Go Green Baby!

Natalie George of Go Green Baby, Laura Gifford from The Live Well Center, and Yours Truly have put much time and effort into organizing a fall speaker series that is starting THIS WEEK!




The series is called BIRTH MATTERS: Bellies, Babies and Beyond!

We are bringing together an amazing group of professional women from the community to speak on topics ranging from Sex After Baby to Dealing With Fevers to Refashionista: Making New Baby Gear from Previously Loved Clothing.

This week, Natalie and I are kicking things off with a talk on Healthy Cleaners, Healthy Homes. We'll be talking about why healthier cleaners are ideal, "greenwashing" and ingredients you want to avoid and why. We'll be sending you home with recipes for a homemade, healthy all-purpose cleaner and laundry soap. If you bring a small jar, we'll even send you home with a sample!!

It's an entire series focused on alternative parenting ideas from conception through the parenting years. This series is a special, long-awaited spin-off from Birth Fest and all profits from the series will go towards The Newborn Hat Campaign through the Circle of Health International.



Here's the full line-up:

Prenatal Workshop Series – Thursday Evenings 7:00 - 8:30 from Sept 30 to Dec 2, 2010

Topics include:
Healthy Cleaners for a Healthy Home & Pregnancy
Prenatal Massage and Yoga in Pregnancy
Prenatal Nutrition
Alternative Support for Childbirth
Hypnobirthing
Inducing Labour & Getting Baby into Position for Childbirth
Staying Connected & Sex after Baby
Breastfeeding
Postpartum Recovery
Importance of Water during pregnancy,delivery and postpartum

Postnatal Workshop Series – Thursday Evenings 5:30 – 7:00 from Sept 30 to Dec 2, 2010

Topics include:
Infant Massage & Yoga with Baby
Healthy Infant Development
Childhood Infections
Postpartum Adjustment
Sleeping
Childhood Immunity & Allergies
Alternative Educational Materials & Toys
Baby Signing
Infant & Toddler Nutrition
Refashionista

While we have spent plenty of time organizing this series, we've kinda dropped the ball on the whole advertising/marketing thing......so PLEASE spread the word!

The suggested donation is $20 for an entire series. Again, all profits going are going towards The Newborn Hat Campaign. Come for as many or as few as you'd like! We want to see you there!

Coffee, Tea, and some snacks will be served!