Nine Months & Forever Club For Moms: Moving Michigan Forward

http://www2.movingmichiganforward.com/

Check out this website. Lots of great information.

About NMF

Philosophy: Through shared experiences, we believe women can learn and support each other while having fun!

Vision: While respecting the difference of each others' families, we can grow together.

Meetings: The club meets once a month. We will also have date nights, cooking classes, book clubs, charity work, play dates, and walking groups.

Suggested Meeting Topics: Nutrition, Vaccines, Child Development, Making Your Own Baby Food, Fashion, Skin Care, Interior Design, Personal Finance, Infant Massage, Love & Logic, Prenatal Care & Fitness, Marriage & Relationships, First Aid & Safety, Children's Literacy, Entertaining, Holiday & Children's Crafts, Gift Ideas, etc.

What To Think About For Each Meeting: Some of the meeting will take place in another location and will not be a standard meeting. For example, our September meeting will be our first "Date Night." For a standard meeting, please consider the following:

(Keep in mind, these are simply suggestions and we are not asking that you bring one from each category. Contribute as much as you wish! )

1. Gift Swap-Do you have a gift at home that someone else might find more useful? Bring it for our gift swap!

2. Pay It Forward-Have you read a really great article recently or any form of information that you would like to share with the group? If so, bring 20 copies to share at our next meeting!

3. Hot Tips-Have you heard of any fun fund raisers, cooking classes or any "Hot Tip" you want to post on our bulletin board to share with the group? If so, bring your tip with you to our meeting!

4. Idea Swap: Depending on the topic, it would be great if each guest brought an idea to share for our group conversation. Get your ideas down on paper and bring it along with you to the meeting to present to the group. If possible, make 20 copies to share or just bring your original and we can distribute copies for you at our next meeting.

Organizers: Amy & Danielle

About the Organizers: Danielle is a stay at home mom with three sons and a daughter. Amy is a part-time teacher with two sons. Both woman have bachelors and masters degrees in education.

Blog Discalmer: Information presented on this blog is believed to be accurate and reliable, however, NMF assumes no responsibility for any errors appearing in the information. Further, NMF assumes no responsibility for the use of the information provided. In some cases, the information may need to be updated. DO NOT RELY ON THE TEXT CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE IF THE PRECISE LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PURPOSES.

Also, we welcome and appreciate various perspectives. Comments and postings are not necessarily the beliefs of all NMF members, if any. We believe we can learn and grow from being open to all.

NMF Meetings!

Past Topics: Making baby food and using healthy purees, mom & baby yoga, homeopathy- treating childhood aliments naturally, recipe exchange, cooking demonstrations, going green- riding your home of toxins, sex during pregnancy and after children, book clubs, gardening, date nights, girl's nights, vaccinations, baking demonstration, mother's day brunch, crafting- making your own holiday gift bags, charity walks, entertaining- cocktail demonstration, organization, etc.

Upcoming Events!

These are all tentative dates but thought you might like some advance notice on whats happening with NMF. We will let you know if there are any alterations to this schedule.

May: Traditional Mother's Day Brunch & Shopping Bizzare/Fundraiser. Proceeds will go to Autims Speaks.

June: 2 Year Anniversary!
Brainstorming session & Girls Night Out!

July: OFF

NMF YEAR THREE:

August: Pure Romance Party & Margarittas!

September: Speech Development and baby sign language presented by Emily.

October: Children's Crafts and the Autisim Charity Walk.

November: Traditional Holiday Recipe Exchange.

December: OFF

Keep checking this post for meeting updates!!!

Member's Recommendations, Books & Websites

http://www.ourstory.com/ This website creates an online story of your baby's life and you can send questions to your family to answer and add to the book -Jodi

http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
Love this tool to see how trendy a name (or various spellings) are. Also good if you think you want a name that starts with, say, "EL" but not sure what is out there besides Elizabeth and Ella.... -Kelly

http://www.babycheapskate.com/
Shows all the best sales on diapers and wipes per week, along with lots of other baby and kid deals -Kelly

http://www.babyfit.com/
Shows prenatal excercises you can do at any stage of pregnancy -Kelly

http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/
How to make your own baby food -Kelly

For Your Information! (Interesting Articles & Websites)

Dr. Mercola has an excellent website/book. Read about the potential hazards of various vaccines. (submitted by Danielle)
http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/30/mercury_vaccines_medicine.htm

Omega 3 for a pregnant MaMa & more! (submitted by Amisha)
Omega 3 can also help with depression ...studies are still inconclusive! Review backs antidepressant effects of omega-3s http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/hl_nm/omega3s_dc

Stop the compar-a-thon!! Great article about how moms tend to compare themselves to each other. (submitted by Jodi)
http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/raisingkids/articlerb.aspx?cp-documentid=5222140

MAMA STATS

80% of woman say their husbands would stay home to raise the kids

38% of working moms say they think they'd have more friends if they stayed home

46% of mothers find other mothers more competitive than helpful

77% of mothers check their email at least once a day

54% of mothers say their "mommy brain" is more likely to make them forget an item on the grocery list

8% of mothers said the "mommy brain" would most likely make them forget their child's name

38% of the females who graduated from the class of 1981, 1986 and 1991 from Harvard Business school are still working full time

Kimberly-Clark spent $10 million dollars in 2005 to promote Huggies online

A female oyster may produce over 100 million offspring in her lifetime

* Information taken from the article "It Figures" by Cynthia Washam

Nine Months & Forever Club For Moms

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Moving Michigan Forward

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How many times a week do you bath your children, in the winter?

In light of Valentines Day, how many times a week do you and your hubby have sex?

At what age is it inappropriate to breastfeed your child?

When is it inappropriate to bath with the opposite sex child?

How much (combined) life insurance do you and your spouse have?

Do you and your spouse have a will prepared? (if not and you want to learn more, make sure to join us at our January meeting!)

How many nights a week do you cook dinner for your family?

In light of the recent Tiger Woods drama, what would you do if your husband cheated?

How many gifts did your kids get for the holidays?

Do you recycle gifts?

Has anyone had a VBAC (or on the flip side, a c-section after vaginal)? If so, which type of delivery would you prefer if you were able to choose for a future birth?

Has anyone in your family gotten the H1N1 flu?

What do you and your spouse fight about most?

NMF JUNKIES