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New Mumnet Spring Dates

Mumnet has announced new spring dates (starting end of march). Including for there new Leslieville location. There are also dates available for the beaches location. Mumnet is a combo of a mom’s group and fitness class with childcare included.

Leslieville Location:  765 Queen Street , Toronto (inside the Ralph Thorton Center)
Beaches Location:  470 Woodbine Ave, Toronto (inside St. Johns Norway)
Website: https://www.mumnet.ca/Programs
Hours: Various weekday mornings
Age: Childcare available for a variety of ages
Cost: Varies by session length and if you need childcare

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Baby Love at SRCPC

Location: Queen and Saulter (Behind the library)
Website: http://srcpc.org/
When: Monday afternoons for 10 weeks from March 4th-May 6th
Age: 0-12 month old babies & their caregivers
Cost: Free

I’ve written briefly about my experience doing baby love with my first child when I wrote about the south riverdale child-parent center here: https://leslievillemom.com/south-riverdale-child-parent-centre/

I wanted to post now that they’ve announced they will be running another class series. This is a great program on with an attachment parenting philosophy. I met lots of great moms there too. The class has a mix of activities to entertain babies as well as talking about parenting activities.

Get in touch with staff at south riverdale if you are interested in joining.

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Infant Massage and Mama Meetup

Location:  TBD, Leslieville location though
Website: https://mamamobilemassage.com/upcomingevents/
Hours: Recurring (check website), Next date: Friday February 14th, 2018 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Cost: $40, RMT receipt if baby is covered under family insurance
Agea: Babies under 1 year

Mama mobile is hosting a meetup on the 18th, they’ve posted offering:

3 massage routines safely on baby:

1) Relaxation/sleep routine
2) Surviving colds routine
3) Constipation/colic routine

Also included:
Snacks/refreshments
Gift bag with safe oil for massage

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Little Rebels Music

Location:  Various or host in your house
Website: https://www.littlerebelsmusic.com/
Hours: Classes are 9:00am – 3:00pm weekdays, birthday parties more flexible
Cost: Depends on group size. Birthday party was $150

I didn’t get a chance to join or host a little rebels music class while I was on maternity leave but I recently booked them for my sons second birthday. It was honestly the best decision I made for his birthday. The instructor, Samantha, was so enthusiastic and had so much energy she really made my son excited. Continue reading “Little Rebels Music”

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Mumnet Spring Session Starting Now

Beaches Location:  470 Woodbine Ave, Toronto (inside St. Johns Norway)
Website: https://www.mumnet.ca/Programs
Hours: Various weekday mornings
Age: Childcare available for a variety of ages
Cost: Varies by session length and if you need childcare

Mumnet is an awesome mom group. It offers a great fitness class (with childcare) and a great discussion group after. They also have lots of great speakers: sleep consultants, parenting experts, etc.

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Cherry Street YMCA

Location:  461 Cherry Street
Website: https://ymcagta.org/find-a-y/toronto-cooper-koo-family-cherry-st-ymca-centre
Hours: Check Schedule
Cost: $100/month (as of Feb 2018)

The cherry street YMCA provides various fitness classes with childcare as well as a playground for children and gym time. There are also swimming lessons for young children. Full schedule online. The play area includes a small infant room and large play structure for walkers. Continue reading “Cherry Street YMCA”

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Mini-Nastics Song Circle

Location: 836 Danforth Ave.
Website: https://www.mini-nastics.com/music-class.html
Regular Hours: Wednesday & Friday 12pm-1pm
Ages: Mostly under 2 years but open to older children
Cost: $5

Mini-Nastics is usually a bit further north than I usually wander but in this case it’s definitely worth it. They provide such an excellent value for 5 dollars. They offer an excellent song circle which includes keyboards and guitar. My son was very entertained by the keyboard. After the song circle, which is about 30 minutes, there is free play in the gymnasium. This includes a trampoline and lots of things to climb if you have a little mover. I love that it is a drop-in too since it’s so hard to plan/commit to things with Jacob. Continue reading “Mini-Nastics Song Circle”

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Baby Swimming at Regent Park

There are a number of rec centers that offer swimming lessons for babies and toddlers for free or at low cost in Toronto. You can search for them here on the city of Toronto website. Even though it’s not the closest though I prefer to go to the newly renovated Regent Park pool for both lessons and drop in swim. You can see the programs currently offered at Regent Park here. Continue reading “Baby Swimming at Regent Park”

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Make the Connection

Make the connection is a parenting class run by Toronto Public Health (TPH). It is the follow-up class to living and learning with baby  for babies under 6 months. Find more info here on the tph website. 

I was not able to attend many of the classes, this is mostly because of the logistical issues with the class sign up, more on that later.

The class itself was great. It is run by nurses from TPH. They include a song circle which is nice for the babies and well as discussion of parenting topics. There is a strong focus on attachment theory. It is very similar to another class called Baby Love that I took at the south riverdale drop in center. They also provided some books and resources to take home. I found the nurses very helpful in answering questions. There was a lot of opportunities to discuss our personal questions and concerns. The one issue I would have with the class itself is the room was not childproof. My son was one of the older babies and he has been crawling since 7 months so it was somewhat exhausting trying to keep him away from wires and audiovisual equipment that was in the room. Continue reading “Make the Connection”

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EYET Toronto Centre Rosedale

Location: 80 Sackville Street (Inside the school)
Website: http://www.eyetfrp.ca/events/index.cfm
Regular Hours: Monday- Friday 9am – 12:30pm
Age: 0-6 years

EYET is a drop-in center that also runs a variety of programs. It’s a little bit west for me but some of the programs are definitely worth it. In September for example they had free infant sign language workshops.

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