….

April 10, 2011

It’s Sunday and warm and sunny. We’re itching to get out of the house but I wanted to post a quick update to let you all know we’ve updated our Calendar of Events with some really cool things. April is a busy month for moms and babies in Chicago! A few events I wanted to [...]

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Update on Schools

April 7, 2011

I wrote a few weeks ago about Chicago Public Schools here. It just so happens that one of my readers is Christine Whitley, a child and family therapist and consultant for school choice. Christine is holding a preschool workshop for Chicago parents of children turning 3.  She’ll cover the difference between Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio-Emilia, and Play-Based curricula; [...]

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My Big City Baby

April 2, 2011

We live in a big, beautiful “condo-like” apartment in downtown Chicago with crown molding, granite and stainless steel. It’s perfect for us right now but it’s not necessarily home. We’ve dabbled in homeownership in the past and had decided to temporarily hang up the towel when we found this place a few years ago. This [...]

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