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Amy,her husband Sergio and their sons Gavin & Evan
Danielle, her husband Kevin and their four children: Jake, Ben, Luke & Lana
Motherhood: "The hardest job you will ever love!"
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
Nine Months & Forever Club
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!!!
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!!!
NMF Organizer
Amy,her husband Sergio and their sons Gavin & Evan
NMF Organizer
Danielle, her husband Kevin and their four children: Jake, Ben, Luke & Lana
How may children would you like to have?
If you could get plastic surgery after your child bearing years, what would you get?
Which Hollywood mom do you admire the most?
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
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
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
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
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9 comments:
I have slightly ultered the twins' vaccination schedule...mainly delaying the MMR. I looked into separating the vaccinations, but the ped. did not typically do that; however, he was willing to support whatever I wanted to do.
I too am delaying the MMR, probably until Charlotte is 3. She is tiny for her age, we have a family history of auto-immune diseases, and after a bad reaction from her last vaccine "bundle" (a week of an unexplained high fever & conflicting diagnoses), I am just not comfortable giving her the MMR at 15 months. I also will hold off on chicken pox until she's closer to school age.
I attempted to obtain the M/M/R vaccines separately...but have been on a wild goose chase btwn my dr's office, the main hospital, the county health dept, state health dept, Merck (manufacturer) and local distributers --all claiming I need to call another to inquire about a separate vaccine, which I still have not found! It is maddening...
I would highly recommend the book "What the Dr. May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations". It is not anti-vaccine, but just encourages parents to do their own research and not necessarily take everything your dr. advises at face value. The only bad thing is it's copyrighted in 2001 so some of the info is outdated. But I actually googled the author/dr. because I had further questions, and her office gave me her personal email--I was surprised that she responded to me w/in a couple days!
I also delayed MMR for Kara. I am planning on waiting a year or two (Kara is currently 15 mos.). My ped. stated it would be no problem to order separate vacs as long as I give them 3-4 weeks notice before my Kara's appt.
I am not sure yet about Chicken Pox-- not that I would ever want Kara sick--- we all survived a week of discomfort, pretty much unscathed! My chicken pox scars are better that what else could happen...
Got love this topic!! I plan on delaying and separating the mmr, delaying hep. b, and not doing the chicken pox vaccine. With our new guy I may delay everything. Still undecided. I continue to research, research, research! I never feel qualified to make these decisions. Hoping I will make the right decisions. :)
Danielle
I think I am delaying our daughter's MMR shot too...and I plan to question more rigorously some of the vaccines for our next baby (Isn't Hep B an STD? Why does my newborn need this?)Unfortunetly, too many under-insured parents can't follow the recommended well-child schedule and so the only time the public health system can reach these children with vaccines is when they are in the hospital at birth or at visits shortly after. Imagine an uninsured single mother who is struggling to afford food or childcare--are well-baby visits at $125+ a pop PLUS shots really going to be in her budget? So our national vacinne schedule is, I think, skewed toward administration at an extremely young age, because they're not sure when or if they will see these high-risk kids again. Those of us who are fortunate to have healthcare options can, I think, safely deviate from the vaccine schedule a bit but I think alot of us never think to question why.
As a follow-up, only 27% of U.S. children are up-to-date on their vaccines at the end of their first year...and you gotta believe most of those parents are not declining for religious or philosophical reasons. You can't blame the gov't for trying to keep kids protected when they are fighting a losing battle. I just wish they could trust parents enough to recommend safer (later) schdedules...
That is really interesting!!
um looks like I could have saved myself some time (and sanity) had I talked to some of you girls first! Jodi, I need to get the name of your Ped so maybe they can help me obtain separate m/m/r shots when the time comes :)
Hep B is not an STD, Hep C comes from that... Hep B can come from improper food handeling (bacteria). If contracted it can cause liver damage. My father-in-law had this many years ago... it is curable if caught in time.He spent about 3 weeks in the hospital. I also wonder how many babies can catch it. He works food trade shows and got it there.
Christina -- Dr. Surapeneni 734-542-0689 She is in Providence at 7 and Newburgh but will also have an office in the new novi building this summer. She has never pressured me on delaying and said it was no problem to separate them as long as there is enough time to preorder them from the drug co. Insurance DOES NOT cover them. However, I think they are maybe $50ish a piece. Call me if you have further questions.
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