Date: January, 2009
Don’t Forget to Enter the Giveaway
by Karen on 1/30/09 | 2 Comment(s)
Susie’s Supper Club, a fantastic new organic family food service in Manhattan and Brooklyn, is giving away a dinner for 4! It is very easy to enter and you could totally win! And I mean totally! There are only 30 entries so far…..And, if you don’t win, you can certainly order some for yourself. It [...]
Presidents Week February Winter Camp
by Karen on 1/30/09 | 1 Comment(s)
So winter break is coming upon us (Feb. 16-20) and some of us are just starting to think about what our kids can do when not at school. Others of you have already enrolled, paid and are set! (Super Brownie Points for you!). Here are some recommended winter camp options for Brooklyn parents: Young Players [...]
A Child Grows Event Picks
by Karen on 1/28/09 | 6 Comment(s)
PARK SLOPE: COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND 529 PROGRAMS Wednesday, January 28, 2009: 7:30pm Deena Maerowitz is going to speak on The College Admissions Process. I hear she is excellent and our own expert school consultant at A Child Grows, Joyce Szuflita, recommends this talk. Deena is going to talk about: what goes on inside the admissions [...]
Supper Club Giveaway- Mmmmmm
by Karen on 1/27/09 | 34 Comment(s)
Who needs to order takeout now when this is a much better alternative for us in Brooklyn? Frankly, I am thrilled that I don’t have to call Faan one more time. Move over Manhattan, we got Susie’s Supper Club now too! Personal chef and Brooklynite (Fort Greener to be exact), Susie Cover is delivering her [...]
How Can Family Rituals Help?
by Karen on 1/26/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I try so hard to institute some kind of schedule into our daily lives. Some days I succeed, some I don’t. Nap doesn’t always start at 1:30 pm, I can’t ever seem to have dinner ready by 6:30 pm, but bedtime, well, I usually make that happen at the appointed time! We have one rule [...]
Misconceptions About Child Safety
by Karen on 1/23/09 | 3 Comment(s)
Most of you have heard about Baby Bodyguards by now. First, they came and did an excellent “spec” on babyproofing our place, then they wrote a popular post on our blog about window guards for NYC, now they have been raved about on Park Slope Parents. They are getting lots of mainstream press besides. When [...]
A Child Grows Event Picks
by Karen on 1/21/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Did you know that Care Bears on Fire, one of the hot teen bands from Brooklyn is performing with Rachel Trachtenberg this weekend? That promises to be a hot pairing! If you aren’t into that, how about celebrating the Chinese New Year with buying some beautiful peach blossoms or making some dragons or rolling rice [...]
Winner of the $100 AND $50 Book Giveaway
by Karen on 1/20/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Wow! We had a total of 151 entries for this giveaway. So many of you rallied! Parents, students, teachers, grandparents and aunts and uncles. I was amazed. I was so happy to hear how much you all loved your schools, and so was Usborne- that they found a way to offer a Second Prize of [...]
P.S. 9 and P.S 56- What Are They Like?
by Karen on 1/20/09 | 6 Comment(s)
Our School Expert, Joyce Szuflita has done some investigating for us. She came back with some good reports on P.S. 9 (Prospect Heights) and P.S. 56 (Clinton Hill). Joyce, as do all of our experts, have their own page now under Expert Advice, so you can read the rest of her articles. If you want [...]
Problems in Nursing
by Karen on 1/19/09 | 2 Comment(s)
I have personally been to Soho Parenting three times: twice for sleep help for Birch and once for a CPR class. I loved the calm office and the sleep help they gave us worked like a charm. (You can see my review here). Jean and Lisa founded Soho Parenting together and now we are fortunate [...]
Don’t Forget to Enter The $100 Book Giveaway
by Karen on 1/15/09 | 1 Comment(s)
What is the giveaway? Usborne Books (the publisher of 1001 Things) and www.applechildrensbooks.com (the New York leg of the publisher) have generously offered to donate $100 worth of books to a school for a winning submission by YOU. The school gets to choose which books they would like from the Usborne Collection with free shipping. [...]
