Hello Mamas! I’m your new St Albert/Edmonton North Modern Mama Director! I am so excited and pleased to be a part of this awesome community as it combines many of my favorite things (family, mothering, friends, learning, lifestyle & social media) into one great position!…
Read More...Hottest Tots Product Event 2014
It’s here, and once AGAIN, it’s superb! It’s our fourth annual Hottest Tot Products event! Come prepared to pick your favorite product and take it home! Our Edmonton, St. Albert & Spruce Grove/Stony Plain branches have teamed up to bring you this ultimate Moms night…
Read More...Canada Day Celebrations in Edmonton & Area
There are so many wonderful Canada Day Celebrations taking place in and around Edmonton!! Edmonton: Celebrate Canada Day at City Hall | 1-4 pm National Anthem & Canada Day Ceremony Blakstone Drummers & Singers Live Entertainmen Aboriginal Dancers and Drummers Bagpipes Music & dancing Canada…
Read More...Why it Hurts so Much when Your Child Refuses to Eat
By: Kristen Yarker You don’t have to be dietitian like me to be inundated with nutrition information. Every day we hear about how important it is to get enough of this vitamin and that mineral. We hear about the next super food. And, we hear…
Read More...AMA Distracted Driving Initiative
This is a guest post by Lindsay MacDonald. What is the AMA Distracted Driving Challenge you ask? Earlier in May I was able to participate in a closed course driving challenge that offered the opportunity for me (the driver) to drive with distractions and without….
Read More...Ju-Ju-Be Unveils New Collection & Giveaway
Ju-Ju-Be (ju-ju-be.com), the function-meets-fashion diaper bag company, unveils three brand new prints: Sea Amo, Sapphire Lace (shown) & Pixie Dust. Sea Amo is the eighth print in the fan favourite Tokidoki x Ju-Ju-Be collaborative collection. Sea Amo, is, a perfect day “under the sea” with its…
Read More...What’s in a (Diaper) Bag?
By: Tamara Bailey “Pretty soon I’ll be lugging around a diaper bag”, lamented an expecting mom I know. I can commiserate. Before baby arrived, my son had just turned two and I had gotten used to keeping our bag in the car or leaving it…
Read More...{SERIES} Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby – Tip #5: Stress Management
This is the last of a five-part blog series titled, “Get Your Body Back After Baby” which is based on a past School of Mom Facebook chat session, where I discussed “Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby”. The following is taken from chat transcript, where…
Read More...How do I deal with all the toys? Aim for good enough not perfection.
By: Stephanie Hawkins If you’re like most new parents, you emerged from the fog of the newborn phase, only to realize your house had transformed into a Baby’s R Us. These days, the arrival of a baby triggers an avalanche of baby clothes, toys, and…
Read More...{SERIES} Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby – Tip #4: Exercise
This is the fourth of a five-part blog series titled, “Get Your Body Back After Baby” which is based on a past School of Mom Facebook chat session, where I discussed “Five Tips to Get Your Body Back After Baby”. The following is taken from chat transcript, where…
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