A Child Grows Deals: The Ultimate Site for Local Deals and Bargains in Brooklyn
by Serena on 6/15/11 | 0 Comment(s)
A Child Grows in Brooklyn is happy to announce that we will be launching a new deal website, A Child Grows Deals. Most of you know how much I believe in local business – I love to talk about great businesses and services in Brooklyn. Through this exciting new community-based site, you all will have [...]
Big news for Bridge Park adventurers
by Karen on 6/13/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Brooklyn Bridge Park continues to impress with their range of free activities and amenities for Brooklynites. This summer they are offering ferry service on Fridays to Governor’s Island and points all along Brooklyn and the city, a craft night with Etsy Labs, bangers festival and free pilates classes weekly. For even more, read on down! [...]
Get free books for your 0-5 year old via Dolly Parton
by Karen on 5/31/11 | 2 Comment(s)
This summer you can kickstart your baby and toddler’s reading with a brand new book each month! Dolly Parton, superstar songwriter, singer and actor, is also the founder of a nationwide virtual library: the Imagination Library. It’s a program she started to help kids love reading by sending a brand new, age appropriate book each [...]
Get a Free Subscription to TONY Kids
by Karen on 5/24/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Do you want a free subscription to Time Out New York Kids? Of course you do! We have 1 year subscriptions available to our subscribers and Meetup group members. By being a subscriber to both of A Child Grows and TONY Kids, you will be up to date on everything to do, see and know [...]
Deals on gear, clothes and toys this week
by Karen on 5/21/11 | 0 Comment(s)
While we have some fabulous consignment shops in Brooklyn, sometimes it’s fun to go to an event where you swap and buy used items from parents you see and meet. One of the most famous tag sales for parents is the Manhattan Twins Club sale. Why is it famous? For its stock on double strollers, [...]
Animal Tales Extravanganza at Bronx Zoo
by Karen on 5/20/11 | 0 Comment(s)
If your children go wild over zoo animals but also like some of the fictional animals like Olivia the pig, Buddy the Dinosaur and Barney the Dinosaur, then you must head to the Bronx Zoo for their 2nd Annual Animal Tales Extravaganza. Every weekend through June, the Bronx Zoo has created programming that will satisfy [...]
Affordable Art Collecting for families
by Karen on 5/04/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Someone told me years ago how one family started their art collection. Each person in the family started an individual “art fund” and as they would visit galleries, they would keep an eye out for affordable art they could buy. Because it was especially hard for the kids to save up enough to buy a [...]
Double Trouble: Events where you can save on clothes and gear
by Karen on 5/02/11 | 2 Comment(s)
While we have some fabulous consignment shops in Brooklyn, sometimes it’s fun to go to an event where you swap and buy used items from parents you see and meet. One of the most famous tag sales for parents is the Manhattan Twins Club sale. Why is it famous? For its stock on double strollers, [...]
A Summit for Parents- with 50% off ticket price
by Karen on 5/02/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Whether you are expecting a baby or are already a parent of a baby, toddler or kid, you can find something of value at the Mommybites Summit. Interested in spicing up your sex life? (um, yes!), balancing it all as a mom (please!) or learning how NOT to scream at your kids (*sigh*), then you [...]
Looking for a house cleaner? We got the scoop- with a discount!
by Karen on 4/26/11 | 3 Comment(s)
One argument my husband and I used to have on a weekly basis was: whose turn was it to take out the garbage?… or vacuum….?? or do the bottom-of-the-barrel job: clean the bathroom!? After a few months of this, we concluded that it wasn’t worth arguing about anymore and we decided to hire a house [...]
Free art space for single parents
by Karen on 4/15/11 | 0 Comment(s)
There’s not much that’s easy about being a single parent so isn’t it nice that someone out there is giving single parents a break? Thanks to Brooklyn Artists Gym, some lucky single parent-artists are getting free or subsidized studio space. Being an artist is tough in this city but as BAG knows, being a single-parent [...]
Healthcare for Uninsured: NY has options
by Jimmy on 3/21/11 | 0 Comment(s)
There are thousands of working, uninsured adults in New York. Some of them have families. Chances are good that you know someone in this category: the guy delivering your pad thai, a friend, your nanny or maybe….you. Running around without insurance can be scary, especially if you get sick or have a major medical incident. [...]
Free acupressure workshop for parents
by Karen on 3/01/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Who hasn’t tried a little acupressure on their own? We press down on our kid’s boo boos to stop them from hurting or rub their tummy when they are having bathroom issues. We even pinch that sweet hand tendon to get rid of a particular annoying headache at times, but- wouldn’t it be great to [...]
