Baby massage

One of our mom's Jess and little Drew found a place to have infant massage and learn techniques. I think its a great idea and a wonderful calming tool for the babes. This is what jess wrote today-

I got in touch with a woman named caroline who teaches infant massage. She teaches a three Saturday course at the parenting center in november but I am going to be out of town for the first two Saturdays. I got in touch with her to see if she would be willing to teach a private lesson to some interested moms. Drew is a super tense baby and I want to learn some techniques to help him relax. Debbie at a the parenting center raves about infant massage and all its benefits - better sleep, they learn more about their own body, relaxation, better digestion........

Anyway.... She is available on Saturday October 29th. I wanted to see if anyone else was interested in the class. I would be happy to host it at my house in mid city. I am guessing it would be a couple hours. Maybe from like 11-1pm. I am following up with her on cost.

Just let me know if you are interested.

Thanks

Jessica

Getting back into shape and feeling like you will fit into your pre baby jeans again

We were lucky enough to have Jenn Lormand come and talk to our mom's about here mommy fitness program. Most of our mom's agreed that it was a time issue, where can you find the time to do anything, let alone exercise. Jenn gave lots on tips, especially 'Kegal Kegal Kegal' anywhere, anytime. Here is a message from Jenn: 


It was so wonderful meeting and hearing all of the ladies talk. Our website is www.ascensionfitnessnola.com and the link to the mommy movement page is www.ascensionfitnessnola.com/MommyMovement/index.html


See you in a few weeks moms! xx

Baby names

Family names, fun names, different names, meaningful names, oh whats in a name!!! Its another decision to be made and sometimes you can be lost amidst a few to choose from. One of our mom's suggested this blog about  different names, its very cute and has loads of great names http://swistlebabynames.blogspot.com . See you tonight mom's! 

Welcome Sadie Markowitz

Welcome to the world gorgeous Sadie! Congratulations Carol she is beautiful.

Hello Drew Fridge

Welcome to the world Drew Fridge! Born on August 18th 2011, 7lbs 11oz, 20 inches. Congratulations Jess he is gorgeous.

Breastfeeding: Tips from our Lactation Consultant Michele

Our last mothers group we were lucky to have Michele Granito a lactation consultant from New Orleans come and speak and answer many questions. Michele emailed me a follow up of the meeting - 

Ladies,

It was a pleasure being a part of your Mommy Group last night.  I hope I answered some of your questions and gave you food for thought (or milk for thought)!  Speaking of which…. Here is the link to the website I told you about:    www.milkforthought.com

For the mommies-to-be, remember these important tips:

TIP#1  Skin to Skin Contact as close to delivery as possible immediately following a vaginal delivery and within a couple of hours after a c-section. This gives the infant a chance to breastfeed if he is awake and alert to do so.  If he doesn’t after about an hour of skin to skin, then try again.  If possible, leave an infant skin to skin as long as possible until he breastfeeds.

TIP#2   Attempt to breastfeed 8-12 times in 24 hours.  

TIP#3  Do not use supplements/bottles/pacifiers unless directed by a physician.  Colostrum/breastmilk is all an infant requires the first 6 months of life. 

TIP#4  Room-In at the hospital.  This means keep the infant in the room with you as much as possible.  The infant can and should sleep in the same room with you.  Unless you are ill or the doctor/nurse requests the infant in the nursery, it is best for mom and baby that the infant stay in the room.

TIP#5  Don’t be afraid to ask for help.  The hospital Lactation Consultant is for the purpose of helping new moms get off to a great start with breastfeeding. 

Book Recommendations:

The Nursing Mother’s Companion- Huggins

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding –La Leche League International

Breastfeeding Made Simple-Mohrbacher , Kendall-Tackett

Happy Breastfeeding!

Michele

Michele Granito, R.N., I.B.C.L.C.

Registered Lactation Consultant

I MAKE HOUSE CALLS!

504-259-5732

Sleep sleep please!!!

We had a great meeting on July 26th. We welcomed some new little ones as well as some new mom's from  New Orleans. Our topic for the night was sleep, lack of sleep, and how to settle our new arrivals. We had a room of mom's giving and needing advice.  After the arrival of the new baby, sleep and good sleep times can be few and far between. All our mom's agreed that a good stretch was between 3 -4 hours. However after weeks of this routine and begins to take its toll. Some of our mom's have had a tough time settling there little ones, they had tried everything and decided to go to a great support group run by the Children's Hospital in New Orleans.  The group is called Snuggles and Struggles it is run by the parenting centre. This has proved to be a great help for some of our new mom's. 


