Date: October, 2009
Monster Mash at Brooklyn Children’s Museum is a Smash
by Karen on 10/30/09 | 0 Comment(s)
The party was just getting started here Tonight we went to the Monster Mash party at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Prospect Lefferts. It was a total blast! I took our 3 year old Birch and our 1 year old Willow. There were huge spider balloons and streamers everywhere, and thick white cobwebs dangled from [...]
What the New Tribeca Pediatrics Office In Park Slope Looks Like
by Karen on 10/30/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I know this isn’t news news since the opening of Tribeca Pediatrics with RealBirth (an excellent pregnancy, childbirth and parent education center) happened earlier this month in both Hell’s Kitchen and in Park Slope. However, today I was finally able to get into their new office to take a look. The office is, just like [...]
Don’t forget the Switch Witch on Halloween Night!
by Karen on 10/30/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Have you heard about the Switch Witch who comes on Halloween night? She takes the candy your child leaves out and replaces it with a toy? Want to learn more? Look at our previous post.
Premier Pediatrics is Moving
by Karen on 10/29/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I had heard Premier Pediatrics in Park Slope was moving. We go there ourselves. It is official now that it is on their website: After 10 years, we have lost our lease at our current Brooklyn location. In the coming months, we will be moving to a new and larger home at 104-110 4th Avenue [...]
Event Picks for Oct. 29-Nov ???
by Karen on 10/29/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Hello All! If you want to check the Halloween listings- go to those HALLOWEEN picks. BELOW are the regular event listings! Have a fantastic week and weekend- hopefully full of fun events. Thursday, October 29: 7-9pm: Pregnancy and your body Momasphere and Bump present a panel discussion & book reading that examines body image and [...]
Halloween in Brooklyn 2009
by Karen on 10/28/09 | 3 Comment(s)
HERE IS OUR UPDATED LISTING OF HALLOWEEN EVENTS. Have a BLAST! There are some other NON-Halloween events this week up too! Yes, there is a life outside of Halloween, Gracie! **Thursday, October 29- Sunday, November 1st: Hansel and Gretel from Scotland The New Victory Theater is having a Scottish Festival and one of the productions [...]
Swine Flu Vaccinations in Brooklyn and Updates
by Karen on 10/28/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Where to get a H1N1 vaccination shot? Who really has them in stock? Where to get one? There are a lot of “vaccine locators” out there. You put in your zip code- and voila! it tells you what location has a stock of shots. Sounds great- if that were true. Most of the “vaccine locators” [...]
Boo At the Zoo- Bronx Zoo
by Karen on 10/27/09 | 4 Comment(s)
This is the LAST weekend to catch the Boo at the Zoo. We loved it. I highly suggest going to this if you can. Things to know: if you drive, park at Parking Lot A (Asia). From there pick up a trick or treat at the Haunted Hay Ride. It is a quick 8 minute [...]
Return your Baby Einstein DVDs?
by Karen on 10/26/09 | 0 Comment(s)
We got a few Baby Einstein videos as baby gifts and hand-me-downs. No one at our house took to them. In an interesting and unusual publicity move, Disney is now offering refunds for those Baby Einstein videos- if you felt that the videos didn’t (ahem), turn your baby into a genius. As the New York [...]
Ghouls and Gourds at Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
by Karen on 10/25/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I can’t imagine why we have never been to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens’ Ghouls and Gourds Festival in any of the years we have lived here. All I can say, is we will never miss it again. What a creative way to celebrate Halloween in a natural setting without any of the crass commercialism of [...]
New Lulu’s Cuts and Toys Shop is Open!
by Karen on 10/25/09 | 0 Comment(s)
It looks like Lulu’s Cuts and Toys in Park Slope has opened up a new shop- and it is only 1 storefront down! I zipped by Lulu’s the other night on my way to maternity store Bump (not because I am preggers, mind you, but to give a talk to expectant parents)– and what did [...]
Park Slope Schoolhouse- Berkeley Carroll Center has a new home
by Karen on 10/23/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Brownstoner announced that the “Park Slope Schoolhouse, the preschool program formerly known as the Berkeley Carroll Child Care Center. The preschool, which is currently located on 6th Street, plans to move into the building on 5th Avenue between 15th and 16th streets next year.” To see the photo of the building and read more from [...]
Event Picks for Oct. 24th and On…….
by Karen on 10/23/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Don’t forget to check our Halloween listings too! Halloween events are listed there and not here! November 7: (yes, I know this is next month- but tix go fast)!: 2-5 pm: Baby Loves Disco BLD is usually sold out, so I am listing this event WAY ahead of time, so you won’t lose out! Nov. [...]