Obama Inauguration and MLK Day Events
by Karen on 1/15/09 | 0 Comment(s)
What an incredible, memorable couple of days we have coming up. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is on Monday, January 19th and that takes on great significance as we inaugurate our first African-American president on Tuesday, January 20th. This is an amazing opportunity to engage our children in the inauguration. Here are some events to [...]
An Eensie For You
by Karen on 1/14/09 | 2 Comment(s)
What is an eensie, you say? Eensies: small, easy, digestible bits of advice that promote learning outside the classroom. Twice a month, you lucky readers, you will get “eensies” right here! Eensies are brought to you by two incredibly practical, smart, creative (and yes, I AM wildly enthusiastic about them) elementary school teachers with a [...]
New Kids Pharmacy
by Karen on 1/14/09 | 4 Comment(s)
I was walking around in Park Slope a month ago with some time to spare. I went into this new pharmacy: Kids RX. They were still stocking shelves and setting up a train table in the back, but everything looked crisp, clean and la di da- Manhattan style. So, why am I dedicating a post [...]
Enter the $100 Book Giveaway
by Karen on 1/13/09 | 155 Comment(s)
My first introduction to Usborne Books was the title, 1001 Things To Spot In The Town. Papa Tree, Birch (age 2 yrs) and I all love it. I can usually find something to laugh at on each page. The object of the book is to spot the 1001 things. The book gives Birch counting practice, [...]
Vaccines- Thoughts from Dr. Gilgoff
by Karen on 1/12/09 | 2 Comment(s)
A Child Grows has a monthly column by Dr. Hugh Gilgoff at Long Island College Hospital. I am thrilled to have his expertise on this blog. To read his previous articles, please check them out at the end of this post. Dr. Gilgoff is a pediatrician relatively new to the Brooklyn community. He has a [...]
Inauguration Day Family Party!
by Karen on 1/10/09 | 0 Comment(s)
OBAMATHON! Inauguration Day party for families! NY City Explorers is bringing DC to Brooklyn! Come to NY City Explorers on Inauguration Day to enjoy Obama-themed crafts, fun play, and video coverage of Inauguration Day in DC. There will be activities for children of all ages and trivia contests for the adults. $10 per family for [...]
And The Winner Is…..
by Karen on 1/09/09 | 0 Comment(s)
The Great New Years Fitness Giveaway is done…and the winner of the semester-long class with The Fitness Collective of Park Slope and Cobble Hill is…….. But first, these are some of the best comments on “favorite family friendly place in Brooklyn”: however, they were all incredibly helpful and fun to read, thank you! Some of [...]
Congress Lead and Phthalates Test Amended!
by Karen on 1/09/09 | 2 Comment(s)
I mean, really, what were they doing in Congress that they totally messed this one up originally? Were they sleeping? Zzzzz….. At any rate, all of us are so pleased that they actually amended the original Children’s Product Safety Law so that resellers of children’s products won’t suffer. Now, how about the handmade toy makers? [...]
Electronics Recycling This Sunday in Brooklyn
by Karen on 1/08/09 | 2 Comment(s)
If you are a regular reader of A Child Grows, then you know that I have enlisted a few experts to help inform us about all things to do with parenting in their field. Amanda Wiss, founder of Urban Clarity Professional Organizing, is one of those experts. She is going to be sending us her [...]
New Babysitting Cooperative
by Karen on 1/08/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I think this is an amazing endeavor. 25 immigrant women have formed a women-run cooperative business that provides full and part-time care for children. They earn 100% of their fees. They are all CPR trained. It just opened in Sunset Park. I wanted to highlight it for you. I called today so I can try [...]
Don’t forget To Enter Giveaway!
by Karen on 1/07/09 | 0 Comment(s)
The Great New Years Fitness Giveaway is still going…win a semester-long class with The Fitness Collective of Park Slope and Cobble Hill. I will be picking the winner late Thursday night with my eenie meenie minie moe method. So, get your entries in by Thursday at 10 pm. Check out who wins on Friday morning. [...]
