Manhattan Events For Expectant Moms
Congratulations on your baby-to-be! You will soon be embarking on a wonderful and exciting journey called motherhood! Please see below for our upcoming events. We update this page monthly so please visit us again soon.
- April/May Support Group for Expectant Moms
- 4/8 What You Need When You Get Home from the Hospital & What to Expect the First Month With Baby (2 part seminar)
- May 4th-18th – Lamaze Series
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Expectant Moms Support Group:
Expectant Moms Support Groups:
- FEBRUARY / MARCH DAY SESSION (Full)
- FEBRUARY / MARCH EVENING SESSION (Full)
- APRIL / MAY DAY - now open for registration
- APRIL / MAY EVENING - now open for registration
Join a community of other expectant moms! We will come together each week in a small supportive group to share experiences, ask questions, build friendships, gather resources, and find support along your journey. Facilitated by certified life coach and fellow mom.
Expectant Moms Day Support Group
- When: Six Wednesdays from 12:30pm – 1:30pm (see below for dates)
- Where: Destination Maternity – 57th Street and Madison Avenue
- Cost: $175 for the 6 part series, payment required in advance
- RSVP: renee@babybites.com
Class Dates:
- Wednesday, April 7
- Wednesday, April 14
- Wednesday, April 21
- Wednesday, April 28
- Wednesday, May 5
- Wednesday, May 12
Expectant Moms Evening Support Group
- When: Six Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 7:30pm (see below for dates)
- Where: Yummy Mummy – 1201 Lexington Avenue (81st and 82nd Street)
- Cost: $175 for the 6 part series, payment required in advance
- RSVP: renee@babybites.com
Class Dates:
- Wednesday, April 7
- Wednesday, April 14
- Wednesday, April 21
- Wednesday, April 28
- Wednesday, May 5
- Wednesday, May 12
Attention: This is NOT a drop-in class. Open to all expectant moms in New York City. Register early as there a limited number of spots. There are no refunds or credits for missed sessions. Feel free to bring snacks to munch on:)
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What You Need When You Get Home from the Hospital & What to Expect the First Month With Baby (2 part seminar)
- When: Thursday, April 8th, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
- Where: Destination Maternity, corner of 57th and Madison
- Cost: $40 single, $65 per couple
- RSVP: ronni@babybites.net
Come hear an amazing double seminar that is a must for expectant moms and dads!
The first part of the seminar is given by Pamela Weinberg, co-author of City Baby, best-selling resource guide to having a baby in New York City. Pamela will give you the low down on what you NEED to buy, what you DON’T NEED and what you can BORROW in preparation for your new baby. Everything from layettes to furniture to car seats will be covered in this comprehensive seminar.
For the second part of the seminar, you will learn what to expect the day you go home from the hospital with the baby and also what to expect the first week and month at home with the baby. Issues covered include:
- How to get home from the hospital
- How to handle visitors and phone calls
- How to get enough rest
- Who should be helping you at first
- Taking a SHOWER
- and much more!
These things may seem obvious, but to a new mom with a brand new baby these simple tasks suddenly become very challenging! Come hear these must have tips and advice to help you make a smooth transition to motherhood. This seminar is run by Ronni Soled, expectant and new mom educator for over 20 years.
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Couple:
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babybites Lamaze Classes
babybites is proud to bring you Lamaze classes for expectant parents!
Lamaze classes are a great tool for preparing and teaching expectant mothers and fathers how to handle labor and other situations involving pregnancy and having a child. Lamaze classes teach mothers a lot of useful distraction techniques and methods of dealing with the pain and discomfort associated with childbirth. Join us for this small, intimate group led by a former Lamaze nurse at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
- When: May 4th, 11th, & 18th
- Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00pm
- Location: Upper East Side
- Price: $400
- RSVP: ronni@babybites.com
Group will NOT exceed 5 couples.
Sign up quickly since space is limited.
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Past Events:
Nanny Know How – A Lunchtime Lecture
Co-hosted with Prenatal Yoga Center
Join us for Nanny Know How! Tammy Gold from Gold Parent Coaching will explore strategies in sourcing and maintaining the best nanny for your family.
The goal is to promote frank dialogue on household management. Tammy will explore issues including:
- What a nanny does
- How much a nanny gets paid
- Where to source a nanny
- Failsafe interview techniques
- How to check references
- What makes for a happy nanny, and much more.
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3/11 Breastfeeding 101
Breastfeeding is one of the greatest gifts you can give your baby. But for many women it’s easier said than done. Knowing what to expect, and getting help right from the start, are the keys to succes.
At this special babybites seminar we will have a lactation consultant on hand to speak about the do’s, don’ts, and must knows on breastfeeding.
You will learn techniques for:
- Latching-on
- Positioning and holds
- Eliminating discomfort
- Increasing milk supply
Fern Drillings, RN, MSN is a certified childbirth educator, lactation consultant, and a certified CPR instructor. She has been teaching childbirth preparation and CPR classes for over twenty five years. Ms. Drillings received her Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Rochester and her Masters of Nursing with specialty in Women’s Health Care from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently on the faculty of the New York University and Adelphi University Schools of Nursing and has worked in several of Manhattan’s top hospitals. Ms. Drillings is highly recommended by many physicians in NY.