Are you a crafter? You are needed….
by Karen on 3/01/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Are you someone who makes lovely items that parents pine after? Then send in your application for the 3rd Annual Prospect Heights Craft Fair. The fair benefits PS 9 and is taking place on Saturday, April 9th from 11am to 6pm. More details about this crafting extravaganza and the application form can be found at [...]
Scoop up great deals and support local child too
by Karen on 2/23/11 | 0 Comment(s)
MOMS Club of Park Slope, a 50-family organization, is holding its annual huge indoor charity bazaar, to benefit Jonah’s Just Begun. 100% of proceeds will be donated to finding a cure for Sanfilippo Syndrome, a rare and deadly disease. Jonah’s Just Begun-Foundation to Cure Sanfilippo Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)3, public charity. They will be [...]
Free baby proofing seminar next week
by Karen on 2/22/11 | 2 Comment(s)
Looking for ways to baby proof your home? You can attend a FREE baby proofing seminar at the condo building 58 Metropolitan hosted by Steiner NYC and industry expert James Hirtenstein, CEO of Baby-SAFE, Inc. Details: Tuesday, March 1st, 2011: 7 pm 58 Metropolitan Avenue, Penthouse D- Williamsburg Space is limited so please RSVP to [...]
Resale events this weekend
by Karen on 2/18/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Get ready for a fast and furious Saturday of resale shopping tomorrow. Here’s the drill: get up early enough to sprint your way to the “Babies, Kids and Maternity Resale Event” that begins at 10 am. Check out their clothes for ages newborn to 7Y, maternity clothes and shoes. Then hop on your bike/subway/scooter or [...]
The resale scene in Brooklyn grows with pop-up shops and online events
by Karen on 2/07/11 | 15 Comment(s)
We have a great resale/consignment scene in Brooklyn with 4 resale shops for Brooklyn kids, 2 of which also sell maternity. Although I am never sure I will find exactly what I need, I seem to have great success going to each one for my specific needs. LuLu’s Then & Now has a robust collection [...]
Snow day for parents! Sample some bodywork
by Karen on 2/03/11 | 0 Comment(s)
You’ve been sledding, shoveling, high-stepping through snow, slipping on ice -so, wouldn’t you like a bit of inexpensive bodywork about now? BAX’s 2nd annual Bodywork Sampler Day is this Sunday, where you can try something new or treat yourself to that massage you have been pining for. Nearly 30 practitioners will be on hand offering [...]
“A love child betwen Etsy and Craiglist?”
by Karen on 1/28/11 | 1 Comment(s)
We all love the Brooklyn Flea for its amalgamation of vintage items and new designer items and neighborhood feel. Well, imagine something like this online. That’s krrb- an online venue for local and in-person commerce. Think of Krrb (pronounced ‘curb’) as a virtual market where you can find items from people’s sewing baskets, attics, or [...]
Madison Rose is now taking used kids clothing
by Karen on 1/27/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Madison Rose Maternity is the go-to place in Brooklyn for maternity resale: the clothes are in great condition and the displays are beautiful. You feel like you are walking into a carefully edited boutique of a stylish friend’s clothes and niceties, not a resale shop. Now, Madison Rose is joining the increasing number of kids’ [...]
Free activities next weekend for young artists
by Karen on 1/14/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Here is one neighborhood resource you may not know about though they have been around since 1975! The Child Development Support Corporation is a multi-service social service organization in Clinton Hill that’s begun a new initiative to start a community art space on their 5th floor. They have the architecture plans, a new elevator (welcome [...]
Get ready: clothing swap coming up
by Karen on 1/11/11 | 3 Comment(s)
Get out your gently used toys, clothes, shoes and books for ArtCetera’s first “Swap” for baby and kids items. Why swap? For a neat freak like me, it means less stuff stuffed under beds and in closets, for a green nut like my friend, it means you aren’t wasting but recycling and for all of [...]
Mommy Poppins debuts deals with a meaningful twist
by Karen on 1/07/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Mommy Poppins is a site I reference on this blog just about every week for her roundup of unique places and fun activities to do with kids in NYC. She has a great knack of pulling like-minded activities together and making you want to do them all! This week Mommy Poppins debuts a new group [...]
Free Demo and trial classes in Brooklyn!
by Karen on 1/04/11 | 6 Comment(s)
Living in Brooklyn, we are so lucky to have numerous classes available to our kids – ranging from music, dance to movement and even Capoeira! But along with all of these exciting classes may sometimes feel as if we have too many choices – making it difficult to decide where exactly our children should go. [...]
