Meet a Doula: Nurture hosts a community Doula Meet and Greet in December

Are you considering hiring a doula?

Are you overwhelmed by the number of doula options in Portland?

Would you like an opportunity to meet several doulas, face-to-face, to get a sense of compatibility, but don’t have the time to attend several meet and greet appointments?

Join us for a late afternoon mixer and meet several pregnancy, birth, and postpartum doulas all in one place.

December 5, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
1614 NE Alberta St.
in the large red house
Hosted by Nurture: Center for Growing Families

Highlights:
Meet local pregnancy, birth, and postpartum doulas
Connect with other expecting parents
Learn more about our services
Enjoy light refreshments

Doulas attending the event:

Baby My Sweet Baby http://www.babymysweetbaby.com/
Welcome With Love Family Care: http://www.welcomewithlovefamilycare.com/
Sacred Arrivals: http://www.sacredarrivals.com/
Sacred Pathways Doula Services: http://www.sacredpathwaysdoula.com/
MotherTree: http://www.mothertreebirth.com/
Renaissance Childbirth and Postpartum Professionals: http://www.renchildbirth.com/
Birth Journeys Doula Collective http://www.birthjourneys.com/
Nurture: http://www.nurturepdx.com/
Mama Bear Healing Care

House Plant Exchange Party

Fall always makes me crave more green inside my house. Turning on the heat makes my house feel dusty and stuffy; plants breathe clean air, so I get an urge to do some indoor gardening. It is costly to buy several new plants, but plants are easy to share, so let's share.

Let's celebrate autumn and share our plant families. Bring a few healthy houseplant clippings started in small pots and bring home some new wee plants.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

12pm-1:30pm

Everyone is welcome!

Northwest Mothers Milk Bank Survey

The NW Mothers Milk Bank is conducting a survey of moms and pregnant women their preferences for the use of banked donor human milk in hospitals.

Please take a moment to take the survey yourself (it's really short) and pass it along. They are gathering some feedback about how important it is to moms that hospitals offer donor milk. Thank you!

NW Mothers Milk Bank Survey Link

Learn more about the milk bank: Northwest Mothers Milk Bank, 3439 NE Sandy Blvd. #130, Portland, Oregon 97232.

Children's Book: The House in the Night

"Here is the key to the house..." that will take you on a cumulative, soaring journey to sweet slumberland. The House in the Night, by Susan Marie Swanson and illustrated by Beth Krommes, was structurally inspired by the traditional poem, "This is the key to the kingdom". Simple and quiet, the words whisper and allow the illustrations to tell the story. Intricately detailed and darkly glowing, the pictures show a story of a child's bedtime routine of coming home, reading a bedtime book which takes her, riding on a bird's back, on dreamy tour of the night scape and ultimately to sleep. The illustrations are done on scratchboard with golden watercolor accents and have the far-away simplicity yet up-close intricacy magic to them. I should also mention that it won the 2009 Caldecott Medal.

It is another book that has made it home from the library several times and will, therefore, become a member of our personal stacks someday soon. It is also a book that both my children and I enjoy equally, even if our fondness for the book originates from different sources.

Tiny Talkers Parent Workshop Nov. 11th

101 PARENT WORKSHOP
Imagine knowing what your baby wants before they can talk! Babies can talk with their hands before they can speak! Learning how to communicate with baby, reducing tears & tantrums is easy when you teach them sign language which also increases their IQ, boosts bonding & actually helps them speak earlier than non-signers. At the workshop, you'll learn invaluable tips & techniques based on how baby?s brain works, over 75 common signs, activities & games to promote verbal language & get a baby signing dictionary & journal!

The workshop is 1.75 hours long and is for adults, but non-mobile babies are welcome if you feel you can care for them while concentrating on the information being presented.

When: Wednesday NOVEMBER 11th from 9:15-11 a.m. at Nurture

Please check http://www.tinytalkersportland.com/ for more program information and frequently asked questions.

SPACE IS LIMITED AT NURTURE: PLEASE PRE-REGISTER AT THE ABOVE WEBSITE!

Attention Parents of Deb's Respectful Parenting Support Group...

ATTENTION Parents:
Respectful Parenting Support Group has been cancelled! Deb's daughter is sick. The group meets next week at Nurture. Thank you!

Free Craniosacral Therapy and Hearing Screening Clinic for Infants

Nurture will be hosting Carol Gray's craniosacral therapy clinic again on November 3rd.

Babies six months and younger will receive FREE Craniosacral Therapy treatments from Carol Gray and student practitioners of her Craniosacral Therapy for Infants training program.

Please contact Carol for available appointment times

This free clinic will be held in conjunction with the Craniosacral Therapy for Infants workshop Carol is teaching this week. There are openings throughout the week for babies whose parents would like them treated by Carol for demonstration treatments and also for babies whose parents would like them treated by student practitioners under Carol’s supervision. Infants coming to this workshop clinic will get a confirmation letter with the address and directions.

An appointment is needed for your one-hour treatment time, please call Carol Gray at 503-236-2999 or e-mailing Carol Gray. Please do not call or e-mail the clinic location for an appointment.

Free Infant Hearing Screening
This is for babies up to 18 months old. Anyone can make an appointment to have their baby's hearing screened. The screening is non-invasive and takes about ten to twenty minutes. Babies who are born in hospitals usually get their hearing screened before they are discharged. Many of those babies should be re-screened.

Babies born out of hospitals don't get their hearing screened unless their parents take them somewhere to get it done. The cost is usually $70-$90 - maybe beyond the reach of the uninsured.

THE FACTS:

•Hearing loss is hard to identify without testing - it can be subtle, yet serious.

•Six out of every 1,000 babies born will have some degree of hearing loss.

•Hearing loss may result in delays in speech and language development.

•Early identification and intervention enhances your child's potential for speech and language development.

You must make an appointment.

To make an appointment call Carol Gray at 503-236-2999

or e-mail Carol Gray at carolag@e-z.net

Carol Gray

Craniosacral Therapy

Home Birth Midwifery

Free Infant CST Clinic

Study CST With Carol Gray

503-236-2999

http://www.carolgray.com/

http://www.tworiversmidwifery.com/