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2/4 – A Good Birth Experience
When: Thursday, February 4th, 6:30 – 7:30PM
- Where: Destination Maternity, corner of 57th and Madison
- Cost: $20 in advance ($30 day of)
- RSVP: events@babybites.com
What’s the difference between an OB and a Midwife?
How do I pick the right practice for me?
What questions do I ask?
What if I’m not sure that I’m with the right doctor/s?
Do I take Lamaze or Bradley classes?
What the heck is Hypnobirth?
Who do I want with me at my birth?
What’s a doula? Do I want one?
How do I see myself giving birth – Drugs? No drugs? Maybe drugs?
Do I want to breastfeed? Bottle feed? Both?…………..
There are as many ways to have a baby as there are the women having them.
When it comes to the birth of your baby, you are the expert about you.
A good birth experience happens when you can make choices in labor and delivery that are based on who you are and how you live your life – your hopes and fears, the way you cope with pain, the way you imagine your birth and the kind of support you need.
You don’t have to learn all sorts of new techniques.
Or become someone you’re not.
You just need to know how to apply what you already know about you to the experience of having a baby.
Please join Lisa Gould Rubin, childbirth expert, doula, author and consultant, to get the information you need, learn how to make choices, custom-fit strategies and get the support that’s just right for you; not your mother, your sister or your best friend.
- choose the right practitioner/s
- take a realistic look at your expectations and let go of everyone else’s
- get clearer on how you see yourself giving birth
- figure out who you want to be with you at your birth
If you are pregnant, know someone who is pregnant or are thinking about becoming pregnant, this discussion is for you.
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1/28 - Adapting to Parenthood
- When: Thursday, January 28th 6:00 – 7:00 PM
- Where: 130 East 65th st.
- Cost: $25 per person, $40 per couple
- RSVP: ronni@babybites.com
You may think that all of the hard work is done once you physically have your baby and return home from the hospital. But this is when the REAL work begins! At this seminar you will learn what to expect the day you go home from the hospital with the baby and also what to expect the first week and month at home with the baby.
Issues covered include how to get home from the hospital, how to handle visitors and phone calls, how to get enough rest, who should be helping you at first, taking a SHOWER and much more! These things may seem obvious, but to a new mom with a brand new baby these simple tasks suddenly become very challenging! Come hear these must have tips and advice to help you make a smooth transition to motherhood.
Ronni Soled has been an expectant and new mom educator for more than 20 years and has run a new mother’s discussion group at New York/Presbyterian Hospital for over 10 years. She is the founder of the original luncheon program for new moms, New Mother’s Luncheons, and currently heads up the luncheon and sample class divisions of babybites. She has a wealth of knowledge in the new mom arena and can always be found helping women acclimate to their new role in life.
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Couple:
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1/14 Gaining Confidence in Handling New Babies
- When: Thursday, January 14th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
- Where: Destination Maternity, corner of 57th and Madison
- Cost: $25 per person, $40 per couple in advance ($30/$50 at the door)
- RSVP: events@babybites.com
Are you nervous about handling a newborn?
Do you want to gain confidence in new mothering/fathering responsibilities?
Do you want to learn amazing tips from one of the best baby nurses in NYC?
Come join us for this amazing seminar taught by Kieran Roberts, founder of Kieran’s Customized Baby Care, who will give you practical, solid advice and learning techniques for when you come home with baby. She will discuss the following:
- Getting to know your newborn
- Why babies cry and how to know if they are crying too much
- How to soothe baby
- Feedings
- Scheduling
- Baby’s Needs
- Making Mom & Dad feel comfortable with their new bundle of joy!
Kieran Gail Roberts was born in Trinidad, West Indies and is the eldest girl out of seven siblings. As such she has always been “the mom”. Kieran, better known as Gail, is a dedicated wife and mother with a genuine soft spot for babies and new mothers.
Kieran has spent the past eight years nursing, nurturing and caring for newborns as arguably one of the best baby nurses around. Her loving, patient and kind manner assists new parents and their new bundles of joy in making a smooth transition from a fully-catered-to life in the womb into our glorious world.
Kieran’s innate abilities coupled with hands-on training and devotion to the profession have allowed her to provide invaluable support to families. Realizing the importance of a new and existing mother’s need to feel and to be equipped to handle the delicate balance of motherhood; Kieran has designed a program that will allow multiple families to simultaneously benefit from her expertise and experience.
Kieran’s Customized Baby Care (KCBC) provides the ultimate hands-on and easy to understand newborn care and information to new parents and involved family members. Her small, focused classes provide families with practical demonstrations in breastfeeding, bathing, sleep scheduling, swaddling, soothing babies and much more.
Read what people have to say about Kieran here.
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