The Leslieviller will always be free to use.
Donations are sincerely appreciated.

Follow activity on The Leslieviller
in your favorite social networks:

Thanks to our advertisers for keeping this site free to use! If you'd like to advertise on The Leslieviller, start with this information.

A Mommy in Leslieville...Feb 9

I meant to write this the other day, but after battling a low-level cold for about a week, the worst of it emerged mid-week and knocked me out of commission. The past week was perhaps the first time that I slept every time the baby slept since he was born. And I'm glad that I did; I'm now nearly fully recovered from my cold just in time for my Little One to begin another growth spurt.

Somehow, between my cold and the growth spurt, I still managed to leave the house a few times over the past week.

After calling the library to register, last Monday morning I bundled up the little guy and we headed to the Jones Public Library, at Jones and Dundas, for Baby Time. It's a free session, running for 4 weeks (we were back today), where baby and parents gather to listen to a story teller who alternates reading a library book and leading us all in song (well, leading the parents in song anyway). Both weeks, the babies ranged in age from two to 17 months old, so part of the fun is seeing how they each react to the stories and the songs, and to each other! My little guy spent most of the time this morning intently watching a 17-month-old boy try to escape his father's grasp so that he could run around the room.

With a half-hour of stories and singing under our belts, a small box of toys was pulled out and the mommies gathered together to chitchat and play a little bit more with the babies.

Last week I also finally made it over to Baby on the Hip to get a baby carrier - being able to try them on with Brendan was probably the best part. I had the nerve to bring him shopping right in the middle of day, when he's much rather be sleeping, so he was a bit cranky; but when he snuggled up and dozed off in the Mei Tai, I knew we'd found a winner. I've tried it out a couple of times around the house - definitely makes my life easier, since B is such a fan of being held (even when he's sleeping).

Speaking of sleep, that's what I should be doing. I hope to get out to a couple drop-in play groups this week.

Tags: a mommy in leslieville

0 members like this

Comment

You need to be a member of The Leslieville'r to add comments!

Join The Leslieville'r

Comment by Sarah W on April 14, 2009 at 8:27pm: Hi, just happened on this website now as am searching for mommy and baby groups closer to home (everything I go to currently is in the Beaches). I have a 5 month old and we absolutely love anything outdoors...

Comment by Sarah on February 22, 2009 at 8:01pm: Hi Bev,

Glad to hear you are getting out and about with Brendan.

Did you hook up with any of the other new mums from Sasmita Yoga. I added you on to the group email.

Namaste,
Sarah

Comment by Tara on February 11, 2009 at 1:06pm: I'm glad the library has baby session...we'll definitely be checking that out post birth..in the meantime, I'll continue to read Sam and the Firefly to the little duckie at home :)

Comment by Tara on February 11, 2009 at 1:04pm: Baby on the Hip has super cute stuff, but a bit out of my price range on most counts. However, I do plan to shop there for a few key specialty items....like maybe that canoe hammock...it's too cute to pass up!

Comment by Karen on February 10, 2009 at 4:25pm: my daughter got her first cold this past week as well. and as small as she is, she had the power to pass it on to mommy and daddy too. i'm sure by the time we're better we'll be hit with snow again! get well soon!

for future reference, there's a meetup group (carrymeclose.ca) that has a library of carriers you can try on, and even take home to try out for a bit. they will probably start to meet up again in the spring.

Comment by Nolin (Admin) on February 10, 2009 at 12:43pm: Tara and I were in there last weekend... some really cool stuff! I was partial to the canoe hammock. Too bad I weigh more than 40 lbs.

Comment by jsM4E2X2 on February 10, 2009 at 12:39pm: I think Lisa is thinking of hitting Baby on the Hip on Sunday with her Mom...good place to shop?