Sleep and lack of sleep is a huge part of being a new mom, the lack of sleep can almost send you round the twist, so try to look after yourself, but most importantly always know you can talk to us and our fellow Nola Mothers group mom's about what is happening. Take care mom's, you are all doing a wonderful job! xx

Welcome Judah Sequoia Rosenfeld

Judah was born on June 25th 2011. Erica and Judah are doing really well. Congratulations Erica he is gorgeous!

Mother Baby Yoga

One of our mom's passed this on. It sounds like the perfect yoga experience! 

At the moment you can buy one get one free.....at baby bump on mag st plus door prizes AND it's catered...that means you get a yoga class, then you get to eat, and you get another free class...seriously AWESOME....

let's get pregnant ladies in there. the peeps that own the store are really nice and expecting their first child too. 

http://nolababybump.com/classes.htm

Welcome Zara Sophie Adams

Nathalie had Zara on April 12th  2011. Congratulations Nathalie! She is gorgeous xx

Hello Kingston Toussaint Bradbery!

Congratulations Takema on gorgeous Kingston, born on March 18th 2011. 

Introducing Sasha Anne Henderson

Sasha and Angie are doing really well. Sasha was born on June 10th 2011.

Introducing Leo Anthony Mitchell Marinaro

 Born June 5, 2011. Congratulations Heather, he is gorgeous!

Nursing Bra's

Here is some nursing bra advice I have recently come across in an email from Niki, Thanks Niki! 


Bravado is definitely the best on the market. Then once you've got the hang of things, like when the baby is 3 months old or so, it's worth it to go to a department store and get properly measured so you can buy a "bra" nursing bra. The bravado tanks and bras are great for those first three months when you need lots of support and are nursing ALL the time. And they're great for fitting as your body goes through so many changes. But they don't make your boobs look that great and don't offer much support, so by the time you're three months into life with a baby you might be ready for a more flattering bra you can wear to the office, etc. But don't buy that yet because you won't know your size until you get there.

Mothers Group: June 21st 2011

We had a wonderful meeting this evening with our guest speaker 'Casey Miller', a nutritionist. Firstly we welcomed Angie's gorgeous little girl Sasha who was born last week. Angie and Sasha are doing really well. Then everybody had a chance to speak about where they were at with there pregnancy or how they were going with there little one.

Casey spoke about several area's of nutrition particularly for your baby. Here were some points that Casey  covered. Casey really enjoyed coming and speaking to our mom's and said will join us for future meetings just to see how everyone is progressing and for questions about nutrition.

Food and your baby:

It is advised to not start having solids until 5- 6 months.  It is common to begin at 4months however, it is safer to start from 5-6months if possible

-Begin with vegetables like carrots, pumpkin, peas and squash. Then introduce fruit like pear, apple, peach and apricot. It is often best to start with vegetables, because its hard to get them on vegetables once having eaten fruit, due to the sweetness of the fruit. From here you can go to Rice/Oats ( sometimes mixed with breast milk)

-At 7-9 months it is good to introduce meats/legumes. It is at this point that the baby has an increasing need for iron.

Food to avoid before 1 year of age: These are avoided due to allergy
Chocolate, honey, pork, no whole milk, shellfish, strawberries, nuts and eggs. The white of the egg is usually ok.

Cooking homemade baby food:
Recommended to begin with one vegetable at a time, then fruit.
A great way to store your homemade baby food is to use ice trays. These are also a great serving size, and you can have one of each ice cube for a meal, defrost on counter and serve. Also great for travelling or going out to places.

Casey had a demonstration of how easy it easy to make your own baby food-
We used avocado, pumpkin ( Organic pumpkin in a can, due to pumpkin being out of season here) and peach. We used half and avocado, 1/2 can of organic pumpkin no additives and a whole peach peeled. We then blended until soft.
It was a great combination, because the peach gave it a hint of sweetness that was not overpowering, and then the baby would be having delicious pumpkin and the good fats from avocado.


Thanks so much Casey, see you next month Nola Mothers group. I will keep you updated about our next group meeting.


Yanti x

www.nurturebaby.com

First Mothers Group: May 17th 2011

Our first get together was great. This was more of a meet a greet and also getting to know where everyone was in the pregnancy or post natal. We covered several topics from child care centre's to OB's in the area.
Here is a list of our Moms and where they were on May 17th with there pregnancy or post natal:
Niki - 20 weeks
Erica- 35 Weeks
Leila- 17 weeks
Angie- 38 weeks
Takema and Kingston - 8 weeks postpartum
Hope and Lily- 41/2 months postpartum
Carol- 28 weeks
Katie- 23 weeks
Heather- 37 weeks
Jess- 28 weeks
Steph- 16 weeks
Erica-35 weeks
Nathalie and Zara- 3 weeks postpartum


See you next month!