Flu shots update
by Karen on 10/22/09 | 0 Comment(s)
For those of you interested in getting either the seasonal or H1N1 vaccination, I got an update from NY Presbyterian- Cornell Weill today. They basically said what our pediatricians said: they aren’t giving 3+ year olds the booster (2nd) shot of the seasonal flu vaccine yet as they have to give it to the youngest [...]
The Switch Witch- What to do with Halloween candy
by Karen on 10/21/09 | 23 Comment(s)
Have you heard about the Switch Witch? The Switch Witch is a great way to deal with all of that Halloween Candy. The story goes like this: a child gets to eat all the candy they want up through Halloween night. On Halloween night, before the child goes to bed, s/he lays out all their [...]
5 Cool Tech Tools for Organizing
by Karen on 10/21/09 | 0 Comment(s)
5 cool tools to ramp up productivity! by Amanda Wiss Though improving productivity is often about little tweaks rather than a single magic bullet, there are many resources that help corral the chaos of life. Five tools I love: 1. Ready to take your “to do list” virtual? Check out Remember The Milk – a [...]
60 Minutes report on H1N1 (swine) flu
by Karen on 10/18/09 | 1 Comment(s)
My sister in Chicago just called me. Her voice was shaky. She and I have been regularly discussing what to do about vaccinating against the H1N1 flu. Just a few days ago, we had both decided against it. She called me late tonight to advise me to watch the 60 minutes update on the H1N1 [...]
Brooklyn Blogger Mom Shares Her Reviews
by Karen on 10/18/09 | 2 Comment(s)
Did you read Amy Sohn’s book, Prospect Park West? Let’s just say her shtick about Park Slope moms is on par with Joan Rivers. She saves her meanest words (ahem, satire) for “cargo-wearing”, “frumpy” stay-at-home moms. Grrr! I LOVE my cargo pants. Grrr! But, on the positive side, there is Brooklyn mom Carolyn, who blogs [...]
Event Picks Oct. 15 – 25
by Karen on 10/15/09 | 0 Comment(s)
First, don’t forget to check our Halloween Events here. There are events for this week and weekend that are only on the Halloween Event Picks and not here. These are our regular A Child Grows Event Picks. Highlights for the this weekend: Schoolfest on Sunday, October 18th in Williamsburg. Halloween Harvest Festival at Socrates Sculpture [...]
Should Your Child or Pregnant Women Get The H1N1 Vaccine?
by Karen on 10/14/09 | 0 Comment(s)
My husband and I have been debating whether or not to get the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccination for the last couple of days. I’m not pregnant, but we have 2 small children (ages 1 year and 3 years). My husband has a respitory issue that usually requires that he get the regular flu vaccine. We [...]
School Open Houses
by Karen on 10/13/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Here are a few Open Houses for Schools….if you know of any more, feel free to add them to the comments at the bottom of this post! Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 9:30 am- Open House for Williamsburg Northside Preschool 152 N 5th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: 718-599-7300 | RSVP: Admissions Coordinator Teresa Smith [...]
How To Get Those Greens In
by Karen on 10/13/09 | 11 Comment(s)
This is one of the only things I don’t worry about with our family. Are we eating enough dark greens? This is all the more surprising if you know that my son doesn’t like about half of the vegetables out there. But he loves spinach, kale and swiss chard (hidden in his power shake). Every [...]
Pumpkin and Apple Picking, Corn Mazes on Long Island
by Karen on 10/07/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Mommy Poppins has a really nice list of farms where you can pick pumpkins and some of them also offer hay rides and petting farm animals. She also has a list of apple orchards where you can pick apples out in Long Island. I would prefer to go apple picking myself, but I know Birch [...]
Event Picks for Oct. 7-25, 2009
by Karen on 10/07/09 | 0 Comment(s)
This list does NOT include the Halloween events. That list will come out later this week (hoping for tomorrow!). It is up NOW!(check it for pumpkin patches and harvest festivals.) This listing includes a lot of theater (for the youngest of us all and for 7 years and up), a pajama disco party, events for [...]
Swine Flu Vaccines Started Today
by Karen on 10/06/09 | 0 Comment(s)
The swine flu (H1N1) vaccinations started in New York today. They are in the form of a nasal mist called Flumist. Will you get one? Here are the details of who can get one and when…. “The first round of the H1N1 vaccine arrive(d) in New York City today, but is only safe for people [...]
